Gus Bell
Gus Bell
Full name: David Russell Bell Born: November 15, 1928, Louisville, Kentucky Died May 7, 1995, Montgomery, Ohio Buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio First Game: May 30, 1950; Final Game: May 1, 1964 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 190 Grandfather of Mike Bell Grandfather of David Bell Father of Buddy Bell
Gus Bell
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
1950 PIT N 1950 PIT N 1951 PIT N 12 16 89 42 41 4 1 9 1 4 .278 .330 .443 -0.4 1951 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1953 CIN N 1953 CIN N 1954 CIN N 1954 CIN N 1955 CIN N 154 610 88 188 30 6 27 104 54 2 57 0 2 6 6 4 4 .308 .361 .510 -0.2 1955 CIN N 1956 CIN N 1956 CIN N 1957 CIN N 1957 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CIN N Daily Splits 143 515 65 135 19 5 12 62 29 3 40 1 4 5 0 8 7 4 3 .262 .300 .388 -1.7 1960 CIN N 1961 CIN N Daily Splits 103 235 27 60 10 1 3 33 18 3 21 0 0 9 0 2 4 1 1 .255 .298 .345 -1.4 1961 CIN N 1962 NY N Daily Splits 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 .149 .221 .198 -1.2 1962 NY N 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 79 214 28 61 11 3 5 24 12 2 17 0 1 1 0 2i 3 0 0 .285 .322 .435 -0.2 1962 MIL N 1962 TOT N 109 315 36 76 13 3 6 30 22 2 24 0 3 3 0 3i 5 0 1 .241 .288 .359 -1.4 1962 TOT N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0.0 1963 MIL N 1964 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1964 MIL N Splits 1741 6478 865 1823 311 66 206 942 470 27i 636 27 45 53i 0i 13i109 30 31i .281 .330 .445 -9.7 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 Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series 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
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-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
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 NL
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1954 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NL
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1957 NL
Total Splits 4 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 1.000 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 Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1950 PIT N 1951 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1953 CIN N 11 5 .977 0 145 6
1954 CIN N 153 406 12 6 2 .986 0 153 0
1955 CIN N 154 364 4 5 0 .987 0 154 0
1956 CIN N 1957 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N .996 6 0 141
1960 CIN N Daily OF 132 122 112 1088 239 13 3 1 0 .988 41 1 97
1960 CIN N 1960 CIN N 1960 CIN N 1961 CIN N Daily OF 75 54 45 510.2 112 1 1 0 0 .991 44 1 34
1961 CIN N 1961 CIN N 1961 CIN N 1962 NY N Daily OF 26 24 22 218 40 7 1 3 0 .979 0 0 26
1962 NY N 1962 MIL N Daily OF 58 53 27 403.1 75 3 1 0 0 .987 53 1 7
1962 MIL N 1962 MIL N 1962 MIL N 1962 TOT N RF 33 26 23 238.2 44 7 1 3 0 .981
1962 TOT N OF 84 77 49 621.1 115 10 2 3 0 .984 53 1 33
Total OF 1643 253i 206i 2220 i 3500 133 54 28 0i .985 164 812 683
Total RF 164i 145i 129i 1294 i 288i 20i 2i 4i 0i .994
Total LF 138i 108i 77i 918.1i 174i 4i 4i 0i 0i .978
Total CF 3i 0i 0i 7.2i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1953 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1953 NL CF 1 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1956 NL CF 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1957 NL LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 3 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Total CF 2 2 0 11 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1947).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Cal Abrams , Joe
Rossi and Gail Henley (October 14, 1952 ).
Selected by New York Mets from Cincinnati Reds in the expansion draft (October 10,
1961 ).
Traded by New York Mets to Milwaukee Braves (May 21, 1962 ) completing trade in which
New York Mets traded cash and a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in
exchange for Frank Thomas and a player to be named later (November 28, 1961 ); New
York Mets received Rick Herrscher (May 21, 1962 ).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (May 12, 1964 ).
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