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Gus Bell
David Russell (Jr.) Bell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 196 lb.

MLB Debut May 30, 1950
Final Game May 1, 1964
Born November 15, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Died May 7, 1995 (age 66)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 21 BOA AL  127  458   61  129  32   5  11   56   0   1   32   55  .282  .337  .445  .782   105   204   2   4   3   8   6  
 1951 22 BOA AL  129  409   56  108  15   4  15   74   0   0   37   33  .264  .327  .430  .757    99   176   0   8   3   5   7  
 1952 23 BOA AL  129  512   68  141  27   4  29   90   1   1   43   79  .275  .330  .514  .843   118   263   1   3   1   0  17  
 1953 24 BRN NL  126  499   85  140  28   3  26   77   0   1   48   85  .281  .347  .505  .852   112   252   3   2   2   4  20  
         CHN NL   28  110   17   28   3   1   7   19   0   0   13   17  .255  .331  .491  .822   102    54   0   1   0   0   4  MVP-8
         TOT     154  609  102  168  31   4  33   96   0   1   61  102  .276  .344  .502  .847         306   3   3   2   4  24 
 1954 25 CHN NL  137  511   61  149  34   3  10   53   5   1   37   37  .292  .336  .429  .764   104   219   0   6   6   0  15  
 1955 26 CHN NL  152  633  101  204  41   5  27   83   1   1   53   48  .322  .373  .531  .904   124   336   0   3   2   0  10  MVP-9
 1956 27 CHN NL  154  612   95  160  33   4  33  110   2   2   51   57  .261  .320  .490  .810   110   300   1   1   2   2  17  MVP-8
 1957 28 CHN NL  145  529   62  157  25   1   9   52   0   0   37   71  .297  .344  .399  .743   102   211   3   4   9   3  17  
 1958 29 CHN NL  129  418   50   99  13   3  16   60   1   2   30   49  .237  .288  .397  .685    94   166   3   3   1   1  15  
 1959 30 CHN NL  148  537   82  159  28   1  26  108   2   0   44   41  .296  .350  .497  .847   116   267   0   6  12   4  13  
 1960 31 CHN NL  138  505   60  142  30   1  13   65   4   3   26   34  .281  .314  .422  .736   101   213   0   4   1   0  12  
 1961 32 CHN NL   98  249   29   63   6   1   2   19   0   1   13   22  .253  .286  .309  .595    76    77   2   4   0   0   3  
 1962 33 MLN NL   15    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222  .200  .333  .533    75     3   0   1   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1655 5991  829 1681 316  36 224  867  16  13  464  628  .281  .333  .458  .790        2741  15  50  42  27 156
 Per 600 PA           549   76  154  29   3  21   79   1   1   43   58                                 251   1   5   4   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     1129 4104  557 1161 213  20 143  569  15  10  304  376  .283  .331  .449  .781        1843   9  32  33  10 106
   With BOA      385 1379  185  378  74  13  55  220   1   2  112  167  .274  .331  .466  .797         643   3  15   7  13  30
   With BRN      126  499   85  140  28   3  26   77   0   1   48   85  .281  .347  .505  .852         252   3   2   2   4  20
   With MLN       15    9    2    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222  .200  .333  .533           3   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1741 6478  865 1823 311  66 206  942  30  31  470  636  .281  .330  .445  .775        2884  45  53  27  27 109
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1950 21 BOA AL  42   69   5.5   4   0   0  .000   5   49   38  .776    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e8     6   
 1951 22 BOA AL  15   59   5.1  27   8   0  .296   4   42   36  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e4   -16   
 1952 23 BOA AL  29   82   5.6   5   1   0  .200   5   42   34  .810    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e7   118   
 1953 24 BRN NL  29   82   5.8   0   0   0  .000  10   71   57  .803    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e11  -26   
         CHN NL  33   17   5.4   0   0   0  .000   0   24   21  .875    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e11  -57   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  10   95   78  .821    0    0  .000
 1954 25 CHN NL  14   71   5.0  13   5   0  .385   5   52   44  .846    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e6   -50   
 1955 26 CHN NL  31  125   7.6   0   0   0  .000   3   89   71  .798    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5    33   
