Buddy Bell | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
18	10009	.279	.341	.406	.272	62.3

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1972	CLE	20	132	505	466	49	119	21	1	9	169	34	29	3	1	1	36	5	6	.255	.310	.363	.255	9.0	0.0	1.1
1973	CLE	21	156	689	631	86	169	23	7	14	248	49	47	6	3	0	59	7	15	.268	.325	.393	.265	30.0	13.2	4.7
1974	CLE	22	116	471	423	51	111	15	1	7	149	35	29	3	2	8	46	1	3	.262	.322	.352	.256	7.2	13.8	2.3
1975	CLE	23	153	619	553	66	150	20	4	10	208	51	72	1	4	10	59	6	5	.271	.332	.376	.263	22.5	2.9	2.7
1976	CLE	24	159	661	604	75	170	26	2	7	221	44	49	2	6	5	60	3	8	.281	.329	.366	.262	18.5	16.6	3.9
1977	CLE	25	129	538	479	64	140	23	4	11	204	45	63	1	5	8	64	1	8	.292	.351	.426	.273	20.7	11.8	3.4
1978	CLE	26	142	606	556	71	157	27	8	6	218	39	43	0	2	9	62	1	3	.282	.328	.392	.262	23.3	13.1	4.0
1979	TEX	27	162	720	670	89	200	42	3	18	302	30	45	3	10	7	101	5	4	.299	.327	.451	.273	31.2	32.5	6.6
1980	TEX	28	129	534	490	76	161	24	4	17	244	40	39	0	0	4	83	3	1	.329	.379	.498	.308	41.6	21.3	6.7
1981	TEX	29	97	415	360	44	106	16	1	10	154	42	30	3	10	0	64	3	3	.294	.364	.428	.311	27.7	25.1	5.9
1982	TEX	30	148	614	537	62	159	27	2	13	229	70	50	2	5	0	67	5	4	.296	.376	.426	.297	41.8	23.6	7.0
1983	TEX	31	156	678	618	75	171	35	3	14	254	50	48	4	6	0	66	3	5	.277	.332	.411	.275	30.0	11.7	4.4
1984	TEX	32	148	630	553	88	174	36	5	11	253	63	54	3	9	2	83	2	1	.315	.382	.458	.299	42.9	18.8	6.6
1985	CIN	33	67	284	247	28	54	15	2	6	91	34	27	0	2	1	36	0	1	.219	.311	.368	.251	4.8	-4.2	0.1
1985	TEX	33	84	351	313	33	74	13	3	4	105	33	21	1	4	0	32	3	2	.236	.308	.335	.235	0.4	8.7	1.0
1986	CIN	34	155	655	568	89	158	29	3	20	253	73	49	5	6	3	75	2	8	.278	.362	.445	.284	25.3	-11.9	1.4
1987	CIN	35	143	597	522	74	148	19	2	17	222	71	39	1	2	1	70	4	1	.284	.369	.425	.271	26.0	-13.0	1.3
1988	CIN	36	21	63	54	3	10	0	0	0	10	7	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	.185	.270	.185	.208	-1.6	-0.2	-0.2
1988	HOU	36	74	289	269	24	68	10	1	7	101	19	29	0	1	0	37	1	1	.253	.301	.375	.249	3.8	-2.0	0.2
1989	TEX	37	34	90	82	4	15	4	0	0	19	7	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	.183	.247	.232	.179	-5.2	-0.0	-0.6
Career			2405	10009	8995	1151	2514	425	56	201	3654	836	776	38	80	60	1106	55	79	.279	.341	.406	.272	399.9	181.8	62.3

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1972	CLE	MLB	132	505	.255	.238	.296	.341	.000	.256	98	-2	11.9	-1.3	0.0	-1.9	9.0	1.1	9.0	1.1
1973	CLE	MLB	156	689	.265	.257	.318	.377	.000	.271	102	3.7	18.2	2.4	13.2	1.6	30.0	4.7	30.0	4.7
1974	CLE	MLB	116	471	.256	.257	.314	.373	.000	.267	99	-2.1	12.2	1.7	13.8	-1.6	7.2	2.3	7.2	2.3
1975	CLE	MLB	153	619	.263	.258	.319	.379	.000	.295	101	2.1	16.3	2.2	2.9	1.1	22.5	2.7	22.5	2.7
1976	CLE	MLB	159	661	.262	.253	.308	.356	.000	.294	98	1.1	16.7	2.2	16.6	-4.9	18.5	3.9	18.5	3.9
1977	CLE	MLB	129	538	.273	.262	.321	.396	.000	.315	101	7.1	15.0	1.6	11.8	-0.6	20.7	3.4	20.7	3.4
1978	CLE	MLB	142	606	.262	.257	.315	.379	.000	.297	99	1.3	15.8	2.1	13.1	2.7	23.3	4.0	23.3	4.0
1979	TEX	MLB	162	720	.273	.266	.325	.403	.000	.295	99	9.6	20.2	3.6	32.5	-0.4	31.2	6.6	31.2	6.6
1980	TEX	MLB	129	534	.308	.264	.322	.392	.000	.332	101	25.3	14.4	2	21.3	-1.3	41.6	6.7	41.6	6.7
