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Jay Bell
Jay Stuart Bell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 29, 1986
  vs. MIN 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 2003
Born December 11, 1965 in Eglin A.F.B., FL

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1984. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 20 CLE AL   5   14    3    5   2  0   1    4   0  0   2   3  .357  .438  .714  211   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 21 CLE AL  38  125   14   27   9  1   2   13   2  0   8  31  .216  .269  .352   63   44   3   0   0   1   0
 1988 22 CLE AL  73  211   23   46   5  1   2   21   4  2  21  53  .218  .289  .280   59   59   1   2   0   1   3
 1989 23 PIT NL  78  271   33   70  13  3   2   27   5  3  19  47  .258  .307  .351   92   95  10   2   0   1   9
 1990 24 PIT NL 159  583   93  148  28  7   7   52  10  6  65 109  .254  .329  .362   94  211  39   6   0   3  14
 1991 25 PIT NL 157  608   96  164  32  8  16   67  10  6  52  99  .270  .330  .428  113  260  30   3   1   4  15 MVP-12
 1992 26 PIT NL 159  632   87  167  36  6   9   55   7  5  55 103  .264  .326  .383  102  242  19   2   0   4  12
 1993 27 PIT NL 154  604  102  187  32  9   9   51  16 10  77 122  .310  .392  .437  124  264  13   1   6   6  16 SS,MVP-19,AS
 1994 28 PIT NL 110  424   68  117  35  4   9   45   2  0  49  82  .276  .353  .441  105  187   8   3   1   3  15
 1995 29 PIT NL 138  530   79  139  28  4  13   55   2  5  55 110  .262  .336  .404   93  214   3   1   1   4  13
 1996 30 PIT NL 151  527   65  132  29  3  13   71   6  4  54 108  .250  .323  .391   85  206   6   6   5   5  10
 1997 31 KCR AL 153  573   89  167  28  3  21   92  10  6  71 101  .291  .368  .461  115  264   3   9   2   4  13
 1998 32 ARI NL 155  549   79  138  29  5  20   67   3  5  81 129  .251  .353  .432  106  237   5   3   3   7  14
 1999 33 ARI NL 151  589  132  170  32  6  38  112   7  4  82 132  .289  .374  .557  131  328   4   9   2   4   9 MVP-13,AS
 2000 34 ARI NL 149  565   87  151  30  6  18   68   7  3  70  88  .267  .348  .437   93  247   6   5   0   3   7
 2001 35 ARI NL 129  428   59  106  24  1  13   46   0  1  65  79  .248  .349  .400   88  171   8   4   3   4   9
 2002 36 ARI NL  32   49    3    8   1  0   2   11   0  0   5   9  .163  .250  .306   40   15   0   1   0   1   2
 2003 37 NYM NL  72  116   11   21   1  0   0    3   0  0  22  38  .181  .319  .190   39   22   1   1   1   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7398      1963     67      860     60    1443  .265  .343  .416  101      159  58  25  57 165
               2063      1123      394    195       91    853                            3076
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   88  154  31  5  15   68   7  5  67 113  .265  .343  .416  101  242  12   5   2   4  13
 Career High    159  632  132  187  36  9  38  112  16 10  82 132  .310  .392  .557  131  328  39   9   6   7  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 20 CLE AL   16    9    5  14.8    99| .357  .259| .438  .327| .714  .404|1.152  .731| 211  .892   2.2   0.2   0%
 1987 21 CLE AL  137  101   13   3.4   106| .216  .265| .269  .333| .352  .426| .621  .759|  63  .337  -6.8  -0.7 100%
 1988 22 CLE AL  236  173   18   2.8    96| .218  .262| .289  .327| .280  .394| .569  .721|  59  .302 -11.6  -1.2  66%
 1989 23 PIT NL  303  225   28   3.4    87| .258  .249| .307  .316| .351  .371| .658  .687|  92  .414  -3.1  -0.3  62%
 1990 24 PIT NL  696  500   72   3.9    95| .254  .260| .329  .325| .362  .390| .691  .715|  94  .440  -3.2  -0.3  62%
 1991 25 PIT NL  697  498   85   4.6    93| .270  .256| .330  .324| .428  .384| .758  .708| 113  .542   9.3   1.0  62%
 1992 26 PIT NL  712  503   80   4.3    91| .264  .258| .326  .323| .383  .380| .709  .703| 102  .517   1.2   0.1  58%
