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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	43	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF 3B
10	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF 3B
12	12	Apr 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	2	7	1	3B
14	14	Apr 27	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	47	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 28	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
16	16	Apr 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	17	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	19	May 1 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
20	20	May 3	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
21	21	May 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
23	23	May 7	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
24	24	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 10 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	26	May 10 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	27	May 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	28	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-18	CG	48	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
30	30	May 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-7	CG	53	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
35	35	May 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	36	May 24	CLE		SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
37	37	May 25	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 27	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	39	May 28	CLE		OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
40	40	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	41	May 30	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	42	May 31	CLE		CAL	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
44	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
45	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
47	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
48	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
53	53	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	54	Jun 14	CLE		TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
55	56 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
56	57	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
57	58	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
58	59	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	60	Jun 20	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
60	61	Jun 21	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
61	62	Jun 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	63	Jun 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
63	64	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	65	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	66	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
66	67	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	3B
67	68	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	70	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	71	Jun 30	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
72	73	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
73	74	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	77	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
77	78	Jul 8	CLE		TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	79	Jul 9	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	80	Jul 10	CLE		TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	81	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	82	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	83	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
83	84	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
84	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	86	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
86	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
88	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	90	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
90	91	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
91	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	93	Jul 24	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	94	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
94	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	45	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	3B
96	97	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
97	98	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	61	14.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
98	99	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,9-2	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
99	100	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
102	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,10-14	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
104	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	0	1	1	2	0	3B
105	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
106	109 (2)	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
107	110	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
108	111	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
109	112	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
110	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	114	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
112	115	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
113	116	Aug 15	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
114	117	Aug 16	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	118	Aug 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	119	Aug 18	CLE		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
117	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	121	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	18	6.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
119	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-1	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
120	125 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
121	130 (4)	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
122	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
123	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	134	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
126	135	Sep 3	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	3B
127	136	Sep 4	CLE		CAL	L,3-7	GS	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
							129gm		1114.2	134	253	16	403	23