1981	TEX	MLB	97	415	.311	.255	.315	.370	.000	.291	96	19.9	10.5	1.4	25.1	-2.3	27.7	5.9	27.7	5.9
1982	TEX	MLB	148	614	.297	.263	.322	.400	.000	.305	96	22.7	16.6	2.3	23.6	-0.4	41.8	7.0	41.8	7.0
1983	TEX	MLB	156	678	.275	.262	.320	.398	.000	.279	97	10	18.4	2.5	11.7	-0.3	30.0	4.4	30.0	4.4
1984	TEX	MLB	148	630	.299	.260	.317	.392	.000	.328	96	24.3	16.9	2.3	18.8	0.7	42.9	6.6	42.9	6.6
1985	CIN	MLB	67	284	.251	.247	.305	.363	.000	.222	94	-2.6	7.7	1.1	-4.2	0.6	4.8	0.1	4.8	0.1
1985	TEX	MLB	84	351	.235	.257	.316	.395	.000	.240	99	-8.6	9.6	1.3	8.7	-1.1	0.4	1.0	0.4	1.0
1986	CIN	MLB	155	655	.284	.251	.316	.379	.000	.273	104	16.1	18.1	2.5	-11.9	-6.8	25.3	1.4	25.3	1.4
1987	CIN	MLB	143	597	.271	.259	.323	.398	.000	.280	101	6.8	17.6	2.4	-13.0	-1.1	26.0	1.3	26.0	1.3
1988	CIN	MLB	21	63	.208	.243	.301	.355	.000	.189	101	-3.1	1.6	0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-1.6	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2
1988	HOU	MLB	74	289	.249	.242	.296	.352	.000	.261	95	-3.1	7.6	0.5	-2.0	-1.5	3.8	0.2	3.8	0.2
1989	TEX	MLB	34	90	.179	.273	.329	.410	.000	.208	105	-7	2.3	-0.9	-0.0	0.5	-5.2	-0.6	-5.2	-0.6
Career		MLB		10009	.272	.257	.316	.382	.258	.286	99	121.5	267.6	32	181.8	-17.8	399.9	62.3	399.9	62.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1972	CLE	MLB	505	49	119	21	1	9	36	34	29	5	6	.255	.310	.363	.107	.255	9.0	0.0	1.1
1973	CLE	MLB	689	86	169	23	7	14	59	49	47	7	15	.268	.325	.393	.125	.265	30.0	13.2	4.7
1974	CLE	MLB	471	51	111	15	1	7	46	35	29	1	3	.262	.322	.352	.090	.256	7.2	13.8	2.3
1975	CLE	MLB	619	66	150	20	4	10	59	51	72	6	5	.271	.332	.376	.105	.263	22.5	2.9	2.7
1976	CLE	MLB	661	75	170	26	2	7	60	44	49	3	8	.281	.329	.366	.084	.262	18.5	16.6	3.9
1977	CLE	MLB	538	64	140	23	4	11	64	45	63	1	8	.292	.351	.426	.134	.273	20.7	11.8	3.4
1978	CLE	MLB	606	71	157	27	8	6	62	39	43	1	3	.282	.328	.392	.110	.262	23.3	13.1	4.0
1979	TEX	MLB	720	89	200	42	3	18	101	30	45	5	4	.299	.327	.451	.152	.273	31.2	32.5	6.6
1980	TEX	MLB	534	76	161	24	4	17	83	40	39	3	1	.329	.379	.498	.169	.308	41.6	21.3	6.7
1981	TEX	MLB	415	44	106	16	1	10	64	42	30	3	3	.294	.364	.428	.133	.311	27.7	25.1	5.9
1982	TEX	MLB	614	62	159	27	2	13	67	70	50	5	4	.296	.376	.426	.130	.297	41.8	23.6	7.0
1983	TEX	MLB	678	75	171	35	3	14	66	50	48	3	5	.277	.332	.411	.134	.275	30.0	11.7	4.4
1984	TEX	MLB	630	88	174	36	5	11	83	63	54	2	1	.315	.382	.458	.143	.299	42.9	18.8	6.6
1985	CIN	MLB	284	28	54	15	2	6	36	34	27	0	1	.219	.311	.368	.150	.251	4.8	-4.2	0.1
1985	TEX	MLB	351	33	74	13	3	4	32	33	21	3	2	.236	.308	.335	.099	.235	0.4	8.7	1.0
1986	CIN	MLB	655	89	158	29	3	20	75	73	49	2	8	.278	.362	.445	.167	.284	25.3	-11.9	1.4
1987	CIN	MLB	597	74	148	19	2	17	70	71	39	4	1	.284	.369	.425	.142	.271	26.0	-13.0	1.3
1988	CIN	MLB	63	3	10	0	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	.185	.270	.185	.000	.208	-1.6	-0.2	-0.2
1988	HOU	MLB	289	24	68	10	1	7	37	19	29	1	1	.253	.301	.375	.123	.249	3.8	-2.0	0.2
1989	TEX	MLB	90	4	15	4	0	0	3	7	10	0	0	.183	.247	.232	.049	.179	-5.2	-0.0	-0.6

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1989-04-08	1989-04-28	15-DL	20	16	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1989-04-11	-
