Buddy Bell Stats

Buddy Bell was born on Monday, August 27, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bell was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1972, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Buddy Bell baseball stats page.

"THERE WAS A SIDE TO Buddy Bell that was obvious in the way he played, yet rarely surfaced off the field. Soft-spoken and mild-mannered with All-American good looks, Bell was a fierce competitor on the diamond and the primary leader on every team he played with during his 18 seasons in the major leagues. Although his clubs in Cleveland and Texas rarely had realistic pennant aspirations, the steady Gold Glover and five time All-Star played with a determination that included battling until the bitter end. 'The only way you can be a leader is to go out there and play as hard as you can and do what it takes to win,' Bell said. 'And that's a leader. You don't have to be a hell-raising type. Call it leading by example or whatever you want, but I always wanted to be successful and the only way I look at success is to win.'" - By Bill Ballew in The Pastime in the Seventies: Oral Histories of 16 Major Leaguers (McFarland Publishing, 10/01/2002, 'BUDDY BELL', Page 49)

Birth Name:	David Gus Bell
Nickname:	Buddy
Born On:	08-27-1951 (Virgo)
Born In:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Archbishop Moeller High School (Cincinnati, OH)
College:	University of Miami
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	185
First Game:	04-15-1972 (Age 20)
Last Game:	06-17-1989
Draft:	1969 : 16th Round (373rd)

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Buddy Bell Buddy Bell Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	21	Indians	132	466	49	119	21	1	9	1	36	34	8	29	1	1	3	5	.255	.310	.363
1973	22	Indians	156	631	86	169	23	7	14	0	59	49	2	47	0	3	6	13	.268	.325	.393
1974	23	Indians	116	423	51	111	15	1	7	0	46	35	1	29	8	2	3	14	.262	.322	.352
1975	24	Indians	153	553	66	150	20	4	10	1	59	51	6	72	10	4	1	11	.271	.332	.376
1976	25	Indians	159	604	75	170	26	2	7	0	60	44	3	49	5	6	2	12	.281	.329	.366
1977	26	Indians	129	479	64	140	23	4	11	1	64	45	5	63	8	5	1	14	.292	.351	.426
1978	27	Indians	142	556	71	157	27	8	6	1	62	39	1	43	9	2	0	24	.282	.328	.392
1979	28	Rangers	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	1	101	30	4	45	7	10	3	16	.299	.327	.451
1980	29	Rangers	129	490	76	161	24	4	17	0	83	40	11	39	4	0	0	16	.329	.379	.498
1981	30	Rangers	97	360	44	106	16	1	10	1	64	42	10	30	0	10	3	6	.294	.364	.428
1982	31	Rangers	148	537	62	159	27	2	13	0	67	70	8	50	0	5	2	13	.296	.376	.426
1983	32	Rangers	156	618	75	171	35	3	14	0	66	50	5	48	0	6	4	24	.277	.332	.411
1984	33	Rangers	148	553	88	174	36	5	11	1	83	63	8	54	2	9	3	21	.315	.382	.458
1985	34	Rangers	84	313	33	74	13	3	4	0	32	33	1	21	0	4	1	14	.236	.308	.335
1985	34	Reds	67	247	28	54	15	2	6	0	36	34	2	27	1	2	0	10	.219	.311	.368
1986	35	Reds	155	568	89	158	29	3	20	0	75	73	4	49	3	6	5	14	.278	.362	.445
1987	36	Reds	143	522	74	148	19	2	17	0	70	71	3	39	1	2	1	14	.284	.369	.425
1988	37	Reds	21	54	3	10	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	3	0	2	0	2	.185	.270	.185
1988	37	Astros	74	269	24	68	10	1	7	1	37	19	1	29	0	1	0	8	.253	.301	.375
1989	38	Rangers	34	82	4	15	4	0	0	0	3	7	0	10	1	0	0	4	.183	.247	.232
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
18 Years			2,405	8,995	1,151	2,514	425	56	201	8	1,106	836	84	776	60	80	38	255	.279	.341	.406