 1993 27 PIT NL  701  457  104   6.1   103| .310  .270| .392  .335| .437  .411| .829  .746| 124  .623  22.5   2.2  61%
 1994 28 PIT NL  487  333   65   5.2   110| .276  .275| .353  .343| .441  .431| .794  .774| 105  .528   4.3   0.4 100%
 1995 29 PIT NL  593  413   70   4.6   109| .262  .273| .336  .343| .404  .425| .740  .768|  93  .472  -6.0  -0.6  28%
 1996 30 PIT NL  598  421   68   4.3   110| .250  .275| .323  .344| .391  .429| .714  .774|  85  .449 -12.0  -1.2  60%
 1997 31 KCR AL  660  437   99   6.1   110| .291  .272| .368  .342| .461  .431| .829  .773| 115  .573  13.8   1.3  62%
 1998 32 ARI NL  645  438   85   5.2   107| .251  .269| .353  .340| .432  .424| .785  .764| 106  .532   5.7   0.5  37%
 1999 33 ARI NL  688  445  127   7.6   117| .289  .277| .374  .352| .557  .446| .931  .798| 131  .661  28.0   2.5  63%
 2000 34 ARI NL  649  435   91   5.6   121| .267  .279| .348  .357| .437  .456| .785  .813|  93  .522  -6.8  -0.6  70%
 2001 35 ARI NL  509  344   63   4.9   118| .248  .278| .349  .350| .400  .455| .749  .805|  88  .488  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 2002 36 ARI NL   56   44    4   2.4   116| .163  .278| .250  .354| .306  .443| .556  .797|  40  .223  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 2003 37 NYM NL  142  101    8   2.1   107| .181  .265| .319  .336| .190  .425| .509  .762|  39  .176  -9.5  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     8525 5877 1085   5.0   105| .265  .269| .343  .338| .416  .418| .759  .756| 101  .518  16.1   1.2  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 20 CLE AL 2B 2 1 6 2 1 .778 .986 3.50 4.35 5.25 5.10 2 12.0 DH 2 1987 21 CLE AL SS 38 67 93 9 22 .947 .970 4.21 4.02 4.83 4.59 33 298.0 1988 22 CLE AL SS 72 103 170 10 37 .965 .971 3.79 4.14 4.12 4.69 68 596.0 DH 1 1989 23 PIT NL SS 78 109 197 10 41 .968 .966 3.92 3.88 4.24 4.51 70 649.3 1990 24 PIT NL SS 159 260 459 22 85 .970 .967 4.52 4.00 4.70 4.59 153 1377.0 1991 25 PIT NL SS 156 239 491 24 78 .968 .966 4.68 3.88 4.88 4.67 153 1347.3 1992 26 PIT NL SS 159 268 526 22 94 .973 .969 4.99 3.86 5.06 4.59 157 1411.3 1993 27 PIT NL SS 154 256 527 11 100 .986 .965 5.08 4.04 5.22 4.69 153 1349.0 GG,AS 1994 28 PIT NL SS 110 152 380 15 69 .973 .966 4.84 4.05 5.07 4.53 108 943.7 1995 29 PIT NL SS 136 205 409 14 88 .978 .968 4.51 3.97 4.81 4.51 130 1150.0 3B 3 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 2.33 2.33 2.55 2.77 3 24.7 1996 30 PIT NL SS 151 215 478 10 78 .986 .967 4.59 3.99 4.84 4.60 143 1289.3 1997 31 KCR AL SS 149 227 443 10 102 .985 .974 4.50 4.05 4.74 4.55 144 1271.0 3B 4 2 7 0 3 1.000 .957 2.25 2.33 3.00 2.67 3 27.0 1998 32 ARI NL SS 138 196 399 18 77 .971 .968 4.31 3.88 4.55 4.52 135 1175.7 2B 15 28 38 1 7 .985 .982 4.40 4.38 4.52 5.09 15 131.3 1999 33 ARI NL 2B 148 320 340 22 86 .968 .981 4.46 4.19 4.58 5.05 145 1297.0 AS DH 2 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 AS 2000 34 ARI NL 2B 145 289 344 8 85 .988 .982 4.37 4.34 4.58 4.96 142 1243.7 DH 1 2001 35 ARI NL 2B 80 153 168 2 43 .994 .983 4.01 4.19 4.35 4.86 78 664.0 3B 40 22 56 5 3 .940 .950 1.95 2.17 2.31 2.57 33 303.3 DH 3 2002 36 ARI NL 3B 6 4 8 0 2 1.000 .960 2.00 2.28 2.53 2.72 5 42.7 1B 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 .994 3.20 7.96 5.76 9.40 3 25.0 2B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.30 8.18 4.91 0 3.3 SS 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.00 5.00 4.50 1 9.0 2003 37 NYM NL 2B 14 15 25 2 7 .952 .983 2.86 4.39 4.29 5.12 10 84.0 3B 14 7 13 1 2 .952 .957 1.43 2.36 2.47 2.74 7 73.0 1B 13 33 0 1 3 .971 .994 2.54 7.98 8.18 9.60 2 36.3 SS 12 11 19 1 6 .968 .974 2.50 3.99 5.29 4.52 6 51.