Buddy Bell

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Archbishop Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Archbishop Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)

Debut: April 15, 1972 (Age 20-232d, 13,204th in major league history)
vs. MIL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 17, 1989 (Age 37-294d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Ed Keating

Full Name: David Gus Bell

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Relatives: Father of David Bell, Mike Bell; Son of Gus Bell

5x All-Star
6x Gold Glove
Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.4

8995

2514

201

.280

1151

RBI

1106

OBP

.341

SLG

.406

OPS

.747

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		MIL	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		BAL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
7	7	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
12	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	66	16.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	15	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	17	May 7	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	18	May 9	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
20	20	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	21	May 13	CLE		TEX	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	22	May 14	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
23	23	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	25	May 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
26	26	May 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	27	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	3B
28	28	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	29	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	30	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	35 (4)	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
33	37	Jun 2	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
34	38	Jun 3	CLE		CAL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
35	39	Jun 4	CLE		CAL	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	40	Jun 5	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	41	Jun 6	CLE		OAK	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	42	Jun 7	CLE		OAK	L,4-10	GS	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
39	43	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	44	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	45	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	46	Jun 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	47	Jun 14	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	48	Jun 15	CLE	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	49	Jun 16	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	50	Jun 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	51	Jun 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	52	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	55 (2)	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	57 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	58	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	60 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	61	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	62	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
55	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	64	Jul 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
57	65	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	66	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	71 (4)	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	72	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	73	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	74	Jul 10	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	75	Jul 11	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	76	Jul 12	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	56	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	81	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
70	84 (2)	Jul 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	85	Jul 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	86	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	87	Jul 23 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	89 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	91 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	92	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	94 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	95	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	96	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	GS	24	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	103 (6)	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	105 (1)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
82	106	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
83	107	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
84	108	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	109	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
86	110	Aug 15	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
87	111	Aug 16	CLE		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	112	Aug 17	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
89	113	Aug 18	CLE		OAK	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
90	114	Aug 19	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
91	115	Aug 20	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	116	Aug 21	CLE		MIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
93	117	Aug 22	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
94	118	Aug 23	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
96	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	45	11.2	3	1	0	4	0	CF
98	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	123	Aug 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	125 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
101	126	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	128 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
103	129	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
104	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	GS	27	6.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	132	Sep 7	CLE		MIL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	133	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
108	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	50	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
109	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
110	136	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
112	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
113	139	Sep 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
114	141 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	142	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	CF
117	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
119	146	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	147	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
121	148	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	149	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	150	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	CF
124	151	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
125	152	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
126	153	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	154	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	155	Oct 3 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
129	156	Oct 3 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							134gm		1083.1	284	23	3	310	6