1988-08-04	1988-08-19	15-DL	15	14	Left	Trunk	Strain	Ribcage	-	-
1988-04-14	1988-05-15	15-DL	31	27	Left	Knee	Sprain	LCL	-	-
1988-04-04	1988-04-10	15-DL	6	4	Left	Knee	Sprain	LCL	-	-
1980-06-03	1980-06-24	15-DL	21	20	-	Trunk	Strain	Ribcage	-	-
1974-10-17	1974-10-17	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Ligament and Cartilage	1974-10-17	-
1974-05-22	1974-06-17	15-DL	26	22	Right	Knee			-	-

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball ProGUESTus: What the Insiders Say Makes a Good Manager	C. Trent Rosecrans	2012-09-11
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Inside The Park: A New Message: The Divergent Directions of the Cubs and White Sox	Bradford Doolittle	2012-02-09
Overthinking It: The Overlooked Overlooked Hall of Famers	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Class of 2012: Middle Infielders	Jay Jaffe	2011-12-19
Wezen-Ball: Player Rankings for Type A/B Calculations, 1982-1984	Larry Granillo	2011-11-02
Transaction Analysis: Venturing into Ventura Territory	Ben Lindbergh	2011-10-17
Baseball ProGUESTus: When 100 Tiles Meets 27 Outs	Diane Firstman	2011-10-14
Divide and Conquer, NL East: National Fever	Michael Jong	2011-06-29
On the Beat: Pirate Treasure	John Perrotto	2011-06-20
The BP Broadside: Those Who Refuse to Learn From the Past are Condemned to Become Joe Girardi	Steven Goldman	2011-06-01
The BP Broadside: The Annotated WARP Leaders	Steven Goldman	2011-05-23
Wezen-Ball: A Solo Shot	Larry Granillo	2011-03-30
Future Shock: Minnesota Twins Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2011-02-16
Purpose Pitches: Farrell, Mattingly, and Roenicke	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-10
Another Look: The All-Non-Hall of Fame Team	Bob Hertzel	2011-01-12
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: No Shortage of Quality Shortstops	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-29
One-Hoppers: The Snubbed Cub: Ron Santo (1940-2010)	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-03
On the Beat: Something to Build On	John Perrotto	2010-09-22
Contractual Matters: Opening Act	Jeff Euston	2010-09-13
Prospectus Perspective: The Last of The Czars	Steven Goldman	2010-08-16
Prospectus Hit and Run: Don't Call it the Veterans' Committee	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-28
One-Hoppers: Rolen Towards Cooperstown?	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-25
You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD Thurman Munson: An Alternative History of the 1986 World Series	Steven Goldman	2010-05-15
Transaction Action: Senior Shuffling	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-10
Prospectus Q&A: Eric Nadel	David Laurila	2010-05-02
Prospectus Q&A: Jim Thome	David Laurila	2010-04-07
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases at Third and Short	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-23
On the Beat: Mid-week Roundup	John Perrotto	2009-05-20
Prospectus Q&A: Toby Harrah, Part One	David Laurila	2009-05-19
Future Shock: Yankees Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-02-22
