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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	23	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 20	CLE		TEX	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
11	11	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	CLE		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
15	15	May 2 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
16	16	May 2 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 4	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
19	19	May 5	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
20	20	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	60	12.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
23	23	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 12	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	49	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
25	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
28	28	May 16	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
29	29	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	CG	73	16.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
30	30	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
31	31	May 21	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
33	33	May 23 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
34	34	May 23 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	37	May 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	38	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 29	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	35	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
40	40	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	41	May 31 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
42	42	May 31 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	CG	52	14.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
44	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
45	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	46	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
47	47	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	48	Jun 7	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
49	49	Jun 8	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	50	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
51	51	Jun 11	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	52	Jun 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	55	Jun 15	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 16	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	57	Jun 18	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	58	Jun 19	CLE		KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 20	CLE		KCR	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
60	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	3B
62	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	64	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	65	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	66	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	67	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
68	68	Jun 28	CLE		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
69	69	Jun 29	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
71	71	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	72	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	73	Jul 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-8	GS	33	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
76	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
77	77	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
78	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	79	Jul 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
80	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
81	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
82	82	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
83	83	Jul 18	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
85	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-10	GS	28	5.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
86	86	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	L,4-7	GS	44	9.0	1	5	2	8	0	3B 1B
87	87	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
88	88	Jul 22	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	89	Jul 23	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	90	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	3B
91	91	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	92	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
96	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
97	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
99	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	47	11.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	101	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
102	102	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
103	103	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
104	104	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
105	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	107	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	108	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	109	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	110	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
111	111	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
112	112	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
113	113	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
114	114	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
115	115	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	116	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	2	5	1	8	0	3B
118	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
121	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
122	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
123	123	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
124	124	Aug 24	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	125	Aug 25	CLE		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	126	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
127	127	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
128	128	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	131	Sep 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
132	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
133	133	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	134	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	135	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	136	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
137	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-17	GS	27	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
138	138	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
139	139	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
140	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
141	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
142	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	24	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
143	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	144	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
145	145	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
146	146	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
147	147	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
148	148	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
149	149	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	48	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
150	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
151	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	3B
152	152	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
153	153	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
154	154	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
155	155	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
156	156	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
157	157	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
158	158	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
159	159	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
							160gm		1400.0	109	331	20	460	23