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 36 ARI NL 1B 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 .994 3.20 7.96 5.76 9.40 3 25.0 2003 37 NYM NL 1B 13 33 0 1 3 .971 .994 2.54 7.98 8.18 9.60 2 36.3 1986 20 CLE AL 2B 2 1 6 2 1 .778 .986 3.50 4.35 5.25 5.10 2 12.0 1998 32 ARI NL 2B 15 28 38 1 7 .985 .982 4.40 4.38 4.52 5.09 15 131.3 1999 33 ARI NL 2B 148 320 340 22 86 .968 .981 4.46 4.19 4.58 5.05 145 1297.0 2000 34 ARI NL 2B 145 289 344 8 85 .988 .982 4.37 4.34 4.58 4.96 142 1243.7 2001 35 ARI NL 2B 80 153 168 2 43 .994 .983 4.01 4.19 4.35 4.86 78 664.0 2002 36 ARI NL 2B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.30 8.18 4.91 0 3.3 2003 37 NYM NL 2B 14 15 25 2 7 .952 .983 2.86 4.39 4.29 5.12 10 84.0 1995 29 PIT NL 3B 3 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 2.33 2.33 2.55 2.77 3 24.7 1997 31 KCR AL 3B 4 2 7 0 3 1.000 .957 2.25 2.33 3.00 2.67 3 27.0 2001 35 ARI NL 3B 40 22 56 5 3 .940 .950 1.95 2.17 2.31 2.57 33 303.3 2002 36 ARI NL 3B 6 4 8 0 2 1.000 .960 2.00 2.28 2.53 2.72 5 42.7 2003 37 NYM NL 3B 14 7 13 1 2 .952 .957 1.43 2.36 2.47 2.74 7 73.0 1986 20 CLE AL DH 2 1988 22 CLE AL DH 1 1999 33 ARI NL DH 2 2000 34 ARI NL DH 1 2001 35 ARI NL DH 3 2003 37 NYM NL DH 1 1987 21 CLE AL SS 38 67 93 9 22 .947 .970 4.21 4.02 4.83 4.59 33 298.0 1988 22 CLE AL SS 72 103 170 10 37 .965 .971 3.79 4.14 4.12 4.69 68 596.0 1989 23 PIT NL SS 78 109 197 10 41 .968 .966 3.92 3.88 4.24 4.51 70 649.3 1990 24 PIT NL SS 159 260 459 22 85 .970 .967 4.52 4.00 4.70 4.59 153 1377.0 1991 25 PIT NL SS 156 239 491 24 78 .968 .966 4.68 3.88 4.88 4.67 153 1347.3 1992 26 PIT NL SS 159 268 526 22 94 .973 .969 4.99 3.86 5.06 4.59 157 1411.3 1993 27 PIT NL SS 154 256 527 11 100 .986 .965 5.08 4.04 5.22 4.69 153 1349.0 1994 28 PIT NL SS 110 152 380 15 69 .973 .966 4.84 4.05 5.07 4.53 108 943.7 1995 29 PIT NL SS 136 205 409 14 88 .978 .968 4.51 3.97 4.81 4.51 130 1150.0 1996 30 PIT NL SS 151 215 478 10 78 .986 .967 4.59 3.99 4.84 4.60 143 1289.3 1997 31 KCR AL SS 149 227 443 10 102 .985 .974 4.50 4.05 4.74 4.55 144 1271.0 1998 32 ARI NL SS 138 196 399 18 77 .971 .968 4.31 3.88 4.55 4.52 135 1175.7 1999 33 ARI NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 2002 36 ARI NL SS 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.00 5.00 4.50 1 9.0 2003 37 NYM NL SS 12 11 19 1 6 .968 .974 2.50 3.99 5.29 4.52 6 51.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1515 2309 4595 176 877 .975 .968 4.56 3.97 4.81 4.59 1454 12918.0 2B* 406 807 923 37 229 .979 .982 4.26 4.26 4.53 4.98 392 3435.3 3B* 67 36 90 6 11 .955 .952 1.88 2.24 2.41 2.63 51 470.7 1B* 18 49 0 1 3 .980 .994 2.72 7.97 7.19 9.51 5 61.3 DH 10 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2006 3201 5608 220 1120 .976 .970 4.39 4.01 4.70 4.63 1902 16885
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1990   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   6  20   3   5  1  0  1   1   4   3  .250  .400  .450   0  0   0   0   1 
 1991   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   7  29   2  12  2  0  1   1   0  10  .414  .414  .586   0  1   1   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   7  29   3   5  2  0  1   4   3   4  .172  .273  .345   0  0   0   0   1 
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   4  14   3   4  1  0  0   3   1   0  .286  .353  .357   0  1   0   1   1 
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   2   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   3   7   3   1  0  0  0   1   0   2  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   6  18   3   5  1  0  0   3   1   1  .278  .333  .333   0  1   0   1   1 
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3  21  82   8  22  5  0  3   6   7  17  .268  .341  .439   0  1   1   0   2 
  7 Postseason Series   3-4  30 107  14  28  6  0  3  10   8  20  .262  .328  .402   0  2   1   1   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1999   ARI NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .333  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1993 *
1999 (2B)