On the Beat: Getting Warmer	John Perrotto	2009-02-15
Prospectus Today: Toronto in the Interim	Joe Sheehan	2008-08-09
Schrodinger's Bat: Reminiscing with SFR, the Sequel	Dan Fox	2008-04-03
Schrodinger's Bat: For the Sake of Completeness	Dan Fox	2008-01-17
Prospectus Q&A: Greg Rhodes	David Laurila	2008-01-07
Every Given Sunday: Puddle-jumping, Swish, and Inaction	John Perrotto	2008-01-06
Future Shock: Yankees Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2007-11-29
Schrodinger's Bat: My First Full Season	Dan Fox	2007-11-01
Playoff Prospectus: Clint Hurdle	John Perrotto	2007-10-27
You Could Look It Up: The Tribe's Troubles	Steven Goldman	2007-10-15
Analyze This: Hope, Faith, Change, and Money	John Perrotto	2007-10-14
Prospectus Hit List: Season Wrap-up	Jay Jaffe	2007-10-07
Every Given Sunday: Cardinal Sins	John Perrotto	2007-10-07
Every Given Sunday: Tribe Success, and Its Duplication	John Perrotto	2007-09-30
Every Given Sunday: Changing of the Guards	John Perrotto	2007-09-23
Every Given Sunday: The Future Stock of Bonds	John Perrotto	2007-08-12
Every Given Sunday: Moving, Shaking, and Cardinal Blues	John Perrotto	2007-08-05
The Week In Quotes: June 18-25	Alex Carnevale	2007-06-25
Royal Rebound: A New Plan, A New Result?	John Perrotto	2007-06-13
Transaction Analysis: April 29-May 6, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-07
Schrodinger's Bat: Stretching It Out	Dan Fox	2007-04-26
Hope and Faith: How the Kansas City Royals Can Win the World Series	Rany Jazayerli	2007-03-28
Schrodinger's Bat: Double Steals And More	Dan Fox	2007-03-22
Schrodinger's Bat: Spring Training	Dan Fox	2007-03-13
Prospectus Today: Gold Gloves in February	Joe Sheehan	2007-02-27
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack, 2/26/07	Kevin Goldstein	2007-02-26
Fantasy Focus: Pick a Closer, Any Closer	Alex Carnevale	2007-02-23
Schrodinger's Bat: Turning the Page	Dan Fox	2007-02-22
The Week In Quotes: December 4-11	Alex Carnevale	2006-12-11
Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 26	Jay Jaffe	2006-09-26
Prospectus Matchups: Pitcher for MVP?	Jim Baker	2006-09-08
Prospectus Notebook: Royals, Twins	Baseball Prospectus	2006-06-16
Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 18	Jay Jaffe	2005-09-20
Prospectus Notebook: KC, MIL	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-15
Prospectus Matchups: Word to the Third	Jim Baker	2005-08-02
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 29, 2005	Ben Murphy	2005-06-01
Roberto Alomar Calls It Quits: Within Spitting Distance of the Hall of Fame	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-21
The Veterans Committee Ballot: JAWS Chews on the Eligibles	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-02
National League Gold Glove Awards: What the Numbers Say	Clay Davenport	2004-11-04
Prospectus Matchups: Interleague Edition, Part Deux	Jim Baker	2004-06-15
Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners	Baseball Prospectus	2003-10-14
"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, Part III	Steven Goldman	2003-08-27
