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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
2	2	Apr 8	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 17	CLE		MIL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
11	11	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 20	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
15	15	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
18	18	Apr 26	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	19	Apr 27	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	20	Apr 28	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	21	Apr 29	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 2	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	44	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
23	23	May 4	CLE		OAK	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
24	24	May 5	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	25	May 6 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,0-12	CG	51	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
26	26	May 6 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
27	27	May 8	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 9	CLE		CAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
29	29	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
30	30	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	32	May 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 14	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	66	16.1	4	3	0	7	0	3B
35	35	May 17	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 18	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
38	38	May 20 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	3B
39	39	May 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
40	40	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
41	41	May 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	42	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
43	43	May 26 susp	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	84	20.2	1	4	1	6	0	3B
44	44	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
45	45	May 29	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
46	46	May 30	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	47	May 31	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	49	Jun 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
50	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,3-7	CG	59	15.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
52	52	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
53	53	Jun 8	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
54	54	Jun 9	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	55	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	57	Jun 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
58	58	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 15	CLE		KCR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	60	Jun 16	CLE		KCR	L,2-5	CG	44	11.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
61	61	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	62	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
63	63	Jun 18	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
64	64	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	65	Jun 20	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	66	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
68	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
70	70	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	75 (4)	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
73	77	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
74	78	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
75	79	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	80	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
77	81	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
78	82	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	CG	44	11.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
79	83	Jul 7	CLE		CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	84	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
81	85	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
82	86	Jul 10	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
83	87	Jul 11	CLE		OAK	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
84	88	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	89	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
86	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
90	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
91	95	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,10-8	CG	49	11.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
92	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
93	97	Jul 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	98	Jul 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
95	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	100	Jul 26 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	101	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	102	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
99	103	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	104	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
101	105	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	106	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	107	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
104	108	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
105	109	Aug 3	CLE		MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
106	110	Aug 4	CLE		MIL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
107	111	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
108	112	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
109	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
111	116 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	117	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
113	118	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	52	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	3	3B
115	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
116	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
117	122	Aug 17	CLE		MIN	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	123	Aug 18	CLE		MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
119	124	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	125	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GS	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	126	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
122	127	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	46	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
123	128	Aug 24	CLE		TEX	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
124	129	Aug 25	CLE		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
125	130	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,0-9	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	131	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
127	132	Aug 28	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
128	133	Aug 29	CLE		KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
129	134	Aug 30	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
130	135	Aug 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	136	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
132	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
133	138	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
134	139	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
135	140	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
136	141	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
137	142	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
138	143	Sep 7	CLE		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	144	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	145	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
141	146	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
142	147	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
143	148	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
144	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
145	150	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
146	151	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
147	152	Sep 18	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
148	153	Sep 19	CLE		MIL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
149	154	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
150	155	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
151	156	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
152	157	Sep 25	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
153	158	Sep 26	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
154	159	Sep 28 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
155	160	Sep 28 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-18	CG	50	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
156	161	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
							156gm		1377.1	146	363	22	531	44