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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	CLE		MIL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
5	5	Apr 11	CLE		MIL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	CLE		NYY	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
9	9	Apr 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 16	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
11	11	Apr 17	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	56	15.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
13	13	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
14	14	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	CLE		OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
16	16	Apr 24	CLE		OAK	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
17	17	Apr 26	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 27	CLE		CAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 28	CLE		CAL	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	20	Apr 29	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
21	21	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 3	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 4	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	24	May 5 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
25	25	May 5 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
26	26	May 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
27	27	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
29	29	May 10	CLE		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
30	30	May 11	CLE		BAL	L,1-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
32	32	May 14	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 15	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	34	May 17	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
35	35	May 18	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
36	36	May 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	37	May 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 21	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	62 (23)	Jun 18	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
40	63	Jun 19	CLE		CHW	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	64	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	65	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	48	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
43	66	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
44	67	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-3	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	68	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
46	69	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
47	70	Jun 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	71	Jun 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
49	72	Jun 30	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	74	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
52	75	Jul 2	CLE		MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	76	Jul 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
54	77	Jul 4	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
55	78	Jul 5	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
56	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
57	80	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
58	81	Jul 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	3B
60	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
61	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
62	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
64	87	Jul 15	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
65	88	Jul 16	CLE		CAL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	89	Jul 17	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
67	90	Jul 18	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
68	91	Jul 19	CLE		OAK	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
69	92	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
70	93	Jul 21	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
71	94	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
72	95	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	55	13.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
73	96	Jul 26	CLE		BAL	L,5-9	CG	49	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
74	97	Jul 27	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	98	Jul 28	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	99	Jul 29	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
77	100	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
78	101	Jul 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	102	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
80	103	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
81	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
82	105	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
83	106	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
84	107	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	108	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
86	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	131 (21)	Sep 1	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	3B
88	132	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	133	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	10.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
90	134	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
91	135	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	136	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	137	Sep 7	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
94	138	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
95	139	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	140	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,12-6	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	142 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
98	143	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
99	145 (1)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
100	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
101	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	149	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
104	150	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
105	151	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	152	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	154 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	155	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
109	156	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	157	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
111	158	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	159	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	L,0-10	CG	50	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
113	160	Sep 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
114	161	Oct 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
115	162	Oct 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
							115gm		1011.0	112	274	15	401	31