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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
7	7	Apr 20	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
15	15	Apr 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 2	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	18	May 3	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
19	19	May 4 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,1-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 4 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 5	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
22	22	May 6	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
23	23	May 7	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	3B
24	24	May 9	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
25	25	May 10	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
26	26	May 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
27	27	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
30	30	May 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	3B
31	31	May 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-10	GS	30	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
32	32	May 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 19	CLE		CAL	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
34	34	May 21	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
35	35	May 23	CLE		OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 24	CLE		OAK	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	37	May 25 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 26	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
40	40	May 27	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	41	May 28	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	42	May 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
45	45	Jun 3	CLE		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
46	46	Jun 4	CLE		KCR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	47	Jun 5	CLE		KCR	W,8-7	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
48	48	Jun 6	CLE		TEX	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
49	49	Jun 7	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	CG	53	12.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
50	50	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,6-7	GS	44	11.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
52	52	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	L,10-11	CG	54	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
53	53	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	55 (1)	Jun 12	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
55	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
58	59	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
59	60	Jun 17	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
60	61	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
61	62	Jun 20	CLE		MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
62	63	Jun 21	CLE		MIL	L,9-11	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	65 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	67	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
66	68	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
67	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
69	71	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	0	3	1	4	0	3B
70	72	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
71	73	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74	Jul 1	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	3B
73	75	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	76	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
75	77	Jul 4	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	78	Jul 5	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	79	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	80	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
79	81	Jul 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	82	Jul 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-15	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
81	83	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
82	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	85	Jul 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	87	Jul 17	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
86	88	Jul 18	CLE		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	89	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	90	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	91	Jul 20	CLE		CAL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
90	92	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
91	95 (2)	Jul 25	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
92	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
95	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
96	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
97	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	103	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
100	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	48	8.0	2	3	2	7	0	3B
101	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
102	106	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
103	107	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
104	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
105	109	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	110	Aug 8	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
107	111	Aug 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
108	113 (1)	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	53	11.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
110	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
111	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
113	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	119	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	120	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
116	121	Aug 19	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
117	122	Aug 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
118	123	Aug 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
119	124	Aug 23	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
121	126	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
122	127	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
123	128	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
124	129	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	130	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	2	3	0	5	0	3B
126	131	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
128	133	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	134	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
130	135	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
131	136	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
132	137	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
133	139 (1)	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	140	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
135	141	Sep 10 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	54	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
136	142	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
137	143	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
138	144	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
140	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
141	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
143	149	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
144	150	Sep 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
145	151	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
146	152	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
147	153	Sep 22	CLE		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
148	154	Sep 23	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
149	155	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
150	156	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
151	157	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
152	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
153	159	Sep 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-4	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							153gm		1328.0	146	330	25	501	29