 1956 27 CHN NL  27   91   5.2   1   1   1 1.000   4   96   81  .844    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e6   -38   
 1957 28 CHN NL  22   69   4.7   0   0   0  .000   5   67   56  .836    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5    -8   
 1958 29 CHN NL  32   44   3.5   9   2   0  .222   0   45   40  .889    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e1   -11   
 1959 30 CHN NL  22   92   6.3   2   1   0  .500   0   28   24  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e1    78   
 1960 31 CHN NL  27   63   4.5   5   1   0  .200   5   47   37  .787    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e4    47   
 1961 32 CHN NL  23   22   3.1  17   8   0  .471   1   17   17 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e3   -47   
 1962 33 MLN NL   0    0   2.4   8   2   0  .250   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6  -114   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          892   5.3  91  29   1  .319  47  670  556  .830    0    0  .000                   8   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 25.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1950 21 BOA AL  RF   123   227    15    5    3   .980   119  1071.2   2.03
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1951 22 BOA AL  RF    99   226     5    4    1   .983    96   850.1   2.44
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1952 23 BOA AL  RF   110   190     8    3    0   .985   108   982.0   1.81
                 LF    11    21     0    2    0   .913    10    91.0   2.08
                 CF     5    10     0    0    0  1.000     5    40.0   2.25
 1953 24 BRN NL  CF   126   263    16   10    1   .965   126  1109.2   2.26
                 LF    11     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    17.2   2.55
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
         CHN NL  CF    28    86     4    0    0  1.000    28   248.0   3.27
 1954 25 CHN NL  CF   127   308    10    5    3   .985   117  1065.1   2.69
 1955 26 CHN NL  CF   152   404     9    3    1   .993   152  1364.0   2.73
 1956 27 CHN NL  CF   154   453    15    4    1   .992   153  1382.0   3.05
 1957 28 CHN NL  CF   140   320    23    5    1   .986   134  1242.2   2.48
                 LF     5     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    13.0   3.46
 1958 29 CHN NL  CF   116   218    11    0    0  1.000   110   993.2   2.07
                 LF     6     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    14.0   3.21
 1959 30 CHN NL  RF   147   192     4    0    1  1.000   142  1284.1   1.37
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   3.37
 1960 31 CHN NL  RF   131   212    10    5    1   .978   124  1146.0   1.74
                 LF     4     9     0    0    0  1.000     0    15.1   5.28
 1961 32 CHN NL  LF    77   108     2    1    0   .991    48   502.2   1.97
                 RF     9     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    20.0   1.80
 1962 33 MLN NL  LF     8     0     1    0    0  1.000     0    15.0   0.60
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   851  2063    88   27    7   .988   825  7450.0   2.60
                 RF   621  1051    42   17    6   .985   589  5359.1   1.84
                 LF   123   153     3    3    0   .981    58   669.2   2.10
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1953 WS    BRN CHA   L    7  23  3  5  0  0  2   4  1  1  .217  .269  .478  0
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    6  24  3  7  2  0  0   0  2  6  .292  .346  .375  0
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    6  25  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  4  .080  .148  .080  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1950  BOA   82-72   Steve Bivens
 1951  BOA   64-90   Rob Tomlinson, Steve Bivens
 1952  BOA   70-84   Rob Tomlinson
 1953  BRN  104-50   Robert Rescigno
 1953  CHN   60-94   Alan Boodman
 1954  CHN   64-90   Alan Boodman
 1955  CHN   81-73   Alan Boodman
 1956  CHN   78-76   Alan Boodman
 1957  CHN   83-71   Alan Boodman
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1961  CHN   70-84   Alan Boodman
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi

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