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Gus Bell

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Full Name: David Russell Bell Primary Position: OF,CF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/190 First Game: May 30, 1950
Birthdate: November 15, 1928 Final Game: May 1, 1964
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: May 7, 1995
Deathplace: Montgomery, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Gus Bell (David Russell Bell) was born on November 15, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on May 30, 1950 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1950, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 8 home runs and 53 RBI. Bell played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 13 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Gus Bell's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1953, when he slugged 30 home runs, hit for a .300 average and knocked in 105 runs. However, others believe that it was 1955, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in 104 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1950 PIT N 111 422 62 119 8 53 .282 .333 .443 22 11 28 46 4 2 4 0 4
1951 PIT N 149 600 80 167 16 89 .278 .330 .443 27 12 42 41 4 1 1 0 9
1952 PIT N 131 468 53 117 16 59 .250 .306 .419 21 5 36 72 2 4 1 0 6
1953 CIN N 151 610 102 183 30 105 .300 .354 .525 37 5 48 72 3 4 0 0 14
1954 CIN N 153 619 104 185 17 101 .299 .349 .465 38 7 48 58 4 5 5 1 13
1955 CIN N 154 610 88 188 27 104 .308 .361 .510 30 6 54 57 0 2 4 2 6
1956 CIN N 150 603 82 176 29 84 .292 .347 .501 31 4 50 66 3 7 6 4 10
1957 CIN N 121 510 65 149 13 61 .292 .332 .420 20 3 30 54 3 6 0 5 10
1958 CIN N 112 385 42 97 10 46 .252 .314 .382 16 2 36 40 1 6 2 7 7
1959 CIN N 148 580 59 170 19 115 .293 .325 .445 27 2 29 44 2 1 2 1 13
1960 CIN N 143 515 65 135 12 62 .262 .300 .388 19 5 29 40 1 4 4 3 7
1961 CIN N 103 235 27 60 3 33 .255 .298 .345 10 1 18 21 0 0 1 3 4
1962 NY N 30 101 8 15 1 6 .149 .221 .198 2 0 10 7 0 2 0 0 2
1962 MIL N 79 214 28 61 5 24 .285 .322 .435 11 3 12 17 0 1 0 2 3
1962 TOT N 109 315 36 76 6 30 .241 .288 .359 13 3 22 24 0 3 0 2 5
1963 MIL N 3 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIL N 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 1741 6478 865 1823 206 942 .281 .330 .445 311 66 470 636 27 45 30 28 109

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 PIT N OF 104 0 0 203 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1951 PIT N OF 145 0 0 267 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1952 PIT N OF 123 0 0 202 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1953 CIN N OF 151 0 0 447 16 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1954 CIN N OF 153 152 1344.2 406 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1954 CIN N CF 153 152 1344.2 404 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1955 CIN N OF 154 0 0 364 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1956 CIN N OF 149 0 0 330 12 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1957 CIN N CF 121 120 1088 309 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1957 CIN N OF 121 120 1088 311 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1958 CIN N LF 17 15 125.2 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N OF 107 101 921 235 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1958 CIN N CF 90 86 795.1 203 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1959 CIN N LF 6 6 46 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CIN N OF 145 137 1235 269 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1959 CIN N RF 141 131 1189 258 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1960 CIN N LF 41 30 281.2 50 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1960 CIN N OF 132 122 1088 239 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1960 CIN N CF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1960 CIN N RF 97 92 805.2 192 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1961 CIN N LF 44 27 258 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1961 CIN N RF 34 27 249.2 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CIN N OF 75 54 510.2 112 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1961 CIN N CF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 NY N OF 26 24 218 40 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1962 NY N RF 26 24 218 39 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1962 MIL N LF 53 51 378.2 68 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1962 MIL N RF 7 2 20.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 MIL N OF 58 53 403.1 75 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1962 MIL N CF 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 TOT N OF 84 77 621.1 115 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1962 TOT N RF 33 26 238.2 44 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total CF 367 358 3235.2 916 26 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total RF 305 276 2483 546 29 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .995
Total LF 161 129 1090 223 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total OF 1643 763 6808.2 3500 133 54 28 0 0 0 0 0 .985

[edit] 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).

[edit] Trivia

  • All-Star in 1953, 1954, 1956, and 1957

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