Beau Bell
1935–1941 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
767G
.297AVG
.362OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
806H
46HR
437RBI
11SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 12 | 14 |
| Batting · Hits | 806 | 807 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 239 | 240 |
| Batting · RBI | 437 | 433 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 767 | 3,023 | 2,718 | 378 | 806 | 165 | 32 | 46 | 437 | 272 | 239 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1,173 | .297 | .362 | .432 | .794 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1936-08-02 to 1936-08-21
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1936-08-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1938-04-29 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1937-05-26 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 394 | 1530 | 437 | 23 | 225 | 149 | 120 | .319 | .383 | .455 |
| Away | 373 | 1493 | 370 | 23 | 208 | 123 | 120 | .274 | .330 | .409 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 61 | 249 | 68 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 23 | .304 | .361 | .460 |
| May | 143 | 598 | 162 | 9 | 86 | 58 | 49 | .306 | .368 | .449 |
| June | 135 | 522 | 133 | 8 | 67 | 43 | 55 | .281 | .337 | .399 |
| July | 143 | 525 | 145 | 7 | 93 | 39 | 39 | .301 | .350 | .447 |
| August | 137 | 562 | 155 | 14 | 89 | 62 | 37 | .314 | .386 | .484 |
| September | 139 | 536 | 135 | 4 | 62 | 45 | 35 | .277 | .336 | .367 |
| October | 9 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .387 | .407 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 119 | 428 | 109 | 5 | 55 | 36 | 26 | .280 | .339 | .396 |
| boston-red-sox | 113 | 442 | 106 | 8 | 57 | 42 | 39 | .270 | .335 | .415 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 109 | 461 | 129 | 6 | 67 | 49 | 35 | .319 | .386 | .470 |
| new-york-yankees | 108 | 414 | 106 | 9 | 58 | 30 | 41 | .277 | .329 | .435 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 102 | 414 | 126 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 25 | .329 | .374 | .457 |
| detroit-tigers | 99 | 404 | 112 | 11 | 70 | 39 | 33 | .312 | .374 | .476 |
| cleveland-guardians | 85 | 343 | 94 | 2 | 47 | 33 | 34 | .306 | .370 | .404 |
| st-louis-browns | 32 | 117 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | .248 | .333 | .307 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  St. Louis Browns | 76 | 220 | 55 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1936 | St. Louis Browns | 155 | 616 | 213 | 11 | 122 | 4 | .346 | – | – |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 156 | 642 | 218 | 14 | 117 | 2 | .340 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 526 | 138 | 13 | 83 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 65 | 166 | 39 | 1 | 28 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Cleveland Guardians | 120 | 444 | 124 | 4 | 58 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 104 | 20 | – | 8 | 1 | .192 | – | – |