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Buddy
Bell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 27, 1951 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 20 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 7 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1973 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 8 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 10
1974 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 8 8 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1975 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 9 9 9 5 4 4 10 9 9
1976 24 SDP NL $ 1,450,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 9 9 9 5 4 4 10 9 10
1977 25 CLE AL $ 1,450,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 4 10 9 10
1978 26 CLE AL $ 2,192,857   6 6 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 10 9 10
1979 27 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 10 9 9
1980 28 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 9 5 4 4 9 9 9
1981 29 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 9 8 9 4 4 4 9 9 9
1982 30 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 8 4 4 4 10 9 10
1983 31 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 8 8 8 4 3 4 10 9 10
1984 32 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 8 8 8 4 3 3 10 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 10 9 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 20 SDP NL 151 582 74 169 29 1 11 60 1 3 37 30 .290 .335 .400 .736 68.3 11.7
1973 21 SDP NL 54 187 15 51 12 1 1 28 1 1 10 5 .273 .303 .364 .667 20.6 3.1
    AAA   106 454 64 142 27 0 10 48 3 6 42 21 .313 .371 .438 .809 69.3  
1974 22 SDP NL 157 547 67 149 30 3 12 80 3 1 28 23 .272 .305 .404 .709 60.3 8.4
1975 23 SDP NL 122 409 54 104 18 4 6 50 0 3 25 28 .254 .299 .362 .661 41.1 5.0
1976 24 SDP NL 100 279 35 78 16 2 4 38 1 0 20 17 .280 .333 .394 .728 35.7 6.9
1977 25 CLE AL 155 598 82 172 46 2 5 62 0 5 41 22 .288 .333 .396 .729 71.2 10.7
1978 26 CLE AL 113 403 54 113 30 2 5 45 0 2 35 12 .280 .336 .402 .738 53.1 9.9
1979 27 CLE AL 149 486 51 120 25 5 4 41 0 0 26 31 .247 .282 .344 .626 44.0 4.6
1980 28 CLE AL 154 502 62 129 25 9 6 57 2 0 39 17 .257 .310 .378 .689 55.9 9.1
1981 29 CLE AL 125 515 66 143 38 3 9 73 2 1 30 30 .278 .317 .416 .732 62.3 10.1
1982 30 CLE AL 60 174 25 56 12 1 2 21 0 0 7 4 .322 .352 .437 .788 22.5 5.1
1983 31 SEM AL 155 485 56 125 26 2 5 55 1 2 27 25 .258 .296 .351 .646 47.2 7.4
1984 32 SEM AL 127 354 29 86 11 1 5 27 0 1 17 13 .243 .280 .322 .602 28.5 1.7
13 Years Sim 1622 5521 670 1495 318 36 75 637 11 19 342 257 .271 .313 .382 .695 610.9 93.7
1 Years AAA 106 454 64 142 27 0 10 48 3 6 42 21 .313 .370 .438 .808 69.3  
162 Game Average 551 66 149 31 3 7 63 1 1 34 25 .271 .313 .382 .695 61.0  
Career Highs 157 598 82 172 46 9 12 80 3 5 41 31 .322 .352 .437 .788 71.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3621 440 957 204 26 50 397 4 12 205 178 .264 .304 .376 .680 395.3
vs LH   1900 230 538 114 10 25 240 7 7 137 79 .283 .331 .393 .724 237.8
Home 816 2726 334 734 151 18 43 327 6 8 173 132 .269 .312 .385 .697 316.5
Away 806 2795 336 761 167 18 32 310 5 11 169 125 .272 .314 .379 .694 316.6
RISP   1375 0 372 76 9 21 513 0 0 95 60 .271 .312 .385 .697 163.3
Pinch Hitting   56 5 14 5 0 1 11 0 1 2 4 .250 .271 .393 .664 5.4
Close/Late   606 68 173 37 4 12 67 0 0 39 32 .285 .326 .419 .745 79.8
Mar/Apr 254 879 112 248 52 2 11 102 2 3 61 38 .282 .330 .383 .714 106.4
May 269 909 112 238 45 6 19 114 1 5 49 54 .262 .299 .387 .686 100.8
June 266 926 119 278 56 5 12 99 1 5 57 41 .300 .341 .410 .751 121.1
July 221 756 80 181 42 6 8 75 3 1 46 39 .239 .283 .343 .625 71.2
August 296 977 109 259 58 8 14 122 2 2 55 37 .265 .303 .384 .687 109.2
Sep/Oct 316 1074 138 291 65 9 11 125 2 3 74 48 .271 .317 .379 .696 124.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 20 SDP NL 3B 146 143 1242.3 97 335 21 35 .954 3.13   3.6
    RF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1973 21 SDP NL 3B 52 50 437.3 29 120 10 11 .937 3.07   1.3
