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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	TEX		MIL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 13	TEX		MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
5	5	Apr 14	TEX		MIL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
8	8	Apr 18	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22	TEX		BAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 23	TEX		BAL	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
14	14	Apr 24	TEX		BAL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	Apr 26	TEX		TOR	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 27	TEX		TOR	L,8-9	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 28	TEX		TOR	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 29	TEX		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 30	TEX		NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	TEX		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
21	21	May 3	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
22	22	May 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 7	TEX		DET	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
25	25	May 8	TEX		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
26	26	May 10	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 11	TEX		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
28	28	May 12	TEX		CLE	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
29	29	May 13	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	30	May 14	TEX	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	0	5	0	5	0	3B
32	32	May 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
33	33	May 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	36 (2)	May 20	TEX		KCR	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	37	May 21	TEX		KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
36	38	May 22	TEX		KCR	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
37	39	May 23	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	40	May 24	TEX		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	41	May 25	TEX		BOS	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	43 (1)	May 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
41	44	May 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
42	45	May 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
43	46	May 31	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	48	Jun 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-12	GS	38	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	49	Jun 3	TEX		CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
47	50	Jun 4	TEX		CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
48	51	Jun 6	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	52	Jun 7	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
50	53	Jun 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	54	Jun 9 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
52	55	Jun 9 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
53	56	Jun 10	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	57	Jun 11	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	3B
55	58	Jun 12	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	59	Jun 13	TEX		MIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	60	Jun 14	TEX		MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
58	61	Jun 15	TEX		MIN	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
59	62	Jun 16	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
60	63	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	64	Jun 19	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
62	67 (2)	Jun 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	68	Jun 23	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
64	69	Jun 24	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
65	70	Jun 25	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
66	71	Jun 26	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	72	Jun 28	TEX		OAK	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
68	73	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
69	74	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	TEX		CAL	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
71	76	Jul 2	TEX		CAL	L,2-7	GS	32	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	77	Jul 3	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	2	5	1	8	3	3B
73	78	Jul 4	TEX		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	79	Jul 5	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
75	80	Jul 6	TEX		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
76	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
77	82	Jul 8	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	83	Jul 9	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
79	85 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	86	Jul 12	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
81	87	Jul 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
82	88	Jul 14	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
83	89	Jul 18	TEX	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Cincinnati Reds
84	87	Jul 19	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	88	Jul 20	CIN		PHI	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	89	Jul 21	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
87	90	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
88	91	Jul 23	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
89	92	Jul 24	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
90	93	Jul 25	CIN	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
91	94	Jul 26	CIN	@	MON	W,7-6	GS	31	7.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	95	Jul 27	CIN	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
93	96	Jul 28	CIN	@	MON	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	97	Jul 30	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
95	98	Jul 31	CIN		HOU	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	99	Aug 1	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
97	100	Aug 2 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	101	Aug 2 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	102	Aug 3	CIN		LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	103	Aug 4	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
101	104	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	105	Aug 8	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	49	13.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
103	106	Aug 9	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
104	107	Aug 10	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
105	108	Aug 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
106	109	Aug 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	110	Aug 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
108	111	Aug 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	112	Aug 15	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	39	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	113	Aug 16	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	114	Aug 17	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
112	115	Aug 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	116	Aug 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
114	117	Aug 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
115	120 (2)	Aug 24	CIN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	121	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	122	Aug 26	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	123	Aug 27	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	124	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,7-6	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	125	Aug 29	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
121	126	Aug 30	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
122	127	Aug 31	CIN		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	128	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	129	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
125	130	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	131	Sep 4	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
127	132	Sep 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
128	133	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
129	134	Sep 8	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	135	Sep 9	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
131	136	Sep 10	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	137	Sep 11	CIN		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	138	Sep 12	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
134	140 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
135	141	Sep 14	CIN		LAD	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	142	Sep 15	CIN		LAD	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	143	Sep 16	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
138	144	Sep 17	CIN		SFG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
139	145	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
140	146	Sep 19	CIN	@	ATL	W,15-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
141	147	Sep 20	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
142	148	Sep 21	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
143	149	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
144	150	Sep 24	CIN		ATL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
145	153 (2)	Sep 27	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
146	154	Sep 28	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
147	155	Sep 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
148	156	Sep 30	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
149	157	Oct 1	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
150	158	Oct 2	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
							150gm		1296.1	124	297	25	446	35