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Beau Bell
Roy Chester Bell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
School Texas A&M University

Debut April 16, 1935
Final Game September 1, 1941
Born August 20, 1907 in Bellville, TX
Died September 14, 1977 in College Station, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 27 SLB AL  76  220   20   55   8  2   3   17   1  1  16  16  .250  .304  .345   65   76   0           1    
 1936 28 SLB AL 155  616  100  212  40 12  11  123   4  1  60  55  .344  .403  .502  119  309   6           1     MVP-13
 1937 29 SLB AL 156  642   82  218  51  8  14  117   2  2  53  54  .340  .391  .509  125  327   3           1     MVP-17,AS
 1938 30 SLB AL 147  526   91  138  35  3  13   84   1  3  71  46  .262  .350  .414   91  218   2           0    
 1939 31 TOT AL  65  166   18   39   5  2   1   29   0  1  28  19  .235  .352  .307   66   51   9           2   7
         SLB AL  11   32    4    7   1  0   1    5   0  0   4   3  .219  .324  .344   70   11   1           1   1
         DET AL  54  134   14   32   4  2   0   24   0  1  24  16  .239  .358  .299   65   40   8           1   6
 1940 32 CLE AL 120  444   55  124  22  2   4   58   2  2  34  41  .279  .332  .365   83  162   3           1   8
 1941 33 CLE AL  48  104   12   20   4  3   0    9   1  2  10   8  .192  .270  .288   51   30   3           1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      767 2718  378  806 165 32  46  437  11 12 272 239  .297  .362  .432   99 1173  26   0   0   7  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   80  170  35  7  10   92   2  3  57  50  .297  .362  .432   99  248   5   0   0   1   4
 Career High    156  642  100  218  51 12  14  123   4  3  71  55  .344  .403  .509  125  327   9   0   0   2   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 27 SLB AL  237  166   23   3.7   115| .250  .292| .304  .366| .345  .422| .649  .788|  65  .364 -12.6  -1.2  50%
 1936 28 SLB AL  683  411  125   8.1   124| .344  .302| .403  .379| .502  .444| .905  .823| 119  .666  18.4   1.6  80%
 1937 29 SLB AL  699  429  127   7.8   117| .340  .290| .391  .365| .509  .432| .900  .797| 125  .675  24.3   2.2  50%
 1938 30 SLB AL  599  393   75   5.0   118| .262  .290| .350  .369| .414  .432| .764  .801|  91  .478  -7.4  -0.7  25%
 1939 31 TOT AL  205  144   17   3.1   119| .235  .294| .352  .370| .307  .434| .659  .804|  66  .293  -8.3  -0.7   0%
         SLB AL   38   27    3   3.0   116| .219  .289| .324  .364| .344  .427| .668  .791|  70  .271  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         DET AL  167  117   14   3.2   120| .239  .295| .358  .371| .299  .436| .657  .807|  65  .297  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1940 32 CLE AL  482  333   53   4.2   108| .279  .276| .332  .348| .365  .418| .697  .766|  83  .428 -10.9  -1.0  50%
 1941 33 CLE AL  118   92    8   2.3   102| .192  .269| .270  .345| .288  .397| .558  .742|  51  .214  -7.6  -0.7  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3023 1968  428   5.8   117| .297  .290| .362  .366| .432  .431| .794  .796|  99  .545  -4.1  -0.5  47%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 27 SLB AL OF 37 65 2 6 0 .918 .970 1.81 2.30 10 0 27 1B 15 122 6 3 11 .977 .992 8.53 9.92 3B 3 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 2.93 1936 28 SLB AL OF 142 291 11 8 6 .974 .968 2.13 2.29 12 0 133 1B 17 134 8 5 14 .966 .991 8.35 9.74 1937 29 SLB AL OF 131 222 22 4 6 .984 .969 1.86 2.28 0 0 131 AS 1B 26 238 17 6 18 .977 .991 9.81 9.61 AS 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.05 AS 1938 30 SLB AL OF 132 266 12 6 3 .979 .972 2.11 2.28 0 0 132 1B 4 24 0 0 4 1.000 .992 6.00 9.55 1939 31 TOT AL OF 46 93 4 0 1 1.000 .969 2.11 2.35 46 0 0 SLB AL OF 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 .971 2.22 2.36 9 0 0 DET AL OF 37 73 4 0 1 1.000 .969 2.08 2.35 37 0 0 1940 32 CLE AL OF 97 193 5 6 1 .971 .970 2.04 2.32 0 0 97 1B 14 116 8 2 16 .984 .989 8.86 9.60 1941 33 CLE AL OF 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.57 2.33 0 0 14 1B 10 84 4 0 9 1.000 .990 8.80 9.64
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 27 SLB AL 1B 15 122 6 3 11 .977 .992 8.53 9.92 1936 28 SLB AL 1B 17 134 8 5 14 .966 .991 8.35 9.74 1937 29 SLB AL 1B 26 238 17 6 18 .977 .991 9.81 9.61 1938 30 SLB AL 1B 4 24 0 0 4 1.000 .992 6.00 9.55 1940 32 CLE AL 1B 14 116 8 2 16 .984 .989 8.86 9.60 1941 33 CLE AL 1B 10 84 4 0 9 1.000 .990 8.80 9.64 1935 27 SLB AL 3B 3 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 2.93 1937 29 SLB AL 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.05 1935 27 SLB AL OF 37 65 2 6 0 .918 .970 1.81 2.30 10 0 27 1936 28 SLB AL OF 142 291 11 8 6 .974 .968 2.13 2.29 12 0 133 1937 29 SLB AL OF 131 222 22 4 6 .984 .969 1.86 2.28 0 0 131 1938 30 SLB AL OF 132 266 12 6 3 .979 .972 2.11 2.28 0 0 132 1939 31 TOT AL OF 46 93 4 0 1 1.000 .969 2.11 2.35 46 0 0 SLB AL OF 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 .971 2.22 2.36 9 0 0 DET AL OF 37 73 4 0 1 1.000 .969 2.08 2.35 37 0 0 1940 32 CLE AL OF 97 193 5 6 1 .971 .970 2.04 2.32 0 0 97 1941 33 CLE AL OF 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.57 2.33 0 0 14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 599 1152 56 30 17 .976 .970 2.02 2.30 68 0 534 1B 86 718 43 16 72 .979 .991 8.85 9.69 3B 5 2 4 1 0 .857 .938 1.20 2.98 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 690 1872 103 47 89 .977 .978 2.86 3.22
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1937   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1937

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1936-AL-13-0.12
1937-AL-17-0.06
Car-755-0.18 shares

Batting Average
1936 AL-.344-8
1937 AL-.340-6

Games
1936 AL-155-1
1937 AL-156-2

At Bats
1937 AL-642-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1937 AL-699-9

Hits
1936 AL-212-4
1937 AL-218-1

Total Bases
1936 AL-309-8
1937 AL-327-6

Doubles
1936 AL-40-9
1937 AL-51-1
1938 AL-35-9

Triples
1936 AL-12-7

RBI
1936 AL-123-10
1937 AL-117-8

Singles
1936 AL-149-6
1937 AL-145-5

Runs Created
1936 AL-125-8
1937 AL-127-6

Extra-Base Hits
1937 AL-73-6

Times on Base
1936 AL-273-10
1937 AL-272-7

Offensive Win%
1937 AL-.675-10

   

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (331) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (894) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (533) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 13, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Red Kress, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup to the Detroit Tigers for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman.

January 20, 1940: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Campbell.


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