You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > B Listing > Les Bell Statistics and History

Les Bell
Lester Rowland Bell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 14, 1901 in Harrisburg, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1923
Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: December 26, 1985 in Hershey, PA
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 21 STL NL 15 60 51 5 19 2 1 0 9 1 0 9 7 .373 .467 .451 .918 146 23 0 0 6
1924 22 STL NL 17 62 57 5 14 3 2 1 5 0 0 3 7 .246 .295 .421 .716 91 24 1 1 6
1925 23 STL NL 153 639 586 80 167 29 9 11 88 4 5 43 47 .285 .334 .422 .755 89 247 0 10 *5/6
1926 24 STL NL 155 666 581 85 189 33 14 17 100 9 54 62 .325 .383 .518 .901 137 301 0 31 *5 MVP-6
1927 25 STL NL 115 438 390 48 101 26 6 9 65 5 34 63 .259 .320 .426 .746 96 166 1 13 56
1928 26 BSN NL 153 656 591 58 164 36 7 10 91 1 40 45 .277 .323 .413 .736 95 244 0 25 *5
1929 27 BSN NL 139 553 483 58 144 23 5 9 72 4 50 42 .298 .364 .422 .786 97 204 0 20 *5/46
1930 28 CHC NL 74 281 248 35 69 15 4 5 47 1 24 27 .278 .342 .431 .773 85 107 0 9 5/3
1931 29 CHC NL 75 272 252 30 71 17 1 4 32 0 19 22 .282 .332 .405 .737 95 102 0 1 5
9 Seasons 896 3627 3239 404 938 184 49 66 509 25 5 276 322 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 1418 2 110
162 Game Avg. 162 656 586 73 170 33 9 12 92 5 50 58 .290 .346 .438 .784 102 256 0 20
STL (5 yrs) 455 1865 1665 223 490 93 32 38 267 19 5 143 186 .294 .351 .457 .808 109 761 2 55
BSN (2 yrs) 292 1209 1074 116 308 59 12 19 163 5 90 87 .287 .342 .417 .759 96 448 0 45
CHC (2 yrs) 149 553 500 65 140 32 5 9 79 1 43 49 .280 .337 .418 .755 90 209 0 10

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 24 STL NL WS NYY W 7 30 27 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 5 .259 .300 .407 .707 11 1 0 0 1 0
1 WS 7 30 27 4 7 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 5 .259 .300 .407 .707 11 1 0 0 1 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1923 STL NL 21 SS 15 96 35 53 8 9 .917 5.87 .941 5.45
1924 STL NL 22 SS 17 95 44 42 9 8 .905 5.06 .952 5.44
1925 STL NL 23 3B 153 471 151 284 36 39 .924 2.84 .940 2.85
1925 STL NL 23 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.20
1926 STL NL 24 3B 155 441 165 254 22 25 .950 2.70 .953 2.81 MVP-6
1927 STL NL 25 3B 100 251 85 142 24 13 .904 2.27 .947 2.82
1927 STL NL 25 SS 10 63 16 41 6 8 .905 5.70 .946 5.18
1928 BSN NL 26 3B 153 518 177 314 27 37 .948 3.21 .943 2.96
1929 BSN NL 27 3B 127 320 107 198 15 15 .953 2.40 .953 2.79
1929 BSN NL 27 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.50
1929 BSN NL 27 SS 1 7 4 1 2 0 .714 5.00 .957 5.40
1930 CHC NL 28 3B 70 174 63 102 9 14 .948 2.36 .950 2.71
1930 CHC NL 28 1B 2 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 10.50 .990 9.90
1931 CHC NL 29 3B 70 195 66 118 11 18 .944 2.63 .944 2.72
7 Seasons 3B 828 2370 814 1412 144 161 .939 2.69 .947 2.83
5 Seasons SS 44 262 99 138 25 25 .905 5.39 .946 5.38
1 Season 1B 2 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 10.50 .990 9.90
1 Season 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.50
9 Seasons TOT 875 2655 931 1555 169 187 .936 2.84 .883 2.97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (6, 30%)
0.30 Career Shares (593rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1926 NL  .325 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .518 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 NL  .901 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL  153 (1st)
1926 NL  155 (3rd)
1928 NL  153 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1925 NL  586 (10th)
1926 NL  581 (6th)
1928 NL  591 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 NL  666 (5th)
1928 NL  656 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  189 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 NL  301 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1926 NL  33 (8th)
1928 NL  36 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 NL  14 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  17 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 NL  100 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 NL  47 (9th)
1926 NL  62 (3rd)
1927 NL  63 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1926 NL  125 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 NL  137 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 NL  115 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  29 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  2.8 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  64 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 NL  243 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 NL  .703 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  31 (3rd)
1928 NL  25 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 NL  11.8 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1926 NL  34.2 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1925 NL  434 (4th)
1926 NL  423 (10th)
1928 NL  452 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Hank Majeski (944)
  2. Whitey Kurowski (937)
  3. Russ Wrightstone (937)
  4. George Watkins (927)
  5. Sammy Hale (922)
  6. Billy Johnson (922)
  7. Mark DeRosa (919)
  8. Garrett Atkins (917)
  9. Elmer Smith (917)
  10. Dave Nilsson (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Pinky Whitney (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pinky Whitney (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Grantham (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pinky Whitney (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wil Cordero (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Odell Hale (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Odell Hale (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 25, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Braves for Andy High and $25,000.

October 29, 1929: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Braves.

April 2, 1932: Purchased by Louisville (American Association) from the Chicago Cubs.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Les Bell    

Viewed 20,242 times through January 5, 2010.
Name and misspellings: Lester Les Rowland Bell belle

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.