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Buddy Bell Buddy Bell

Full name: David Gus Bell Born: August 27, 1951, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania First Game: April 15, 1972; Final Game: June 17, 1989 Managed First Game: April 1, 1996; Managed Final Game: April 25, 2002 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180 Son of Gus Bell Father of Mike Bell Father of David Bell 3B on TSN AL All-Star Team (1981 and 1984) AL Silver Slugger as 3B (1984) AL Gold Glove as 3B (1979 to 1984) Buddy Bell Collectibles! Buddy Bell Memorabilia! Buddy Bell Cards! Buddy Bell Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1972 CLE A Daily Splits  132   466   49  119  21   1   9   36   34   8   29   3   1   1   0   4   5    5   6  .255  .310  .363  -0.3 1972 CLE A
1973 CLE A Daily Splits  156   631   86  169  23   7  14   59   49   2   47   6   0   3   0  11  13    7  15  .268  .325  .393   2.2 1973 CLE A
1974 CLE A Daily Splits  116   423   51  111  15   1   7   46   35   1   29   3   8   2   0   6  14    1   3  .262  .322  .352   1.1 1974 CLE A
1975 CLE A Daily Splits  153   553   66  150  20   4  10   59   51   6   72   1  10   4   0  11  11    6   5  .271  .332  .376  -0.2 1975 CLE A
1976 CLE A Daily Splits  159   604   75  170  26   2   7   60   44   3   49   2   5   6   0   6  12    3   8  .281  .329  .366   0.9 1976 CLE A
1977 CLE A Daily Splits  129   479   64  140  23   4  11   64   45   5   63   1   8   5   0   8  14    1   8  .292  .351  .426   1.8 1977 CLE A
1978 CLE A Daily Splits  142   556   71  157  27   8   6   62   39   1   43   0   9   2   0  11  24    1   3  .282  .328  .392   2.5 1978 CLE A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits  162   670   89  200  42   3  18  101   30   4   45   3   7  10   0   8  16    5   4  .299  .327  .451   3.5 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits  129   490   76  161  24   4  17   83   40  11   39   0   4   0   0  11  16    3   1  .329  .379  .498   5.2 1980 TEX A
1981 TEX A Daily Splits   97   360   44  106  16   1  10   64   42  10   30   3   0  10   0   8   6    3   3  .294  .364  .428   5.2 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits  148   537   62  159  27   2  13   67   70   8   50   2   0   5   0   4  13    5   4  .296  .376  .426   5.7 1982 TEX A
1983 TEX A Daily Splits  156   618   75  171  35   3  14   66   50   5   48   4   0   6   0  12  24    3   5  .277  .332  .411   1.9 1983 TEX A
1984 TEX A Daily Splits  148   553   88  174  36   5  11   83   63   8   54   3   2   9   0   5  21    2   1  .315  .382  .458   4.5 1984 TEX A
1985 TEX A Daily Splits   84   313   33   74  13   3   4   32   33   1   21   1   0   4   0   3  14    3   2  .236  .308  .335   0.6 1985 TEX A
1985 CIN N Daily Splits   67   247   28   54  15   2   6   36   34   2   27   0   1   2   0   6  10    0   1  .219  .311  .368  -1.7 1985 CIN N
1985 Total               151   560   61  128  28   5  10   68   67   3   48   1   1   6   0   9  24    3   3  .229  .309  .350  -1.1 1985 Total
1986 CIN N Daily Splits  155   568   89  158  29   3  20   75   73   4   49   5   3   6   0  10  14    2   8  .278  .362  .445   0.6 1986 CIN N
1987 CIN N Daily Splits  143   522   74  148  19   2  17   70   71   3   39   1   1   2   0   5  14    4   1  .284  .369  .425  -2.0 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits   21    54    3   10   0   0   0    3    7   1    3   0   0   2   0   2   2    0   0  .185  .270  .185  -0.6 1988 CIN N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits   74   269   24   68  10   1   7   37   19   1   29   0   0   1   0   2   8    1   1  .253  .301  .375  -1.4 1988 HOU N
1988 TOT N                95   323   27   78  10   1   7   40   26   2   32   0   0   3   0   4  10    1   1  .241  .295  .344  -2.0 1988 TOT N
1989 TEX A Daily Splits   34    82    4   15   4   0   0    3    7   0   10   0   1   0   0   1   4    0   0  .183  .247  .232  -0.8 1989 TEX A
Total NL                 460  1660  218  438  73   8  50  221  204  11  147   6   5  13   0  25  48    7  11  .264  .344  .408  -5.1 Total NL        
Total AL                1945  7335  933 2076 352  48 151  885  632  73  629  32  55  67   0 109 207   48  68  .283  .340  .406  33.8 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2405  8995 1151 2514 425  56 201 1106  836  84  776  38  60  80   0 134 255   55  79  .279  .341  .406  28.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   0   1   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 3.000 1973 AL   
1980 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1980 AL   
1981 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 AL   
1982 AL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 AL   
1984 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1984 AL   
Total            Splits    5     8    0    1   0   1   0    1    0   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .111  .375 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1972 CLE A Daily  OF  123  115   98  1034.2   274   10    3    4   0  .990     0   63   65 
1972 CLE A        RF   65   55   48   511     114    3    0    1   0 1.000
1972 CLE A        CF   63   60   50   523.2   160    7    3    3   0  .982
1972 CLE A        3B    7    5    5    48.2    10   13    0    2   0 1.000
1973 CLE A Daily  3B  154  153  148  1367.1   144  363   22   44   0  .958
