Les Bell

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Full Name: Lester Rowland Bell	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165	First Game: September 18, 1923
Birthdate: December 14, 1901	Final Game: September 27, 1931
Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: December 26, 1985
Deathplace: Hershey, Pennsylvania
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
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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Les Bell (Lester Rowland Bell) was born on December 14, 1901 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 18, 1923 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1925, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 11 home runs and 88 RBI. Bell played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Les Bell's best season was 1926, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .325 average and knocked in 100 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1923	STL	N	15	51	5	19	0	9	.373	.467	.451	2	1	9	7	0	0	1	0	0
1924	STL	N	17	57	5	14	1	5	.246	.295	.421	3	2	3	7	1	1	0	0	0
1925	STL	N	153	586	80	167	11	88	.285	.334	.422	29	9	43	47	0	10	4	0	0
1926	STL	N	155	581	85	189	17	100	.325	.383	.518	33	14	54	62	0	31	9	0	0
1927	STL	N	115	390	48	101	9	65	.259	.320	.426	26	6	34	63	1	13	5	0	0
1928	BOS	N	153	591	58	164	10	91	.277	.323	.413	36	7	40	45	0	25	1	0	0
1929	BOS	N	139	483	58	144	9	72	.298	.364	.422	23	5	50	42	0	20	4	0	0
1930	CHI	N	74	248	35	69	5	47	.278	.342	.431	15	4	24	27	0	9	1	0	0
1931	CHI	N	75	252	30	71	4	32	.282	.332	.405	17	1	19	22	0	1	0	0	0
Total			896	3239	404	938	66	509	.290	.346	.438	184	49	276	322	2	110	25	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1923	STL	N	SS	15	0	0	35	53	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1924	STL	N	SS	17	0	0	44	42	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1925	STL	N	3B	153	0	0	151	284	36	39	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1925	STL	N	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	STL	N	3B	155	0	0	165	254	22	25	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1927	STL	N	3B	100	0	0	85	142	24	13	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1927	STL	N	SS	10	0	0	16	41	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1928	BOS	N	3B	153	0	0	177	314	27	37	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1929	BOS	N	2B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	BOS	N	3B	127	0	0	107	198	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1929	BOS	N	SS	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1930	CHI	N	3B	70	0	0	63	102	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1930	CHI	N	1B	2	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	CHI	N	3B	70	0	0	66	118	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			3B	828	0	0	814	1412	144	161	0	0	0	0	0	.939
Total			1B	2	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	44	0	0	99	138	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	.905
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves in exchange for Andy High and $25000 (March 25, 1928).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Boston Braves (October 29, 1929).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Louisville (American Association) (April 2, 1932).

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