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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	TEX		NYY	W,1-0	CG	42	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	TEX		NYY	W,11-7	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
3	3	Apr 13 (1)	TEX		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13 (2)	TEX		NYY	L,2-8	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
5	5	Apr 14	TEX		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 15	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
7	7	Apr 16	TEX		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	50	10.1	4	1	0	5	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22	TEX		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 23	TEX		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B SS
17	17	Apr 29	TEX	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	31	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
18	18	Apr 30	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
20	20	May 3	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 4	TEX		BAL	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	3B
22	22	May 5	TEX		BOS	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 6	TEX		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 7	TEX		BOS	L,4-7	CG	51	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
25	25	May 9	TEX		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	1	8	0	9	0	3B
26	26	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 11	TEX		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 12	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
29	29	May 13	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	33 (3)	May 18	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	34	May 19	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	52	13.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	35	May 20	TEX		CAL	L,4-5	CG	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	36	May 21	TEX		CAL	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
34	37	May 22	TEX		CAL	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	38	May 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
36	39	May 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	40	May 25	TEX	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
38	41	May 26	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	42	May 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
40	43	May 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
41	44	May 30	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
42	45	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	46	Jun 1	TEX		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
44	47	Jun 2	TEX	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	18	5.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	68 (19)	Jun 24	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	69	Jun 25	TEX		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
48	70	Jun 26	TEX		SEA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	3B
49	71	Jun 27	TEX		MIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	72	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	73	Jun 29	TEX		MIN	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	74	Jun 30	TEX	@	SEA	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	75	Jul 1	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B
54	76	Jul 2	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
56	78	Jul 4	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
57	79	Jul 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	80	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
59	81	Jul 10	TEX		NYY	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
60	82	Jul 11	TEX		NYY	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	83	Jul 12	TEX		CLE	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	84	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,12-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	85	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	86	Jul 15	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
65	87	Jul 16	TEX		CHW	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
66	88	Jul 17	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
67	89	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
68	90	Jul 19	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	52	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	91	Jul 20	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
70	92	Jul 21	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
71	93	Jul 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	94	Jul 23	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	47	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
73	95	Jul 25	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
74	96	Jul 26 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	97	Jul 26 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
76	98	Jul 27 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	99	Jul 27 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	3	5	0	8	2	3B
78	100	Jul 29	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
79	101	Jul 30	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
80	102	Jul 31	TEX		BAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	103	Aug 1	TEX		BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	104	Aug 2	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
83	105	Aug 3	TEX		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
84	106	Aug 4	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
85	107	Aug 5	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
86	108	Aug 6	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	109	Aug 8	TEX		DET	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	110	Aug 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	1	6	1	8	1	3B SS
89	111	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	112	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	113	Aug 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
92	114	Aug 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
93	115	Aug 15	TEX	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	116	Aug 16	TEX	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	117	Aug 17 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
96	118	Aug 17 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
97	119	Aug 18	TEX		KCR	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
98	120	Aug 19	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
99	121	Aug 20	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
100	122	Aug 22 (1)	TEX		MIL	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
101	123	Aug 22 (2)	TEX		MIL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
102	124	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
104	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
105	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
108	130	Aug 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-7	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	143 (12)	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-10	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	153 (9)	Sep 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	154	Sep 24	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
112	155	Sep 25	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	45	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
113	156	Sep 26	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
114	157	Sep 27	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	158	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	159	Oct 2 (1)	TEX		MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	160	Oct 2 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	161	Oct 3	TEX		SEA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
119	162	Oct 4	TEX		SEA	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	163	Oct 5	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
							123gm		1048.2	123	282	8	413	26