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Name Team Age
Gus Bell Retired (1958, Age 35) Died (1997, Age 74)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 9, Pick 129
(1950)		 RF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 3 years (23 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C  A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B  B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- B  C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 1/19/1923
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (2B)
A  (89.6 %) D  (12.5 %) D- (8.7 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CIN 120 484 72 145 27 4 14 61 40 60 30 23 4 .810 .352 .459 .300
1951 CIN 131 503 83 144 31 8 21 80 51 72 21 16 6 .860 .355 .505 .286
1952 CIN-CHA 55 137 14 27 7 1 4 21 14 25 4 0 0 .620 .270 .350 .197
1953 CHA 48 98 21 33 4 1 6 21 10 16 1 2 1 .980 .398 .582 .337
1954 CHA 30 62 8 9 1 1 0 3 4 15 1 0 0 .391 .197 .194 .145
1955 CHA-NYA 64 132 13 26 7 1 2 11 17 24 4 1 1 .597 .287 .311 .197
1956 NYA-PHI 69 197 27 57 6 4 4 17 18 37 7 4 12 .776 .355 .421 .289
1957 PHI 35 86 12 21 2 0 2 8 10 16 2 1 1 .657 .320 .337 .244
1958 PHI-CHN 18 33 4 9 1 0 0 0 3 9 1 0 0 .636 .333 .303 .273
Total 570 1732 254 471 86 20 53 222 167 274 71 47 25 .773 .337 .436 .272
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Gus Bell has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1958-09-22The Chicago Cubs have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team.
1958-08-19The Chicago Cubs have promoted Kenny Anderson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Gus Bell for assignment.
1958-08-05The Chicago Cubs have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team.
1958-08-05The Chicago Cubs have acquired Gus Bell from the waiver wire.
1958-07-22The Philadelphia Phizzies have waived Gus Bell.
1958-06-18The Philadelphia Phizzies have promoted Pete Baker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phizzies have designated Gus Bell for assignment.
1956-04-05The Philadelphia Phizzies have acquired Gus Bell from the waiver wire.
1956-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Jerry Gomez to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Gus Bell for assignment.
1955-06-12The New York Yankees have acquired Gus Bell from the waiver wire.
1955-06-08The Chicago Claymores have designated Gus Bell for assignment.
1954-08-25The Chicago Claymores have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Juan Gomez to the minors.
1954-05-23The Chicago Claymores have promoted Alan Ledee to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Gus Bell to the minors.
1954-04-17The Chicago Claymores have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Mark Gunning to the minors.
1954-04-12The Chicago Claymores have promoted Bucky Webber to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Gus Bell to the minors.
1953-05-27The Chicago Claymores have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team.
1952-09-06The Chicago Claymores have promoted Mark Gunning to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have promoted Joe Pence to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Pete Rose to the minors. The Chicago Claymores have sent Gus Bell to the minors.
1952-04-22The Chicago Claymores have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Joe Pence to the minors.
1952-04-22A trade has been completed between the Chicago Claymores and the Cincinnati Red Legs. The Cincinnati Red Legs receive Henry Murray from the Chicago Claymores in exchange for Gus Bell, Pete Rose.
1951-09-29The Cincinnati Red Legs have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Legs have sent Zeke Gray to the minors.
1951-09-28The Cincinnati Red Legs have promoted Zeke Gray to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Legs have sent Gus Bell to the minors.
1950-07-11The Cincinnati Red Legs have promoted Gus Bell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Legs have sent Red Jackson to the minors.
1950-06-18The Cincinnati Red Legs have promoted Red Jackson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red Legs have sent Gus Bell to the minors.
1950-04-08The Cincinnati Griffeylarkinless have renamed Fred Nevin to Gus Bell.