David Bell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornSeptember 14, 1972 · Cincinnati, OH, USA

MLB debutMay 3, 1995

Final gameOctober 1, 2006

Seasons12 (1995–2006)

Cleveland Indians 1995; St. Louis Cardinals 1995–1997; Cleveland Indians 1998; Seattle Mariners 1998; St. Louis Cardinals 1998; Seattle Mariners 1999–2001; San Francisco Giants 2002; Philadelphia Phillies 2003–2005; Milwaukee Brewers 2006; Philadelphia Phillies 2006

Percentile snapshot

2006 season — qualified batters

145

39.8

566

26.1

504

29.2

9.9

136

19.3

29.2

67.7

22.4

RBI

28.6

41.6

73.9

25.5

71.4

.270

23.6

OBP

.337

29.2

SLG

.399

19.9

OPS

.736

20.5

wRC+

87.6

16.8

OPS+

86.9

14.9

wOBA

.327

21.1

sWAR

1.2

19.9

of 162 qualified 2006 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

85.4

16.8

OPS+

86.0

17.1

sWAR

10.2

87.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1995	41	153	146	13	36	7	2	2	19	4	25	1	2	.247	.275	.363	.638	64.1	67.3	.285	-0.1
1996	62	157	145	12	31	6	0	1	9	10	22	1	1	.214	.268	.276	.543	41.2	45.2	.247	-0.5
1997	66	155	142	9	30	7	2	1	12	10	28	1	0	.211	.261	.310	.571	42.8	50.1	.255	-0.4
1998	132	464	429	48	117	30	2	10	49	27	65	0	4	.273	.315	.422	.737	85.2	88.8	.320	0.9
1999	157	667	597	92	160	31	2	21	78	58	90	7	4	.268	.331	.432	.763	95.2	95.2	.337	2.0
2000	133	512	454	57	112	24	2	11	47	42	66	2	3	.247	.316	.381	.697	80.8	79.7	.313	0.7
2001	135	510	470	62	122	28	0	15	64	28	59	2	1	.260	.303	.415	.718	92.4	93.7	.313	1.5
2002	154	628	552	82	144	29	2	20	73	54	80	1	2	.261	.333	.429	.762	105.0	104.2	.340	2.7
2003	85	348	297	32	58	14	0	4	37	41	40	0	0	.195	.296	.283	.579	52.1	51.2	.272	-0.8
2004	143	603	533	67	155	33	1	18	77	57	75	1	1	.291	.363	.458	.821	112.4	110.5	.361	3.2
2005	150	617	557	53	138	31	1	10	61	47	69	0	1	.248	.310	.361	.671	70.3	73.5	.299	0.0
2006	145	566	504	60	136	27	4	10	63	50	68	3	1	.270	.337	.399	.736	87.6	86.9	.327	1.2

Career totals

1,403

5,380

4,826

587

1,239

267

123

RBI

589

428

687

.2567

OBP

.3199

SLG

.3960

OPS

.7159

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2004-06-28	WSH @ PHI Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	1	6	1	10
2004-09-11	PHI @ NYM Gameday	7	2	4	0	0	2	4	0	10
2001-08-22	DET @ SEA Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	9
2002-05-22	SF @ AZ Gameday	6	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	9
2001-08-23	DET @ SEA Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.