Gary Bell
1958–1969 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, SE1
521G
.185AVG
.222OBP
.220SLG
More career statistics
105H
1HR
41RBI
1SB
121–117W–L
2,015.0IP
1,378K
3.68ERA
233GS
51SV
3Rare feats
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 · Doubles | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 152 | 151 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,561 | 8,559 |
| Pitching · p er | 825 | 823 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 521 | 661 | 569 | 46 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 125 | .185 | .222 | .220 | .442 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,015.0 | 519 | 233 | 71 | 121 | 117 | 51 | 1,794 | 932 | 825 | 207 | 842 | 1,378 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 1.308 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1959-07-10 to 1959-07-28
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1962-04-29 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1959-04-10 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1966-05-15 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 258 | 302 | 50 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 66 | .194 | .212 | .229 |
| Away | 263 | 359 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 85 | .177 | .184 | .215 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .132 | .154 | .151 |
| May | 89 | 127 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 36 | .152 | .157 | .210 |
| June | 103 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 31 | .161 | .178 | .203 |
| July | 113 | 130 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | .183 | .215 | .191 |
| August | 98 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 24 | .175 | .164 | .216 |
| September | 74 | 94 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .309 | .319 | .358 |
| October | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 66 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .164 | .181 | .180 |
| baltimore-orioles | 62 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .106 | .143 | .106 |
| new-york-yankees | 60 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | .134 | .149 | .164 |
| chicago-white-sox | 58 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | .208 | .203 | .278 |
| boston-red-sox | 56 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | .175 | .215 | .254 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 52 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .263 | .229 | .298 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 45 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | .250 | .250 | .286 |
| minnesota-twins | 43 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | .229 | .205 | .229 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 56 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .196 | 182 | 110 |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 44 | 75 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .240 | 234 | 136 |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 47 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | .149 | 154 | 109 |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 81 | 16 | – | 9 | – | .198 | 228 | 163 |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians | 57 | 24 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .208 | 107 | 80 |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians | 58 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | .115 | 119 | 98 |
| 1964 | Cleveland Guardians | 56 | 16 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .375 | 106 | 89 |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 60 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .062 | 103 | 86 |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 76 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 254 | 194 |
| 1967 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 74 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .162 | 226 | 154 |
| 1968 |  Boston Red Sox | 35 | 59 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .220 | 199 | 103 |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox, SE1 | 36 | 19 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .158 | 100 | 56 |