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Historical player · 1972–1989

Buddy Bell

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 8/27/1951 · From Pittsburgh, PA USA · Debut 1972-04-15 · Final 1989-06-17

Career · batting

2,405

8,995

2,514

201

RBI

1,106

836

AVG/OPS

0.280 · 0.747

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Texas Rangers · 1979–1989

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#32 on the Rangers

↑ 1 M. Napoli

↓ 1 K. McMullen

Hits

1,060

#13 on the Rangers

↑ 81 F. Howard

↓ 117 H. Blalock

RBI

499

#15 on the Rangers

↑ 23 L. Parrish

↓ 10 N. Cruz

#66 on the Rangers

↑ 2 B. Brower

↓ 1 D. Santana

Runs

471

#14 on the Rangers

↑ 11 J. Sundberg

↓ 7 S. Choo

335

#14 on the Rangers

↑ 23 M. McLemore

↓ 5 A. Beltre

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1972–1978

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#58 on the Indians

↑ 2 E. Burks

↓ 1 W. Kirkland

Hits

1,016

#37 on the Indians

↑ 10 J. Hegan

↓ 2 A. Belle

RBI

386

#49 on the Indians

↑ 8 E. Morgan

↓ 3 M. Hargrove

#116 on the Indians

↑ 1 M. Aviles

↓ 1 M. Fischlin

Runs

462

#44 on the Indians

↑ 2 R. Colavito

↓ 6 J. Carter

297

#48 on the Indians

↑ 7 E. Morgan

↓ 1 T. Francona

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1985–1988

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#84 on the Reds

↑ 1 H. Craft

↓ 1 R. Oester

Hits

370

#146 on the Reds

↑ 2 J. Bates

↓ 2 A. Schlei

RBI

184

#131 on the Reds

↑ 2 S. Burgess

↓ 2 S. Rolen

#359 on the Reds

↑ 1 R. Almeida

↓ 1 S. Adams

Runs

194

#140 on the Reds

↑ 3 J. Peraza

↓ 2 B. Zitzmann

185

#92 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Kelley

↓ 1 P. Duncan

Career with the Houston Astros · 1988–1988

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#173 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Agee

↓ 1 L. Pujols

Hits

#224 on the Astros

↑ 1 D. Nicholson

↓ 1 G. Zaun

RBI

#192 on the Astros

↑ 1 R. Chavez

↓ 1 J. Pendleton

#243 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Agee

Runs

#244 on the Astros

↑ 1 H. Conger

↓ 1 B. Abreu

#247 on the Astros

↑ 1 J. Landis

↓ 1 D. Adlesh

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

201

#381 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Dickey

↓ 1 D. Mincher

Hits

2,514

#100 all-time MLB

↑ 3 J. Morgan

↓ 1 J. Ryan

RBI

1,106

#221 all-time MLB

↑ 4 T. Zeile

↓ 1 V. Castilla

#1,627 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Almada

↓ 1 L. Blackburne

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1972	Indians	AL	132	466	49	119	21	1	9	36	5	34	29	0.255	0.310	0.363
1973	Indians	AL	156	631	86	169	23	7	14	59	7	49	47	0.268	0.325	0.393
1974	Indians	AL	116	423	51	111	15	1	7	46	1	35	29	0.262	0.322	0.352
1975	Indians	AL	153	553	66	150	20	4	10	59	6	51	72	0.271	0.332	0.376
1976	Indians	AL	159	604	75	170	26	2	7	60	3	44	49	0.281	0.329	0.366
1977	Indians	AL	129	479	64	140	23	4	11	64	1	45	63	0.292	0.351	0.426
1978	Indians	AL	142	556	71	157	27	8	6	62	1	39	43	0.282	0.328	0.392
1979	Rangers	AL	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	30	45	0.299	0.327	0.451
1980	Rangers	AL	129	490	76	161	24	4	17	83	3	40	39	0.329	0.379	0.498
1981	Rangers	AL	97	360	44	106	16	1	10	64	3	42	30	0.294	0.364	0.428
1982	Rangers	AL	148	537	62	159	27	2	13	67	5	70	50	0.296	0.376	0.426
1983	Rangers	AL	156	618	75	171	35	3	14	66	3	50	48	0.277	0.332	0.411
1984	Rangers	AL	148	553	88	174	36	5	11	83	2	63	54	0.315	0.382	0.458
1985	Rangers	AL	84	313	33	74	13	3	4	32	3	33	21	0.236	0.308	0.335
1985	Reds	NL	67	247	28	54	15	2	6	36	0	34	27	0.219	0.311	0.368
1986	Reds	NL	155	568	89	158	29	3	20	75	2	73	49	0.278	0.362	0.445
1987	Reds	NL	143	522	74	148	19	2	17	70	4	71	39	0.284	0.369	0.425
1988	Reds	NL	21	54	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	7	3	0.185	0.270	0.185
1988	Astros	NL	74	269	24	68	10	1	7	37	1	19	29	0.253	0.301	0.375
1989	Rangers	AL	34	82	4	15	4	0	0	3	0	7	10	0.183	0.247	0.232
Career			2,405	8,995	1,151	2,514	425	56	201	1,106	55	836	776	0.280	0.341	0.406

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
3B	2,183	2,161	18,967.0	1,798	4,925	254	430
OF	136	127	1,141.3	299	10	4	4
SS	41	17	195.3	36	69	2	10
1B	12	10	73.0	63	4	2	4
2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1995	BBWAA	8	345	Ballot