Gus Bell

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

Rate this Player

2.75

(24 votes)

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.

[edit] Statistics

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

[edit] Video Gallery

Add Videos

[edit] Picture Gallery

Add Pictures

[edit] See Also

[edit] Categories

Retrieved from "http://armchairgm.wikia.com/Gus_Bell"

This page was last modified 21:38, 6 November 2007. Content is available under the GFDL.