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Full name David Russell Bell Born November 15, 1928, Louisville, Kentucky Died May 7, 1995, Montgomery, Ohio Buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio First Game: May 30, 1950 ; Final Game: May 1, 1964 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 190 Grandfather of Mike Bell Grandfather of David Bell Father of Buddy Bell Ejections: 1952 (1), 1953 (1), 1962 (1). Total: 3
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1950 PIT N Daily Splits 111 422 62 119 22 11 8 53 28 1 46 4 2 0 6 4 4 4 .282 .333 .443 -0.1 1950 PIT N
1951 PIT N Daily Splits 149 600 80 167 27 12 16 89 42 2 41 4 1 0 7 9 1 4 .278 .330 .443 -0.4 1951 PIT N
1952 PIT N Daily Splits 131 468 53 117 21 5 16 59 36 4 72 2 4 0 7 6 1 4 .250 .306 .419 -1.8 1952 PIT N
1953 CIN N Daily Splits 151 610 102 183 37 5 30 105 48 1 72 3 4 0 12 14 0 2 .300 .354 .525 1.8 1953 CIN N
1954 CIN N Daily Splits 153 619 104 185 38 7 17 101 48 1 58 4 5 8 0 17 13 5 3 .299 .349 .465 -0.4 1954 CIN N
1955 CIN N Daily Splits 154 610 88 188 30 6 27 104 54 2 57 0 2 6 0 9 6 4 4 .308 .361 .510 -0.4 1955 CIN N
1956 CIN N Daily Splits 150 603 82 176 31 4 29 84 50 4 66 3 7 3 0 13 10 6 2 .292 .347 .501 -0.7 1956 CIN N
1957 CIN N Daily Splits 121 510 65 149 20 3 13 61 30 5 54 3 6 6 0 6 10 0 1 .292 .332 .420 -1.8 1957 CIN N
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 112 385 42 97 16 2 10 46 36 7 40 1 6 5 0 7 7 2 3 .252 .314 .382 -2.5 1958 CIN N
1959 CIN N Daily Splits 148 580 59 170 27 2 19 115 29 1 44 2 1 8 0 6 13 2 3 .293 .325 .445 -0.2 1959 CIN N
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 143 515 65 135 19 5 12 62 29 3 40 1 4 5 0 9 7 4 3 .262 .300 .388 -1.6 1960 CIN N
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 103 235 27 60 10 1 3 33 18 3 21 0 0 9 0 2 4 1 1 .255 .298 .345 -1.5 1961 CIN N
1962 NY N Daily Splits 30 101 8 15 2 0 1 6 10 0 7 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 .149 .221 .198 -1.1 1962 NY N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 79 214 28 61 11 3 5 24 12 2 17 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 .285 .322 .435 -0.3 1962 MIL N
1962 TOT N 109 315 36 76 13 3 6 30 22 2 24 0 3 3 0 3 5 0 1 .241 .288 .359 -1.4 1962 TOT N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0.0 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1964 MIL N
Total (15 Years) Splits 1741 6478 865 1823 311 66 206 942 470 36 636 27 45 53 0 104 109 30 35 .281 .330 .445 -11.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 NL
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1954 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NL
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1957 NL
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 4 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 1.000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 PIT N Daily Splits OF 104 103 97 899 203 10 5 3 0 .977 0 0 104
1950 PIT N RF 104 103 97 899 204 11 5 3 0 .977
1951 PIT N Daily Splits OF 145 145 140 1280.2 267 18 4 4 0 .986 0 0 145
1951 PIT N RF 145 145 140 1280.2 274 17 4 4 0 .986
1952 PIT N Daily Splits OF 123 118 116 1044.1 202 8 6 2 0 .972 0 0 123
1952 PIT N RF 123 118 116 1044.1 201 8 6 2 0 .972
1953 CIN N Daily Splits OF 151 150 146 1320.2 447 16 11 5 0 .977 0 145 7
1953 CIN N CF 145 144 140 1262.2 434 14 10 5 0 .978
1953 CIN N RF 7 6 6 58 14 2 1 0 0 .941
1954 CIN N Daily Splits OF 153 152 147 1344.2 406 12 6 2 0 .986 0 153 0
1954 CIN N CF 153 152 147 1344.2 404 12 6 2 0 .986
1955 CIN N Daily Splits OF 154 154 152 1358.2 364 4 5 0 0 .987 0 154 0
1955 CIN N CF 154 154 152 1358.2 368 5 5 0 0 .987
1956 CIN N Daily Splits OF 149 149 146 1330 330 12 5 4 0 .986 0 149 0
1956 CIN N CF 149 149 146 1330 324 12 5 4 0 .985
1957 CIN N Daily Splits OF 121 120 116 1088 311 7 4 1 0 .988 0 121 0
1957 CIN N CF 121 120 116 1088 309 7 4 1 0 .988
1958 CIN N Daily Splits OF 107 101 95 921 235 7 1 2 0 .996 17 90 0
1958 CIN N CF 90 86 85 795.1 203 7 1 2 0 .995
1958 CIN N LF 17 15 10 125.2 35 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CIN N Daily Splits OF 145 137 134 1235 269 15 1 1 0 .996 6 0 141
1959 CIN N RF 141 131 131 1189 258 9 1 1 0 .996
1959 CIN N LF 6 6 3 46 14 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CIN N Daily Splits OF 132 122 112 1088 239 13 3 1 0 .988 41 1 97
1960 CIN N RF 97 92 83 805.2 192 13 1 1 0 .995
1960 CIN N LF 41 30 29 281.2 50 0 2 0 0 .962
1960 CIN N CF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 CIN N Daily Splits OF 75 54 45 510.2 112 1 1 0 0 .991 44 1 34
1961 CIN N LF 44 27 22 258 56 1 1 0 0 .983
1961 CIN N RF 34 27 23 249.2 52 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CIN N CF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1962 NY N Daily Splits OF 26 24 22 219 40 7 1 3 0 .979 0 0 26
1962 NY N RF 26 24 22 219 39 7 1 3 0 .979
1962 MIL N Daily Splits OF 58 53 27 401.1 75 3 1 0 0 .987 53 1 7
1962 MIL N LF 53 51 26 376.2 67 3 1 0 0 .986
1962 MIL N RF 7 2 1 20.2 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 MIL N CF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1962 TOT N RF 33 26 23 239.2 44 7 1 3 0 .981
1962 TOT N OF 84 77 49 620.1 115 10 2 3 0 .984 53 1 33
Total (13 Years) Splits OF 1643 1582 1495 14041 3500 133 54 28 0 .985 161 815 684
Total ( 9 Years) CF 815 805 786 7187 2042 57 31 14 0 .985
Total ( 8 Years) RF 684 648 619 5766 1239 67 19 14 0 .986
Total ( 5 Years) LF 161 129 90 1088 222 4 4 0 0 .983
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1953 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1953 NL CF 1 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1956 NL CF 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1957 NL LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits OF 3 2 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 2 0
Total ( 2 Years) CF 2 2 0 11 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 6-1952 BOX PIT N Bill Jackowski Called third strike
9- 2-1953 BOX CIN N Frank Dascoli Bench jockeying
7- 8-1962(2) BOX MIL N Dusty Boggess Called third strike
Transaction Information
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 (8th pick overall) 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 ).
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