1973 CLE A        OF    2    1    1    10       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    1 
1973 CLE A        CF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 CLE A        RF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 CLE A Daily  3B  115  115  109  1011     112  274   15   31   0  .963
1974 CLE A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1975 CLE A Daily  3B  153  149  138  1328     146  330   25   29   0  .950
1976 CLE A Daily  3B  158  157  149  1391     104  330   20   23   0  .956
1976 CLE A        1B    2    1    1     9       5    1    0    0   0 1.000
1977 CLE A Daily  3B  118  115  109  1017.1   111  253   15   23   0  .960
1977 CLE A        LF   11   11    9    97.1    23    0    1    0   0  .958
1977 CLE A        OF   11   11    9    97.1    23    0    1    0   0  .958    11    0    0 
1978 CLE A Daily  3B  139  139  135  1210.2   125  355   15   30   0  .970
1978 CLE A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1979 TEX A Daily  3B  147  144  124  1232     112  364   15   22   0  .969
1979 TEX A        SS   33   17   14   184      35   65    2    9   0  .980
1980 TEX A Daily  3B  120  120  112  1045.2   123  282    8   26   0  .981
1980 TEX A        SS    3    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1981 TEX A Daily  3B   96   96   90   835.2    66  281   14   18   0  .961
1981 TEX A        SS    1    0    0     2       1    3    0    1   0 1.000
1982 TEX A Daily  3B  145  143  126  1228.1   131  396   13   35   0  .976
1982 TEX A        SS    4    0    0     6.1     0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1983 TEX A Daily  3B  154  153  150  1374.2   123  383   17   29   0  .967
1984 TEX A Daily  3B  147  147  137  1277     129  323   20   28   0  .958
1985 TEX A Daily  3B   83   82   79   711      70  192   16   22   0  .942
1985 CIN N Daily  3B   67   67   61   585.1    54  105    9   13   0  .946
1985 Total        3B  150  149  140  1296.1   124  297   25   35   0  .944
1986 CIN N Daily  3B  151  150  141  1343.2   105  290   10   28   0  .975
1986 CIN N        2B    1    0    0     1       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1987 CIN N Daily  3B  142  141  129  1228.1    93  241    7   17   0  .979
1988 CIN N Daily  3B   13   13    8   107.2     6   24    1    2   0  .968
1988 CIN N        1B    2    2    0     8       8    2    1    0   0  .909
1988 HOU N Daily  3B   66   65   54   565      31  114   12    8   0  .924
1988 HOU N        1B    7    6    4    50      43    0    1    4   0  .977
1988 TOT N        1B    9    8    4    58      51    2    2    4   0  .964
1988 TOT N        3B   79   78   62   672.2    37  138   13   10   0  .931
1989 TEX A Daily  DH   22   14    9                                      -
1989 TEX A        3B    9    7    4    58       3   12    0    0   0 1.000
1989 TEX A        1B    1    1    0     6       7    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             3B 2184 2161 2008 18966.1  1798 4925  254  430   0  .964
Total             OF  136  127  108  1142     299   10    4    4   0  .987    11   64   66 
Total             RF   66   56   49   520     115    3    0    1   0 1.000
Total             CF   64   60   50   524.2   161    7    3    3   0  .982
Total             SS   41   17   14   195.1    36   69    2   10   0  .981
Total             DH   24   14    9                                      -
Total             1B   12   10    5    73      63    4    2    4   0  .971
Total             LF   11   11    9    97.1    23    0    1    0   0  .958
Total             2B    1    0    0     1       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1980 AL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     4       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1981 AL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     4       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1982 AL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     4       0    1    1    0   0  .500
1984 AL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             3B    4    0    0    14       1    6    1    0   0  .875
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1996 DET A  162   53  109  .327   783  1103                  5
1997 DET A  162   79   83  .488   784   790                  3
1998 DET A  137   52   85  .380   592   738          8-31    5  5
2000 COL N  130   66   64  .508   797   722          8-27    4  4
2000 COL N   30   15   15  .500   167   171   8-30           4  4
2001 COL N  162   73   89  .451   923   906                  5
2002 COL N   22    6   16  .273    89   129          4-25    5  4
Total       805  344  461  .427  4135  4559
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the free-agent draft (June 5,
1969).

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Toby Harrah (December
8, 1978).

Traded by Texas Rangers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Duane Walker and a player
to be named later (July 19, 1985); Texas Rangers received Jeff Russell (July 23,
1985).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Houston Astros in exchange for a player to be named
later (June 19, 1988); Cincinnati Reds received Carl Grovom (October 20, 1988).

Released by Houston Astros (December 21, 1988).

Signed by Texas Rangers (January 9, 1989).

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