Buddy Bell Buddy Bell Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1972 Indians	3B	6	5	146	23	3.8	23	10	13	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.25
1972 Indians	CF	63	60	1,571	170	2.7	167	160	7	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.87
1972 Indians	RF	65	55	1,530	115	1.8	115	112	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.03
1973 Indians	3B	154	153	4,102	529	3.4	507	144	363	22	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	3.34
1973 Indians	CF	1	0	3	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.00
1973 Indians	RF	1	1	27	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.00
1974 Indians	3B	115	115	3,033	401	3.5	386	112	274	15	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	3.44
1975 Indians	3B	153	149	3,984	501	3.3	476	146	330	25	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	3.23
1976 Indians	1B	2	1	27	6	3.0	6	5	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1976 Indians	3B	158	157	4,173	454	2.9	434	104	330	20	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	2.81
1977 Indians	3B	118	115	3,052	379	3.2	364	111	253	15	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	3.22
1977 Indians	LF	11	11	292	24	2.2	23	23	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.13
1978 Indians	3B	139	139	3,632	495	3.6	480	125	355	15	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	3.57
1979 Rangers	3B	147	144	3,696	491	3.3	476	112	364	15	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.48
1979 Rangers	SS	33	17	552	102	3.1	100	35	65	2	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	4.89
1980 Rangers	3B	120	120	3,137	413	3.4	405	123	282	8	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	3.49
1980 Rangers	SS	3	0	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1981 Rangers	3B	96	96	2,507	361	3.8	347	66	281	14	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	3.74
1981 Rangers	SS	1	0	6	4	4.0	4	1	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
1982 Rangers	3B	145	143	3,685	540	3.7	527	131	396	13	35	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	3.86
1982 Rangers	SS	4	0	19	1	0.3	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.42
1983 Rangers	3B	154	153	4,124	523	3.4	506	123	383	17	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	3.31
1984 Rangers	3B	147	147	3,831	472	3.2	452	129	323	20	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	3.19
1985 Rangers	3B	83	82	2,133	278	3.3	262	70	192	16	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	3.32
1985 Reds	3B	67	67	1,756	168	2.5	159	54	105	9	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	2.44
1986 Reds	2B	1	0	3	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.00
1986 Reds	3B	151	150	4,031	405	2.7	395	105	290	10	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.65
1987 Reds	3B	142	141	3,685	341	2.4	334	93	241	7	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	2.45
1988 Reds	1B	2	2	24	11	5.5	10	8	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	11.25
1988 Reds	3B	13	13	323	31	2.4	30	6	24	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.51
1988 Astros	1B	7	6	150	44	6.3	43	43	0	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	7.74
1988 Astros	3B	66	65	1,695	157	2.4	145	31	114	12	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.924	2.31
1989 Rangers	1B	1	1	18	8	8.0	8	7	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	12.00
1989 Rangers	3B	9	7	174	15	1.7	15	3	12	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.33
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
3B Totals		2,183	2,161	56,899	6,977	3.2	6,723	1,798	4,925	254	430	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	3.19
RF Totals		66	56	1,557	116	1.8	116	113	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.01
CF Totals		64	60	1,574	171	2.7	168	161	7	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.88
SS Totals		41	17	586	107	2.6	105	36	69	2	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	4.84
1B Totals		12	10	219	69	5.8	67	63	4	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	8.26
LF Totals		11	11	292	24	2.2	23	23	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.13
2B Totals		1	0	3	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.00
18 Years		2,378	2,315	61,130	7,465	3.1	7,203	2,194	5,009	262	448	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	3.18

