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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 5	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 6	TEX		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 7	TEX		NYY	W,8-5	CG	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	58	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 10	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
9	9	Apr 14	TEX		TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 15	TEX		TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 17	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 19	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 20	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 21	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	Apr 22	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	17	Apr 23	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
18	18	Apr 25	TEX		DET	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	19	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
20	20	Apr 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	21	Apr 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	22	Apr 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-10	GS	21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 1 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
25	33 (8)	May 12	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
26	34	May 13	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	35	May 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	36	May 16	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	37	May 17	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
30	38	May 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	39	May 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
32	40	May 20	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
33	41	May 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	42	May 23	TEX		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
35	43	May 24	TEX		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
36	44	May 25	TEX		CHW	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
37	45	May 26	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	46	May 27	TEX		CHW	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
39	47	May 28	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
40	48	May 29	TEX		KCR	L,5-7	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	49	May 30	TEX		KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	50	Jun 1	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
43	51	Jun 2	TEX		SEA	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
44	52	Jun 3	TEX		SEA	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
45	53	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	54	Jun 5	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
47	55	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
48	56	Jun 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	57	Jun 8	TEX		OAK	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
50	58	Jun 9	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	59	Jun 10	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	60	Jun 11	TEX		OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
53	61	Jun 12	TEX		MIN	W,6-2	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	62	Jun 13	TEX		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
55	63	Jun 14	TEX		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
56	64	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	3B
57	65	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
58	66	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
59	67	Jun 18	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	68	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
61	69	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	70	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	71	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	72	Jun 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	73	Jun 25	TEX		CAL	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
66	74	Jun 26	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	57	14.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
67	75	Jun 27	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
68	76	Jun 28 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	77	Jun 28 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	78	Jun 29	TEX	@	CLE	L,12-13	CG	62	12.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
71	79	Jun 30	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	80	Jul 1	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-13	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	81	Jul 2	TEX		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
74	82	Jul 3	TEX		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	83	Jul 4	TEX		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	84	Jul 5	TEX		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
77	85	Jul 6	TEX		DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
78	86	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	87	Jul 8	TEX		DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	88	Jul 12	TEX		CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
81	89	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
82	90	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
83	91	Jul 15	TEX		CLE	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
84	92	Jul 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	93	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	94	Jul 18	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	95	Jul 19	TEX	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	3B
88	96	Jul 20	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	97	Jul 21	TEX	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	98	Jul 22	TEX	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
91	99	Jul 23	TEX		BAL	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
92	100	Jul 24	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	101	Jul 25	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	GS	33	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
94	102	Jul 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
95	103	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	104	Jul 29	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
97	105	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
98	106	Jul 31	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	107	Aug 1	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
100	108	Aug 3	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	109	Aug 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
102	110	Aug 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
103	111	Aug 6	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	112	Aug 7	TEX		TOR	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
105	113	Aug 8	TEX		TOR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
106	114	Aug 9	TEX		BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
107	115	Aug 10	TEX		BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
108	116	Aug 11	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
109	117	Aug 12	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	118	Aug 13	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
111	119	Aug 14	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
112	120	Aug 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
113	121	Aug 16	TEX		KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
114	122	Aug 17	TEX		KCR	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	123	Aug 18	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	124	Aug 19	TEX		KCR	W,6-4	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	128 (3)	Aug 24	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-3	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	129	Aug 25	TEX	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
119	130	Aug 26	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
120	131	Aug 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
121	132	Aug 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
122	133	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
123	134	Aug 31	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	TEX		MIL	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	136	Sep 3	TEX		SEA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
126	137	Sep 4	TEX		SEA	L,3-6	CG	53	13.0	0	8	0	8	1	3B
127	138	Sep 5	TEX		SEA	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
128	139	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
129	140	Sep 8	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
130	141	Sep 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
131	142	Sep 10	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	143	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
133	144	Sep 12	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-1	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
134	146 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	147	Sep 15	TEX		MIN	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
136	148	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
137	149	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
138	150	Sep 18	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
139	151	Sep 19	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
140	152	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
141	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
142	154	Sep 23	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
143	155	Sep 24	TEX		OAK	L,6-10	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
144	157 (1)	Sep 26	TEX		OAK	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
145	158	Sep 27	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
146	159	Sep 28	TEX		CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
							147gm		1277.1	129	323	20	472	28