Jay Bell

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Full Name: Jay Stuart Bell	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: September 29, 1986
Birthdate: December 11, 1965	Final Game: September 28, 2003
Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Jay Bell (Jay Stuart Bell) was born on December 11, 1965 in Pensacola, Florida. He made his Major League debut on September 29, 1986 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1988, his rookie year, he hit .218 with 2 home runs and 21 RBI. Bell played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Mets over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Jay Bell's best season was 1999, when he slugged 38 home runs, hit for a .289 average and knocked in 112 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
1986	CLE	A	5	14	3	5	1	4	.357	.438	.714	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CLE	A	38	125	14	27	2	13	.216	.269	.352	9	1	8	31	1	3	2	0	0
1988	CLE	A	73	211	23	46	2	21	.218	.289	.280	5	1	21	53	1	1	4	0	3
1989	PIT	N	78	271	33	70	2	27	.258	.307	.351	13	3	19	47	1	10	5	0	9
1990	PIT	N	159	583	93	148	7	52	.254	.329	.362	28	7	65	109	3	39	10	0	14
1991	PIT	N	157	608	96	164	16	67	.270	.330	.428	32	8	52	99	4	30	10	1	15
1992	PIT	N	159	632	87	167	9	55	.264	.326	.383	36	6	55	103	4	19	7	0	12
1993	PIT	N	154	604	102	187	9	51	.310	.392	.437	32	9	77	122	6	13	16	6	16
1994	PIT	N	110	424	68	117	9	45	.276	.353	.441	35	4	49	82	3	8	2	1	15
1995	PIT	N	138	530	79	139	13	55	.262	.336	.404	28	4	55	110	4	3	2	1	13
1996	PIT	N	151	527	65	132	13	71	.250	.323	.391	29	3	54	108	5	6	6	5	10
1997	KC	A	153	573	89	167	21	92	.291	.368	.461	28	3	71	101	4	3	10	2	13
1998	ARI	N	155	549	79	138	20	67	.251	.353	.432	29	5	81	129	7	5	3	3	14
1999	ARI	N	151	589	132	170	38	112	.289	.374	.557	32	6	82	132	4	4	7	2	9
2000	ARI	N	149	565	87	151	18	68	.267	.348	.437	30	6	70	88	3	6	7	0	7
2001	ARI	N	129	428	59	106	13	46	.248	.349	.400	24	1	65	79	4	8	0	3	9
2002	ARI	N	32	49	3	8	2	11	.163	.250	.306	1	0	5	9	1	0	0	0	2
2003	NY	N	72	116	11	21	0	3	.181	.319	.190	1	0	22	38	2	1	0	1	4
Total	NL		1794	6475	994	1718	169	730	.265	.344	.417	350	62	751	1255	51	152	75	23	149
Total	AL		269	923	129	245	26	130	.265	.339	.408	44	5	102	188	6	7	16	2	16
Total			2063	7398	1123	1963	195	860	.265	.343	.416	394	67	853	1443	57	159	91	25	165

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1986	CLE	A	2B	2	2	12	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1986	CLE	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	CLE	A	SS	38	33	298	67	93	9	22	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1988	CLE	A	SS	72	68	596	103	170	10	37	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1988	CLE	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	PIT	N	SS	78	70	649.1	109	197	10	41	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1990	PIT	N	SS	159	153	1377	260	459	22	85	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1991	PIT	N	SS	156	153	1347.1	239	491	24	78	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1992	PIT	N	SS	159	157	1411.1	268	526	22	94	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1993	PIT	N	SS	154	153	1349	256	527	11	100	1	0	0	0	0	.986
1994	PIT	N	SS	110	108	943.2	152	380	15	69	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1995	PIT	N	3B	3	3	24.2	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1995	PIT	N	SS	136	130	1150	205	409	14	88	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1996	PIT	N	SS	151	143	1289.1	215	478	10	78	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1997	KC	A	3B	4	3	27	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	KC	A	SS	149	144	1271	227	443	10	102	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1998	ARI	N	SS	138	135	1175.2	196	399	18	77	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1998	ARI	N	2B	15	15	131.1	28	38	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1999	ARI	N	SS	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	ARI	N	2B	148	145	1297	320	340	22	86	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1999	ARI	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	ARI	N	2B	145	142	1243.2	289	344	8	85	0	0	0	0	0	.988
2000	ARI	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	ARI	N	2B	80	78	664	153	168	2	43	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2001	ARI	N	3B	40	33	303.1	22	56	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.940
2001	ARI	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	ARI	N	3B	6	5	42.2	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	ARI	N	SS	2	1	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	ARI	N	1B	5	3	25	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	ARI	N	2B	2	0	3.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	NY	N	1B	13	2	36.1	33	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.971
2003	NY	N	3B	14	7	73	7	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.952
2003	NY	N	SS	12	6	51	11	19	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.968
2003	NY	N	2B	14	10	84	15	25	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.952
2003	NY	N	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	18	5	61.1	49	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			DH	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	406	392	3435.1	807	923	37	229	0	0	0	0	0	.979
Total			SS	1515	1454	12918	2309	4595	176	877	1	0	0	0	0	.975
Total			3B	67	51	470.2	36	90	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	.955

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1984 - signed June 11, 1984).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Curt Wardle, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Bert Blyleven (August 1, 1985); Cleveland Indians received Rich Yett (September 17, 1985).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates (March 25, 1989) completing trade in which Pittsburgh Pirates traded Denny Gonzalez and a player to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for a player to be named later (November 28, 1988); Cleveland Indians received Felix Fermin (March 25, 1989).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff King to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace (December 13, 1996).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1997).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (November 17, 1997).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
Signed by New York Mets (February 11, 2003).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star in 1993 and 1999
World Series Champion in 2001 with Arizona Diamondbacks
Bell scored the winning run in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Luis Gonzalez's single up the middle off of New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
When Bell would come to bat for the Diamondbacks, the stadium would play "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward.

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