Buddy Bell Buddy Bell Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1972 Indians	5	6	.455	5	0	n/a	51.8	16.1	12.9	-	-	-
1973 Indians	7	15	.318	2	0	0	45.1	13.4	10.7	-	-	-
1974 Indians	1	3	.250	1	0	1	60.4	14.6	9.2	-	-	-
1975 Indians	6	5	.545	1	1	0	55.3	7.7	9.4	-	-	-
1976 Indians	3	8	.273	1	0	0	86.3	12.3	10.1	-	-	-
1977 Indians	1	8	.111	3	0	0	43.5	7.6	7.5	-	-	-
1978 Indians	1	3	.250	3	0	1	92.7	12.9	9.0	-	-	-
1979 Rangers	5	4	.556	0	0	0	37.2	14.9	6.6	-	-	-
1980 Rangers	3	1	.750	9	0	0	28.8	12.6	5.9	-	-	-
1981 Rangers	3	3	.500	1	0	0	36.0	12.0	5.6	-	-	-
1982 Rangers	5	4	.556	3	0	0	41.3	10.7	8.0	-	-	-
1983 Rangers	3	5	.375	2	0	0	44.1	12.9	9.4	-	-	-
1984 Rangers	2	1	.667	1	0	0	50.3	10.2	6.7	-	-	-
1985 Rangers	3	2	.600	2	0	0	78.3	14.9	9.8	-	-	-
1985 Reds	0	1	.000	0	0	n/a	41.2	9.1	6.9	-	-	-
1986 Reds	2	8	.200	4	0	n/a	28.4	11.6	7.6	-	-	-
1987 Reds	4	1	.800	1	0	n/a	30.7	13.4	7.5	-	-	-
1988 Reds	0	0	.000	6	0	n/a	0.0	18.0	18.0	-	-	-
1988 Astros	1	1	.500	3	0	n/a	38.4	9.3	7.3	-	-	-
1989 Rangers	0	0	.000	11	0	22	0.0	8.2	27.3	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
18 Years	55	79	.410	59	1	24	44.8	11.6	8.1	-	-	-

Buddy Bell Buddy Bell Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1972 Cleveland Indians	9	$15,500.00	-	-
1973 Cleveland Indians	25	$19,200.00	Stats	-
1974 Cleveland Indians	25	$24,000.00	-	-
1975 Cleveland Indians	25	$38,000.00	-	-
1976 Cleveland Indians	25	$44,500.00	-	-
1977 Cleveland Indians	25	$75,000.00	-	-
1978 Cleveland Indians	25	$93,000.00	-	-
1979 Texas Rangers	25	$225,000.00	-	-
1980 Texas Rangers	25	$400,000.00	Stats	-
1981 Texas Rangers	25	$510,000.00	Stats	-
1982 Texas Rangers	25	$575,000.00	Stats	-
1983 Texas Rangers	25	$600,000.00	-	-
1984 Texas Rangers	25	$600,000.00	Stats	-
1985 Texas Rangers	25	$750,000.00	-	-
1985 Cincinnati Reds	25	" "	-	-
1986 Cincinnati Reds	25	$870,000.00	-	-
1987 Cincinnati Reds	25	$870,000.00	-	-
1988 Cincinnati Reds	25	$790,000.00	-	-
1988 Houston Astros	25	" "	-	-
1989 Texas Rangers	25	$750,000.00	-	-
Buddy Bell Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Buddy Bell was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club�s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Bell was named one of the nine third basemen.

A great Indian and a great Ranger, Buddy Bell was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame (Official Site) in 2004, along with Fergie Jenkins, joining the inaugural class of 2003; Charlie Hough, Johnny Oates, Nolan Ryan and Jim Sundberg.

The Cleveland Indians traded Buddy Bell to the Texas Rangers on December 8, 1978, for Toby Harrah. Bell fit well in Texas, winning his first of six consecutive Gold Glove Awards at the hot corner in 1979, the first Rangers third basemen to receive the honor.

In 1984, Buddy Bell won his first (and only) Silver Slugger Award, leading all American League third basemen in batting average (.315) that season, fourth highest in the entire league (Top 25).

Buddy Bell was once again the first Texas Rangers third baseman to receive the honor and the first American League third baseman to ever receive both a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award during the same season. His National League counterpart at third is Mike Schmidt, who won both in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983!

Buddy Bell Remembers, Frank Robinson

Buddy Bell Remembers | New Castle News | February 27, 1975 | Page 15

Buddy Bell, whose father (Gus Bell) was a Major League player (1950-1964), had two sons who also followed in the family footsteps, David Bell (1995-2006) and Mike Bell (2000-2000). Their grandfather, father, son combination was the actually the second instance in baseball history, and one of four through today. [Baseball Family Tree]