Les Bell

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: December 14, 1901 in Harrisburg, PA us

Died: December 26, 1985 in Hershey, PA

Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA

Debut: September 17, 1923 (Age 21-277d, 5,806th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1931 (Age 29-287d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Lester Rowland Bell

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1926 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

3239

938

.290

404

RBI

509

OBP

.346

SLG

.438

OPS

.784

OPS+

102

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	38
BSN	19
CHC	9

Platoon
vs RHP	52
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	26

Outs
1	25
2	22
0	19

8 Opps
CHC	14
PIT	12
CIN	10
NYG	9
PHI	7
STL	5
BRO	5
BSN	4

49 Pitchers
Grover Alexander	4
Pete Donohue	3
Wilbur Cooper	3
Freddie Fitzsimmons	2
Eppa Rixey	2
Mike Cvengros	2
Hal Carlson	2
Lee Meadows	2
Jesse Haines	2
Ray Kremer	2
Jesse Petty	2
Glenn Spencer	2
Elmer Jacobs	2
Ray Phelps	1
Johnny Werts	1
Virgil Barnes	1
Clarence Mitchell	1
Pea Ridge Day	1
Ken Ash	1
Wayland Dean	1
Dolf Luque	1
Fred Frankhouse	1
Bill Sherdel	1
Carl Mays	1
Huck Betts	1
Jack Knight	1
Joe Genewich	1
Kent Greenfield	1
Watson Clark	1
Claude Willoughby	1
Jack Wisner	1
Bullet Joe Bush	1
Hal Haid	1
Ownie Carroll	1
Jimmy Ring	1
Bob McGraw	1
Tony Kaufmann	1
Erv Brame	1
Johnny Morrison	1
Jack Scott	1
Tiny Osborne	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Charlie Root	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Kyle Graham	1
Guy Bush	1
Red Lucas	1
Jim Brillheart	1
Phil Collins	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	26
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	15
Braves Fld (BOS)	11
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	3
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
Baker Bowl (PHI)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2

Where Hit
7	39
9	15
78	4
8	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
3·HR gms	1
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	8
-2-	8
12-	6
123	4
--3	4
-23	3

116 RBI
RISP	25
0 on	33
1 on	20
2 on	9
3 on	4
Any on	33

Inning
1	3
2	8
3	4
4	16
5	7
6	5
7	7
8	7
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	15
4-6	28
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	11
+1	6
Tied	12
-1	10
-2	7
-3	6
-4..	9

Ahead	22
Tied	12
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	62
PH	2
SS	2

