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Buddy Bell
David Gus Bell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1972
Final Game June 17, 1989
Born August 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA (age 72)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 20 CIN NL  140  514   54  124  21   1  14   64   0   1   26   41  .241  .277  .368  .645    92   189   3   4   0   1   6  
 1973 21 CIN NL  160  614   72  160  24  13  15   92   6  10   48   61  .261  .315  .415  .730   103   255   0   9   5   5  14  
 1974 22 CIN NL  124  437   50  101  17   1  12   50   1   3   36   36  .231  .292  .357  .649    92   156   5   4   0   3  11  
 1975 23 MNA AL  117  372   43   88  16   5   6   48   4   5   29   53  .237  .290  .355  .645    90   132   0   2   4   0   7  
 1976 24 MNA AL   41  153   20   41   3   2   2   15   0   4    8   15  .268  .301  .353  .654    93    54   2   2   0   0   3  
         NYN NL  112  411   49  138  22   2   7   51   2   4   27   30  .336  .378  .450  .828   120   185   4   4   1   3  12  
         TOT     153  564   69  179  25   4   9   66   2   8   35   45  .317  .357  .424  .781         239   6   6   1   3  15 
 1977 25 NYN NL  149  525   63  151  25   2  10   43   2   1   32   85  .288  .326  .400  .726   102   210   6   4   0   0  15  
 1978 26 NYN NL   42  155   19   31   3   2   1   14   0   0   16   21  .200  .273  .265  .538    81    41   0   1   1   0   4  
         TEA AL  117  443   43  125  27  11   3   42   0   3   27   37  .282  .318  .413  .731   100   183   4   8   1   0  13  
         TOT     159  598   62  156  30  13   4   56   0   3   43   58  .261  .306  .375  .681         224   4   9   2   0  17 
 1979 27 TEA AL  162  661   77  189  37   2  17   99   2   1   34   59  .286  .317  .425  .742   102   281   0  11   5   1  27  
 1980 28 TEA AL  139  495   75  162  20   2  23   84   1   1   56   51  .327  .394  .515  .909   127   255   1   3   6   0  10  MVP-14
 1981 29 TEA AL  155  583   69  149  16   1  10   61   5   4   48   57  .256  .321  .338  .659    93   197   1   6   5  11  10  
 1982 30 TEA AL  155  581   78  173  24   3  20   75   3   2   76   60  .298  .380  .453  .833   112   263   0   3   3   3  11  
 1983 31 TEA AL  162  637   79  147  22   3  13   68   0   5   62   39  .231  .298  .336  .634    84   214   0   6   5   2  21  
 1984 32 TEA AL  118  446   63  138  27   4   6   63   1   3   42   56  .309  .378  .428  .806   108   191   0   2   2   8  16  
         CIN NL   36  100   20   32   7   1   1   13   0   0    7   12  .320  .373  .440  .813   115    44   0   1   0   2   2  
         TOT     154  546   83  170  34   5   7   76   1   3   49   68  .311  .377  .430  .807         235   0   3   2  10  18 
 1985 33 CIN NL  109  231   30   42  10   3   3   23   0   0   47   27  .182  .316  .290  .606    83    67   3   4   2   0  10  
 1986 34 CIN NL  148  570   91  157  25   3  16   61   3   3   45   59  .275  .335  .414  .749   102   236   2   4   1   8  11  
 1987 35 CIN NL  144  509   78  136  23   4  13   57   3   0   79   49  .267  .365  .405  .770   102   206   3   1   3   0  19  
 1988 36 CIN NL   43  132   15   31   3   1   6   22   1   0   10   13  .235  .289  .409  .698    97    54   0   0   2   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     2373 8569 1088 2315 372  66 198 1045  34  50  755  861  .270  .330  .398  .728        3413  34  79  46  47 225
 Per 600 PA           542   69  146  24   4  13   66   2   3   48   54                                 216   2   5   3   3  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA     1008 3846  484 1083 173  26  92  492  12  19  345  359  .282  .341  .412  .753        1584   6  39  27  25 108
   With CIN      904 3107  410  783 130  27  80  382  14  17  298  298  .252  .319  .388  .707        1207  16  27  13  19  76
   With NYN      303 1091  131  320  50   6  18  108   4   5   75  136  .293  .338  .400  .737         436  10   9   2   3  31
   With MNA      158  525   63  129  19   7   8   63   4   9   37   68  .246  .293  .354  .648         186   2   4   4   0  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2405 8995 1151 2514 425  56 201 1106  55  79  836  776  .279  .341  .406  .747        3654  60  80  84  38 255
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1972 20 CIN NL  27   52   3.5   2   2   0 1.000  20   64   36  .562    0    0  .000  3B   3e26      -27   
 1973 21 CIN NL  30   76   4.3   0   0   0  .000  18   73   49  .671    0    0  .000  3B   2e23       12   
 1974 22 CIN NL  32   44   3.3   3   1   0  .333  15   67   45  .672    0    0  .000  3B   2e21      -25   
 1975 23 MNA AL  58   36   3.3  12   2   0  .167  12   29   13  .448    0    0  .000  3B   2e26      -63   
 1976 24 MNA AL  33   14   3.2   0   0   0  .000   3   20   15  .750    0    0  .000  3B   2e21      -42   
         NYN NL  34   66   6.1   4   1   0  .250  11   53   36  .679    0    0  .000  3B   2e21      132   
         TOT                     4   1   0  .250  14   73   51  .699    0    0  .000
 1977 25 NYN NL  42   66   4.5   2   1   0  .500  17   69   45  .652    0    0  .000  3B   2e21      -51   
 1978 26 NYN NL  32   11   2.4   0   0   0  .000   5   18   12  .667    0    0  .000  3B   2e17     -183   
         TEA AL  41   55   4.3   0   0   0  .000  17   59   34  .576    0    0  .000  3B   2e17       11   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  22   77   46  .597    0    0  .000