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 22 SDP NL SS 152 149 1291.3 205 555 16 95 .979 5.30   6.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 23 SDP NL 3B 101 100 837.3 56 238 12 20 .961 3.16   2.7
    RF 14 11 104.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.08   0.1
    SS 1 0 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    2B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 13.53   0.0
1976 24 SDP NL 3B 65 62 529.3 29 149 12 15 .937 3.03   1.8
    SS 32 8 115.7 26 55 4 14 .953 6.30   0.7
    RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 25 CLE AL 3B 149 147 1294.3 96 336 20 27 .956 3.00   2.3
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 26 CLE AL 3B 109 108 966.7 79 238 13 24 .961 2.95   4.0
    SS 2 0 3.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1979 27 CLE AL 3B 146 146 1249.7 99 322 13 29 .970 3.03   3.5
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 28 CLE AL 3B 152 150 1314.3 99 328 15 26 .966 2.92   4.3
    SS 2 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1981 29 CLE AL 3B 123 123 1090.7 73 248 20 27 .941 2.65   0.9
    CF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 30 CLE AL 3B 27 25 213.0 7 47 5 4 .915 2.28   0.5
    SS 19 4 64.3 12 28 0 6 1.000 5.60   0.4
    RF 4 4 32.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.2
    CF 3 2 19.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.32    
1983 31 SEM AL 3B 154 153 1282.3 107 296 24 28 .944 2.83   5.4
1984 32 SEM AL 3B 90 76 672.3 39 167 11 12 .949 2.76   2.9
    SS 34 22 230.7 35 96 3 14 .978 5.11   0.9
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1314 1283 11129.6 810 2824 176 258 .954 2.94   33.1
  SS 249 183 1733.6 284 747 23 130 .978 5.35   8.3
  RF 31 15 163.7 36 0 1 0 .973 1.98   0.4
  CF 15 2 47.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 13.53   0.0
Career Totals   1610 1483 13075.3 1144 3573 200 389 .959 3.25   41.8
Career Highs   155 153 1320.3 205 555 24 95 .979 5.28    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 22 SDP NL 7 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .154 .185 .192 .377
1976 24 SDP NL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1979 27 CLE AL 4 17 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .353 .706
1980 28 CLE AL 5 22 4 9 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 .409 .435 .727 1.162
1982 30 CLE AL 10 24 5 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .250 .280 .333 .613
Career Post-Season Batting 27 93 12 26 3 2 1 9 0 1 3 5 .280 .302 .387 .689
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1974-4-157
1983-6-155
 At-Bats
1972-9-582
1977-9-598
 Hits
1972-8-169
 Singles
1972-3-128
 Doubles
1977-2-46
1981-7-38
 Triples
1980-6-9
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  2. Pete Rose (958)
  3. Tony Gonzalez (929)
  4. Dan Driessen (925)
  5. Carney Lansford (924)
  6. Ollie Brown (915)
  7. Frankie Crosetti (913)
  8. Dick Groat (912)
  9. Luis Olmo (910)
  10. Freddie Lindstrom (910)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by San Diego in 1972
Had first career hit on 4/2/1972, off Sandy Koufax (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1972, off Tom Timmermann (OAK)
Injured on 6/9/1973 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/13/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1973, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/9/1974
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLE: 3B Buddy Bell, P Jamie Easterly. Going to SDP: P Bob Moose)
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,192,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/22/1978 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
10/3/1978: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1979
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1981, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 7/4/1981 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1982 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/19/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/10/1983
 
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