OrderPos
6th	24
5th	22
7th	10
4th	5
8th	4
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1924-04-16	STL		CHC	Grover Alexander	behind 1-4	b 4	0	--3	2	7	6	0.124	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Mueller Scores
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1925-04-18	STL	@	CHC	Guy Bush	ahead 6-3	t 4	1	-23	3	5	5	0.087	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Holm Scores; R. Hornsby Scores
3	3	2	2	1925-04-18	STL	@	CHC	Elmer Jacobs	ahead 14-4	t 7	0	-2-	2	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bottomley Scores
4	4	3	1	1925-04-19	STL	@	CHC	Grover Alexander	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	5	5	0.177	77%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Bottomley Scores
5	5	4	1	1925-06-14	STL		PHI	Huck Betts	ahead 8-7	b 7	2	1--	2	7	5	0.170	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Flack Scores
6	6	5	1	1925-07-02 (1)	STL	@	CHC	Wilbur Cooper	behind 5-11	t 8	1	---	1	7	5	0.007	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1925-07-03	STL	@	CHC	Elmer Jacobs	behind 5-7	t 8	0	1--	2	7	5	0.280	50%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Toporcer Scores
8	8	7	1	1925-07-04 (1)	STL	@	CHC	Wilbur Cooper	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---	1	7	5
9	9	8	1	1925-08-04	STL		NYG	Wayland Dean	tied 2-2	b 8	2	-2-	2	7	5	0.336	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Bottomley Scores
10	10	9	1	1925-08-14	STL		CHC	Grover Alexander	behind 2-4	b 4	1	1--	2	7	5	0.203	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Hafey Scores
11	11	10	1	1925-08-25	STL	@	BRO	Tiny Osborne	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	5	0.110	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	11	1	1925-09-13 (2)	STL		PIT	Johnny Morrison	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	5	0.102	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1926-05-01	STL	@	CHC	Wilbur Cooper	ahead 4-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.084	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1926-05-10	STL		NYG	Jack Wisner	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.067	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1926-05-12	STL		NYG	Jimmy Ring	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	0.126	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1926-05-16	STL		BSN	Kyle Graham	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	-2-	2	6	5	0.119	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hornsby Scores
17	17	5	1	1926-05-20	STL		PHI	Jack Knight	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	5	0.156	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Mueller Scores
18	18	6	1	1926-05-24	STL		CIN	Eppa Rixey	behind 2-6	b 7	0	--3	2	6	5	0.093	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Mueller Scores
19	19	7	1	1926-05-27 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Pete Donohue	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.109	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1926-06-30	STL	@	PIT	Lee Meadows	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	12-	3	6	5	0.126	98%		Home Run; G. Toporcer Scores; B. Southworth Scores
21	21	9	1	1926-07-09	STL		BSN	Joe Genewich	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	0.103	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	10	1	1926-07-22	STL		NYG	Virgil Barnes	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	5	0.134	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	11	1	1926-07-25	STL		NYG	Kent Greenfield	behind 2-3	b 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.133	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	12	1	1926-07-30	STL	@	NYG	Freddie Fitzsimmons	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	5	0.085	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	13	1	1926-08-15	STL		CHC	Charlie Root	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	5	5	0.103	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bottomley Scores
26	26	14	1	1926-08-22	STL		NYG	Jack Scott	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---	1	5	5	0.081	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	15	1	1926-08-30 (2)	STL		PIT	Bullet Joe Bush	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	1	5	5	0.038	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	16	1	1926-08-31 (1)	STL		PIT	Lee Meadows	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	--3	2	5	5	0.123	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Southworth Scores
29	29	17	1	1926-09-05	STL	@	CIN	Dolf Luque	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1927-05-04	STL	@	PIT	Mike Cvengros	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	1--	2	5	5	0.118	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bottomley Scores
31	31	2	1	1927-05-14	STL	@	PHI	Hal Carlson	behind 1-4	t 6	2	-2-	2	5	5	0.161	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Frisch Scores
32	32	3	1	1927-05-25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	Tony Kaufmann	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	123	4	6	5	0.137	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bottomley Scores; C. Hafey Scores; R. Blades Scores
33	33	4	1	1927-06-12	STL		PHI	Clarence Mitchell	behind 3-4	b 9	1	-2-	2	6	5	0.709	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); W. Holm Scores
34	34	5	1	1927-07-27	STL		PHI	Claude Willoughby	behind 7-8	b 10	1	---	1	6	5	0.465	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	6	1	1927-08-06	STL		BSN	Johnny Werts	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	8	6	0.099	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	7	1	1927-09-06	STL		CHC	Jim Brillheart	ahead 8-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	0.005	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	8	1	1927-09-07 (1)	STL		CHC	Hal Carlson	behind 0-1	b 6	1	12-	3	6	5	0.359	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Clark Scores; C. Hafey Scores
38	38	9	1	1927-09-09	STL		BRO	Jesse Petty	behind 5-6	b 10	2	12-	3	6	5	0.822	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line); J. Bottomley Scores; C. Hafey Scores
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1928-04-30	BSN	@	PHI	Bob McGraw	ahead 10-3	t 9	2	-23	3	5	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Richbourg Scores; E. Brown Scores
40	40	2	1	1928-06-02	BSN		CIN	Pete Donohue	behind 2-4	b 1	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.163	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hornsby Scores
41	41	3	2	1928-06-02	BSN		CIN	Pete Donohue	behind 4-13	b 5	2	12-	3	5	5	0.020	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Sisler Scores; R. Hornsby Scores
42	42	4	3	1928-06-02	BSN		CIN	Carl Mays	behind 11-20	b 9	2	---	1	5	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	5	1	1928-06-09 (1)	BSN		PIT	Burleigh Grimes	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.112	64%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	6	1	1928-06-11	BSN		STL	Grover Alexander	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.112	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	1928-06-30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Freddie Fitzsimmons	behind 3-7	t 9	1	---	1	5	5	0.009	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	8	1	1928-08-08 (2)	BSN		CIN	Eppa Rixey	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	5	0.115	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	9	1	1928-08-16	BSN	@	STL	Jesse Haines	ahead 4-0	t 3	1	1--	2	6	5	0.076	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Mueller Scores
48	48	10	1	1928-09-20 (2)	BSN		CIN	Ken Ash	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	4	6	5
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1929-05-10	BSN		CIN	Red Lucas	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	5	5	0.085	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	2	1	1929-05-26	BSN	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 4-11	t 7	1	123	4	9	PH	0.065	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Dugan Scores; H. Mueller Scores; A. Spohrer Scores
51	51	3	1	1929-06-10	BSN	@	CHC	Mike Cvengros	behind 5-6	t 5	2	12-	3	6	5	0.331	69%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Sisler Scores; E. Clark Scores
52	52	4	1	1929-06-29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	Watson Clark	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	5	5	0.145	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	5	1	1929-07-17 (2)	BSN		PIT	Ray Kremer	behind 0-13	b 7	0	---	1	5	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Bell Scores/unER
54	54	6	1	1929-07-21 (1)	BSN		STL	Bill Sherdel	behind 0-1	b 6	1	12-	3	4	5	0.345	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Maranville Scores; G. Sisler Scores
55	55	7	1	1929-08-03	BSN	@	STL	Hal Haid	behind 4-6	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	0.105	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
56	56	8	1	1929-08-16	BSN		PIT	Erv Brame	behind 1-8	b 4	0	---	1	4	5
57	57	9	1	1929-09-20	BSN	@	PIT	Jesse Petty	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	4	5	0.191	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Sisler Scores
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1930-04-29	CHC		PIT	Ray Kremer	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	123	4	7	5	0.129	94%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Hornsby Scores; H. Wilson Scores; C. Grimm Scores
59	59	2	1	1930-05-08	CHC		BRO	Ray Phelps	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.135	35%		Home Run (Deep CF)
60	60	3	1	1930-05-18 (2)	CHC	@	STL	Jesse Haines	behind 1-7	t 7	2	---	1	6	5
61	61	4	1	1930-08-19 (2)	CHC		PHI	Phil Collins	behind 3-6	b 8	2	-23	3	8	PH	0.404	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Taylor Scores; G. Kelly Scores
62	62	5	1	1930-09-07	CHC		PIT	Glenn Spencer	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---	1	8	5	0.079	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1931-05-04	CHC		CIN	Ownie Carroll	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	5	0.135	65%		Home Run
64	64	2	1	1931-05-15	CHC	@	BRO	Pea Ridge Day	behind 3-6	t 9	2	---	1	7	5	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	3	1	1931-08-10	CHC	@	PIT	Glenn Spencer	behind 1-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	8	5	0.234	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Taylor Scores
66	66	4	1	1931-09-13 (2)	CHC		BSN	Fred Frankhouse	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	5	0.169	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Herman Scores

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