Gus Bell

David Russell Bell
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: November 15, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Signed: 1947 by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Acquired: via the Expansion Draft from the Cincinnati Reds, October 1961
Departed: sent to the Milwaukee Braves to complete an earlier deal, May 1962; the Mets had traded a player to be named later (Bell) and cash to the Braves for Frank Thomas and a player to be named later (Rick Herrscher)
Died: May 7, 1995 in Montgomery, OH

Buddy's dad, David's grandfather, and a pretty good player on his own. Pictured below is a 5 x 7 photograph from Jay Publishing; these were usually available at ballparks back in the early sixties. Also shown below are five cards from the '50s. Pictured here at the top is a 1955 Red Man.

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BATTING RECORD

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1950 Pit NL  111  422  62  119  22 11   8  53  187  4  -  46  28   4   2  0 .333 .443 .282
1951 Pit NL  149  600  80  167  27 12  16  89  266  1  4  41  42   4   1  0 .330 .443 .278
1952 Pit NL  131  468  53  117  21  5  16  59  196  1  4  72  36   2   4  0 .306 .419 .250
1953 Cin NL  151  610 102  183  37  5  30 105  320  0  2  72  48   3   4  0 .354 .525 .300
1954 Cin NL  153  619 104  185  38  7  17 101  288  5  3  58  48   4   5  8 .349 .465 .299
1955 Cin NL  154  610  88  188  30  6  27 104  311  4  4  57  54   0   2  6 .361 .510 .308
1956 Cin NL  150  603  82  176  31  4  29  84  302  6  2  66  50   3   7  3 .347 .501 .292
1957 Cin NL  121  510  65  149  20  3  13  61  214  0  1  54  30   3   6  6 .332 .420 .292
1958 Cin NL  112  385  42   97  16  2  10  46  147  2  3  40  36   1   6  5 .314 .382 .252
1959 Cin NL  148  580  59  170  27  2  19 115  258  2  3  44  29   2   1  8 .325 .445 .293
1960 Cin NL  143  515  65  135  19  5  12  62  200  4  3  40  29   1   4  5 .300 .388 .262
1961 Cin NL  103  235  27   60  10  1   3  33   81  1  1  21  18   0   0  9 .298 .345 .255
1962 2teams  109  315  36   76  13  3   6  30  113  0  1  24  22   0   3  3 .290 .359 .241
1963 Mil NL    3    3   0    1   0  0   0   0    1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0 .333 .333 .333
1964 Mil NL    3    3   0    0   0  0   0   0    0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000
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METS TOTALS   30  101   8   15   2  0   1   6   20  0  1   7  10   0   2  2 .221 .198 .149
OTHER CLUBS 1711 6377 857 1808 309 66 205 936 2864 30 30 629 460  27  43 51 .332 .449 .284
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CAREER TOTS 1741 6478 865 1823 311 66 206 942 2884 30 31 636 470  27  45 53 .330 .445 .281

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1962 *METS*   30  101   8   15   2  0   1   6   20  0  1   7  10   0   2  2 .221 .198 .149
1962 Mil NL   79  214  28   61  11  3   5  24   93  0  0  17  12   0   1  1 .322 .435 .285

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture. The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal. Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection. I am still accepting donations, should you feel so moved. Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

1951 Bowman	1953 Topps	1954 Bowman	1958 Topps	1959 Topps

1951 Bowman #40
1951 Bowman #40 reprint

1953 Bowman Black and White #1 reprint
1953 Topps #118

1962 Jay Publishing

1954 Bowman #124
1954 Red Heart Dog Food reprint

1955 Red Man #NL23 (no tab)

1956 Topps #162a (gray back)

1957 Topps #180

1958 Topps #75

1959 Topps #365

1960 Topps #235
1960 Topps #352 ("Cincy Clouters")

1961 Post #186 (from box)
1961 Topps #25 ("Reds' Heavy Artillery")
1961 Topps #215

1962 Jay Publishing Mets
1962 Post #120
1962 Topps #408

1963 Topps #547

1964 Topps #534

1976 Topps #66 (Father & Son)

1979 TCMA Baseball History Series #89

1983 Topps 1952 Topps Reprints #170

1985 Topps #131 (Father & Son)
1985 Topps Tiffany #131 (Father & Son)

1988 Pacific Baseball Legends #65

1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #30
1991 Topps Archives #118 (reprint of 1953 Topps)

2001 Topps Archives #87 (reprint of 1952 Topps #170)
2001 Topps Archives #119 (reprint of 1964 Topps #534)

2005 Bazooka Comics #6 (pictured with his grandson David)

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