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Jay Bell played 18 major-league seasons (1986-2003) as a SS (1,515), 2B (406), 3B (67), 1B (18). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 21 | CLE | 5 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .357 | 1.152 | 208 |
| 1987 | 22 | CLE | 38 | 125 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 31 | .216 | .621 | 63 |
| 1988 | 23 | CLE | 73 | 211 | 23 | 46 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 53 | .218 | .569 | 61 |
| 1989 | 24 | PIT | 78 | 271 | 33 | 70 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 47 | .258 | .658 | 94 |
| 1990 | 25 | PIT | 159 | 583 | 93 | 148 | 7 | 52 | 10 | 65 | 109 | .254 | .691 | 97 |
| 1991 | 26 | PIT | 157 | 608 | 96 | 164 | 16 | 67 | 10 | 52 | 99 | .270 | .757 | 119 |
| 1992 | 27 | PIT | 159 | 632 | 87 | 167 | 9 | 55 | 7 | 55 | 103 | .264 | .709 | 107 |
| 1993 | 28 | PIT | 154 | 604 | 102 | 187 | 9 | 51 | 16 | 77 | 122 | .310 | .830 | 129 |
| 1994 | 29 | PIT | 110 | 424 | 68 | 117 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 49 | 82 | .276 | .794 | 112 |
| 1995 | 30 | PIT | 138 | 530 | 79 | 139 | 13 | 55 | 2 | 55 | 110 | .262 | .739 | 100 |
| 1996 | 31 | PIT | 151 | 527 | 65 | 132 | 13 | 71 | 6 | 54 | 108 | .250 | .714 | 93 |
| 1997 | 32 | KCA | 153 | 573 | 89 | 167 | 21 | 92 | 10 | 71 | 101 | .291 | .829 | 116 |
| 1998 | 33 | ARI | 155 | 549 | 79 | 138 | 20 | 67 | 3 | 81 | 129 | .251 | .785 | 112 |
| 1999 | 34 | ARI | 151 | 589 | 132 | 170 | 38 | 112 | 7 | 82 | 132 | .289 | .931 | 139 |
| 2000 | 35 | ARI | 149 | 565 | 87 | 151 | 18 | 68 | 7 | 70 | 88 | .267 | .786 | 103 |
| 2001 | 36 | ARI | 129 | 428 | 59 | 106 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 65 | 79 | .248 | .749 | 99 |
| 2002 | 37 | ARI | 32 | 49 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .163 | .556 | 50 |
| 2003 | 38 | NYN | 72 | 116 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 38 | .181 | .509 | 42 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | SS | 38 | 33 | 67 | 93 | 9 | 22 |
| 1988 | SS | 72 | 68 | 103 | 170 | 10 | 37 |
| 1989 | SS | 78 | 70 | 109 | 197 | 10 | 41 |
| 1990 | SS | 159 | 153 | 260 | 459 | 22 | 85 |
| 1991 | SS | 156 | 153 | 239 | 491 | 24 | 78 |
| 1992 | SS | 159 | 157 | 268 | 526 | 22 | 94 |
| 1993 | SS | 154 | 153 | 256 | 527 | 11 | 100 |
| 1994 | SS | 110 | 108 | 152 | 380 | 15 | 69 |
| 1995 | SS | 136 | 130 | 205 | 409 | 14 | 88 |
| 1995 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | SS | 151 | 143 | 215 | 478 | 10 | 78 |
| 1997 | SS | 149 | 144 | 227 | 443 | 10 | 102 |
| 1997 | 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | SS | 138 | 135 | 196 | 399 | 18 | 77 |
| 1998 | 2B | 15 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 1 | 7 |
| 1999 | 2B | 148 | 145 | 320 | 340 | 22 | 86 |
| 1999 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2B | 145 | 142 | 290 | 345 | 8 | 85 |
| 2001 | 2B | 80 | 78 | 153 | 168 | 2 | 43 |
| 2001 | 3B | 40 | 33 | 22 | 56 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3B | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1B | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2B | 14 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3B | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1B | 13 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | SS | 12 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 6 |
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.
Jay Bell won: Gold Glove 1993 (NL), Silver Slugger 1993 (NL), TSN All-Star 1993 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1999, 1993, 1991.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 1999 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 31 / 448 | 0 |
Jay Bell ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #137 | second basemen | 1999 | 139 OPS+ |
| #147 | shortstops | 1993 | 129 OPS+ |
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.