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Buddy Bell played 18 major-league seasons (1972-1989) as a 3B (2,183), OF (136), SS (41), 1B (12), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 21 | CLE | 132 | 466 | 49 | 119 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 29 | .255 | .672 | 107 |
| 1973 | 22 | CLE | 156 | 631 | 86 | 169 | 14 | 59 | 7 | 49 | 47 | .268 | .718 | 102 |
| 1974 | 23 | CLE | 116 | 423 | 51 | 111 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 35 | 29 | .262 | .674 | 95 |
| 1975 | 24 | CLE | 153 | 553 | 66 | 150 | 10 | 59 | 6 | 51 | 72 | .271 | .708 | 100 |
| 1976 | 25 | CLE | 159 | 604 | 75 | 170 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 44 | 49 | .281 | .695 | 104 |
| 1977 | 26 | CLE | 129 | 479 | 64 | 140 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 45 | 63 | .292 | .777 | 111 |
| 1978 | 27 | CLE | 142 | 556 | 71 | 157 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 39 | 43 | .282 | .720 | 103 |
| 1979 | 28 | TEX | 162 | 670 | 89 | 200 | 18 | 101 | 5 | 30 | 45 | .299 | .778 | 108 |
| 1980 | 29 | TEX | 129 | 490 | 76 | 161 | 17 | 83 | 3 | 40 | 39 | .329 | .877 | 139 |
| 1981 | 30 | TEX | 97 | 360 | 44 | 106 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 42 | 30 | .294 | .792 | 128 |
| 1982 | 31 | TEX | 148 | 537 | 62 | 159 | 13 | 67 | 5 | 70 | 50 | .296 | .803 | 121 |
| 1983 | 32 | TEX | 156 | 618 | 75 | 171 | 14 | 66 | 3 | 50 | 48 | .277 | .743 | 104 |
| 1984 | 33 | TEX | 148 | 553 | 88 | 174 | 11 | 83 | 2 | 63 | 54 | .315 | .840 | 132 |
| 1985 | 34 | TEX | 84 | 313 | 33 | 74 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 21 | .236 | .643 | 77 |
| 1985 | 34 | CIN | 67 | 247 | 28 | 54 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 27 | .219 | .679 | 96 |
| 1986 | 35 | CIN | 155 | 568 | 89 | 158 | 20 | 75 | 2 | 73 | 49 | .278 | .807 | 130 |
| 1987 | 36 | CIN | 143 | 522 | 74 | 148 | 17 | 70 | 4 | 71 | 39 | .284 | .794 | 118 |
| 1988 | 37 | CIN|HOU | 95 | 323 | 27 | 78 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 32 | .241 | .639 | 90 |
| 1989 | 38 | TEX | 34 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .183 | .479 | 36 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | OF | 123 | 115 | 274 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 1972 | 3B | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 3B | 154 | 153 | 144 | 363 | 22 | 44 |
| 1973 | OF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3B | 115 | 115 | 112 | 274 | 15 | 31 |
| 1975 | 3B | 153 | 149 | 146 | 330 | 25 | 29 |
| 1976 | 3B | 158 | 157 | 104 | 330 | 20 | 23 |
| 1976 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3B | 118 | 115 | 111 | 253 | 15 | 23 |
| 1977 | OF | 11 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3B | 139 | 139 | 125 | 355 | 15 | 30 |
| 1979 | 3B | 147 | 144 | 112 | 364 | 15 | 22 |
| 1979 | SS | 33 | 17 | 35 | 65 | 2 | 9 |
| 1980 | 3B | 120 | 120 | 123 | 282 | 8 | 26 |
| 1980 | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3B | 96 | 96 | 66 | 281 | 14 | 18 |
| 1981 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 3B | 145 | 143 | 131 | 396 | 13 | 35 |
| 1982 | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3B | 154 | 153 | 123 | 383 | 17 | 29 |
| 1984 | 3B | 147 | 147 | 129 | 323 | 20 | 28 |
| 1985 | 3B | 150 | 149 | 124 | 297 | 25 | 35 |
| 1986 | 3B | 151 | 150 | 105 | 290 | 10 | 28 |
| 1986 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3B | 142 | 141 | 93 | 241 | 7 | 17 |
| 1988 | 3B | 79 | 78 | 37 | 138 | 13 | 10 |
| 1988 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1989 | 3B | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Buddy Bell won: Gold Glove 1979 (AL), Gold Glove 1980 (AL), Gold Glove 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL), Gold Glove 1982 (AL), Gold Glove 1983 (AL), Gold Glove 1984 (AL), Silver Slugger 1984 (AL), TSN All-Star 1984 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 48 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.