Gold Gloves
1993-NL--SS

Silver Sluggers
1993-NL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-NL-12-0.03
1993-NL-19-0.01
1999-NL-13-0.07
Car-854-0.11 shares

Games
1990 NL-159-5
1991 NL-157-5
1992 NL-159-5

At Bats
1991 NL-608-3
1992 NL-632-3
1993 NL-604-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1990 NL-696-3
1991 NL-697-3
1992 NL-712-2
1993 NL-701-5
1994 NL-487-8

Runs
1991 NL-96-6
1992 NL-87-9
1993 NL-102-9
1999 NL-132-2

Hits
1993 NL-187-4

Total Bases
1999 NL-328-9

Doubles
1992 NL-36-9
1994 NL-35-3

Triples
1990 NL-7-8
1991 NL-8-6
1993 NL-9-3

Home Runs
1999 NL-38-9

Strikeouts
1990 NL-109-9
1992 NL-103-9
1993 NL-122-6
1995 NL-110-6
1999 NL-132-9
Car-1443-51

Singles
1993 NL-137-4

Extra-Base Hits
1999 NL-76-7

Times on Base
1993 NL-270-6

Sac. Hits
1989 NL-10-9
1990 NL-39-1
1991 NL-30-1
1992 NL-19-2
1993 NL-13-6

Sac. Flies
1999 NL-9-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1990 NL-14-8
1991 NL-15-8
1994 NL-15-5

Outs
1990 NL-500-2
1991 NL-498-1
1992 NL-503-2
1994 NL-333-7
1995 NL-413-8

Youngest Player
1986 AL-20-3
1987 AL-21-8

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.9 (352) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 30.5 (572) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1984.

August 1, 1985: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with a player to be named later, Curt Wardle, and Jim Weaver to the Cleveland Indians for Bert Blyleven. The Minnesota Twins sent Rich Yett (September 17, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

March 25, 1989: Sent by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on November 28, 1988. The Cleveland Indians sent a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Denny Gonzalez. The Cleveland Indians sent Jay Bell (March 25, 1989) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Felix Fermin (March 25, 1989) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

December 13, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff King to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Granger, Joe Randa, Jeff Wallace, and Jeff Martin (minors).

November 4, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

February 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Cleveland Indians$67,500
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$85,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$180,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$875,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$2,975,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$3,400,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$4,400,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$4,700,000
1997Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$5,000,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$6,100,000
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$7,000,000
2001Arizona Diamondbacks$8,050,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$8,000,000
2003New York Mets$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$56,762,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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