 1979 27 TEA AL  40   81   4.3   0   0   0  .000  17   92   71  .772    0    0  .000  3B   1e17      -36   
 1980 28 TEA AL  32  100   7.8   5   2   0  .400   8   72   60  .833    0    0  .000  3B   1e11       31   
 1981 29 TEA AL  30   64   3.9   2   0   0  .000  23   72   44  .611    0    0  .000  3B   1e24     -133   
 1982 30 TEA AL  33  103   6.6   2   1   0  .500  12  103   82  .796    0    0  .000  3B   1e15       30   
 1983 31 TEA AL  32   60   3.1   0   0   0  .000  17   81   63  .778    0    0  .000  3B   1e18     -108   
 1984 32 TEA AL  24   69   5.7   0   0   0  .000  18   65   46  .708    0    0  .000  3B   1e23      -34   
         CIN NL  21   16   6.3  11   3   0  .273   4   15   11  .733    0    0  .000  3B   1e23      -27   
         TOT                    11   3   0  .273  22   80   57  .712    0    0  .000
 1985 33 CIN NL  34   22   3.0   7   0   0  .000  11   31   18  .581    0    0  .000  3B   2e22      -54   
 1986 34 CIN NL  24   79   4.9   1   1   0 1.000  16   66   43  .652    0    0  .000  3B   2e11      -58   
 1987 35 CIN NL  36   75   5.2   1   0   0  .000   3   77   60  .779    0    0  .000  3B   2e8       -25   
 1988 36 CIN NL  27   15   3.9  10   2   1  .200   4   10    5  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e29       59   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1116   4.5  62  16   1  .258 251 1136  788  .694    0    0  .000                 -29   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 33.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1972 20 CIN NL  3B   139   109   241   20   16   .946   131  1215.0   2.59
 1973 21 CIN NL  3B   160   120   283   18   45   .957   160  1436.1   2.53  GG
 1974 22 CIN NL  3B   122   111   244   15   27   .959   119  1068.1   2.99
 1975 23 MNA AL  3B    92    67   158   12   16   .949    70   673.0   3.01
 1976 24 TOT     3B   152   109   305   14   34   .967   140  1309.1   2.85
 1977 25 NYN NL  3B   148   126   228   17   28   .954   130  1210.1   2.63
 1978 26 TOT     3B   159   128   326   22   30   .954   157  1405.1   2.91
 1979 27 TEA AL  3B   162   119   301   17   43   .961   162  1431.0   2.64  GG
 1980 28 TEA AL  3B   134    91   242    8   35   .977   129  1140.1   2.63
                 SS     3     1     3    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   5.14
 1981 29 TEA AL  3B   151   123   284   23   37   .947   150  1330.1   2.75
                 SS     3     2    10    0    1  1.000     2    19.0   5.68
 1982 30 TEA AL  3B   139   119   250   10   41   .974   136  1208.0   2.75
                 SS    15    38    55    2    9   .979    15   138.2   6.04
 1983 31 TEA AL  3B   162   174   312   17   48   .966   162  1469.1   2.98  GG
 1984 32 TEA AL  3B   118    96   190   18   17   .941   113  1024.0   2.51
         CIN NL  3B    26    24    44    4    8   .944    23   208.1   2.94
 1985 33 CIN NL  3B    99    56   146   11   22   .948    59   611.1   2.97
 1986 34 CIN NL  3B   148    76   238   16   23   .952   139  1265.2   2.23
 1987 35 CIN NL  3B   143    88   245    3   28   .991   140  1267.2   2.36  GG
 1988 36 CIN NL  3B    30    24    43    4    5   .944    29   257.2   2.34
                 1B     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   7.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  2284  1760  4080  249  503   .959  2149 19531.1   2.69
                 SS    21    41    68    2   10   .982    17   164.2   5.96
                 1B     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   7.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 NLCS  CIN MON   W    3  14  5  6  2  0  1   8  0  1  .429  .429  .786  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    4  17  4  5  1  0  0   3  0  1  .294  .294  .353  0
 1976 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    3   8  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .125  .222  .125  0
 1986 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    5  19  3  5  1  0  0   2  1  5  .263  .300  .316  1
      WS    CIN BOA   L    6  22  4  3  1  0  1   2  4  5  .136  .269  .318  0
 1987 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  16  1 11  1  0  1   2  0  3  .688  .688  .938  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    5  20  0  6  2  0  0   2  1  2  .300  .333  .400  0
 1988 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1972  CIN  106-56   Alan Boodman
 1973  CIN  108-55   Alan Boodman
 1974  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
 1976  MNA   75-87   James Taglia
 1976  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1977  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1978  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1978  TEA   75-87   Jim Sheehan
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1981  TEA   82-80   Jim Sheehan
 1982  TEA   63-99   Steve Milke, John Storer
 1983  TEA   88-74   John Storer
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer
 1984  CIN   70-92   Alan Boodman
 1985  CIN   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1986  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1987  CIN   92-70   Alan Boodman
 1988  CIN  103-59   Alan Boodman

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