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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
3	3	Apr 12	TEX		NYY	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	TEX		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
9	9	Apr 20	TEX		CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
10	10	Apr 21	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 22	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 23	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 25	TEX		MIL	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
15	15	Apr 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	16	Apr 28	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
17	17	Apr 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	51	11.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
19	19	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 4	TEX	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
21	21	May 5	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
22	22	May 6	TEX		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 7	TEX		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
24	24	May 8	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
25	25	May 9	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
26	26	May 10	TEX		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 13	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 14	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	GS	45	11.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B SS
29	29	May 15	TEX		TOR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
30	30	May 16	TEX		TOR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
32	32	May 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	33	May 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 21	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
35	35	May 22	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
36	36	May 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
37	37	May 25	TEX		BAL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 26	TEX		BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
39	39	May 27	TEX		BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
40	40	May 28	TEX		KCR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-14	CG	52	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
42	42	May 30	TEX		KCR	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	43	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	TEX	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
45	45	Jun 4	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
46	46	Jun 5	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
47	47	Jun 6	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
48	48	Jun 7	TEX		SEA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
49	49	Jun 8	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	54	14.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
50	50	Jun 9	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
51	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
52	52	Jun 13	TEX		MIN	W,10-4	GS	15	4.0	3	1	0	4	2	3B
53	53	Jun 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
54	54	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
55	55	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
57	57	Jun 18	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
58	58	Jun 19	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
59	59	Jun 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
60	60	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	62	Jun 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
63	63	Jun 24	TEX		OAK	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
64	64	Jun 25	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
65	65	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
66	66	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	0	10	1	11	0	3B
67	67	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	68	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
70	70	Jul 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
71	71	Jul 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
72	72	Jul 4	TEX	@	OAK	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	73	Jul 5	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
74	74	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
75	75	Jul 7	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
76	76	Jul 8	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	79	Jul 10 (1)	TEX		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
80	80	Jul 10 (2)	TEX		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
81	81	Jul 11	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
82	82	Jul 15	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	83	Jul 16	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
84	84	Jul 17	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-11	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	85	Jul 18	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS	45	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
86	86	Jul 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	87	Jul 21 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	88	Jul 21 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	89	Jul 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	90	Jul 23	TEX	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	91	Jul 24	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	93 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
93	94	Jul 26	TEX		MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
94	95	Jul 27	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
95	96	Jul 28	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
96	97	Jul 30	TEX		NYY	L,0-4	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99 (1)	Aug 1	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
98	100	Aug 2	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	101	Aug 3 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	102	Aug 3 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	104	Aug 5	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	105	Aug 6	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
104	106	Aug 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
105	107	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	109 (1)	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
107	110	Aug 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-11	GS	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
109	112	Aug 13	TEX		CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
110	113	Aug 14	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
111	114	Aug 15	TEX		CLE	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
112	115	Aug 16	TEX		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
113	116	Aug 17	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
114	117	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,11-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	118	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
116	119	Aug 21	TEX		BAL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
117	120	Aug 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-10	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	121	Aug 23	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
119	122	Aug 24	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
120	123	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
121	124	Aug 26	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
122	125	Aug 27 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
123	127 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
124	128	Aug 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
125	129	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
126	130	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	131	Sep 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
128	132	Sep 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
129	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
130	135 (1)	Sep 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
131	136	Sep 6 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
132	137	Sep 6 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,11-7	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	138	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
134	139	Sep 8	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	140	Sep 10	TEX		SEA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
136	141	Sep 11	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
137	142	Sep 12	TEX		SEA	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
138	143	Sep 13	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	144	Sep 14	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	145	Sep 15	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-10	GS	39	7.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B
141	146	Sep 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
142	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
143	149 (1)	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,7-9	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
144	150	Sep 20	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	GS	28	7.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
145	151	Sep 21	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
							149gm		1234.2	131	397	13	541	35