Internet Baseball Awards: Managers of the Year	Greg Spira	2002-10-16
Transaction Analysis: May 16-19, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-22
6-4-3: managing.com	Gary Huckabay	2002-05-02
Transaction Analysis: April 25-29, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-01
Transaction Analysis: March 6-13, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-18

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2009-11-17 14:00:00	Thanks, KG. Have you heard much about Brent Morel's defense? He was voted the best defensive 3B in the Carolina League -- and the significance of that is debatable -- but Buddy Bell has been pretty positive. Could Morel hope to become a left-handed Pedro Feliz if all goes well? (Kevin from London)	He's a solid to plus defender. Make the plays he gets to, and great fundamentals. He's nowhere near to Feliz defensively. Feliz is among the best of the generation there. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-09-29 13:00:00	Has anyone's HOF case ever been hurt more by the era they played in than Santo? His numbers translated to a normal era have to be pretty awesome. (jamin67038 from Wichita, KS)	Jay Jaffe probably has ten answers for this question, but Santo has to be up there. Clay Davenport puts Santo at .275/.370/.505 in a standard offensive environment. Another guy who comes to mind, though I'm not saying he's a HOFer, is Graig Nettles. Nettles played in the 1970s, which hurt his numbers, though not as badly as Santo's were hurt, and although he was one of the best gloves ever at his position, played at the same time as Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt so that was less impressive than it could have been. There were more good 3B playing when Nettles did (the aforementioned, plus guys who could hit like Buddy Bell, Bill Madlock, George Brett) than there were at any time before in history. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-09 14:00:00	What is the best way to objectively anaylze overall managerial effectiveness - beyond winning pct? Must I go to the grave believing that Joe Torre is a genius simply because he has had the keys to the Cadillac more than say, Buddy Bell? Could John McNamara be in the books as one of the greats had he managed better teams? Was Sparky really that smart? (lrgreen from NYC)	I don't know that we've got a "best way" to objectively analyze managerial performance at all. Simply going by Pythagorean over/under or by team scoring and prevention levels doesn't tell us a hell of a lot. One has to take into account the resources that were at a manager's disposal, the various key decisions that were made in situations that were hardly static. It's a very subjective area. That said, my namesake Chris Jaffe (no relation) did some studies regarding managers a couple years ago and made a presentation at the SABR convention that I did find interesting. Unfortunately, the links to the piece that I Googled aren't working and I don't have time to dig deeper right now, so I can't summarize it. (Jay Jaffe)

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