Jay Bell, Shortstop

Cleveland Indians 1986-1988

Pittsburgh Pirates 1989-1996

Kansas City Royals 1997

Arizona Diamondbacks 1998-2002

New York Mets 2003

Awards

1993 NL Gold Glove - SS

1993 NL Silver Slugger - SS

All-Star Selections: 2 (1993, 1999)

League Leader

None

Career Ranks

None of note

Best Performance

July 27, 1991 - Pittsburgh at Houston

Goes 4 for 5 with two home runs, four runs scored, and four rbi.

Hall of Fame Stats

Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)

HOF Standards: Batting - 26.9 (352) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)

HOF Monitor: Batting - 30.5 (576) (Likely HOFer > 100)

Similar Batters in HOF: None

Top 10 Similar Batters: Toby Harrah, Ray Durham, Bobby Grich, Benito Santiago, Devon White, Alan Trammell, Frank White, Edgar Renteria, Alvin Dark, Amos Otis

Year-by-Year Win Shares & Wins Above Replacement Level (WARP3)

1986: 1/0.3

1987: 1/0.3

1988: 2/0.0

1989: 8/2.5

1990: 17/8.1

1991: 22/9.0

1992: 24/8.0

1993: 26/10.6

1994: 19/6.8

1995: 13/4.6

1996: 15/4.0

1997: 21/11.1

1998: 20/7.6

1999: 23/6.9

2000: 19/5.5

2001: 12/3.8

2002: 1/-0.1

2003: 1/-0.2

Career Win Shares: 245

Career WARP3: 88.8

My Stupid Opinion

Certainly not a HOFer but a much better player than the average fan probably remembers. Good hitting shortstop with good defense, at least early in his career, who was very durable as from 1990-2000 he never missed more than 13 games in a season. Fun Fact: Only player in MLB history to ever have 30+ sacrifice hits in a season (39 in 1990 and 30 in 1991) and also have a 30+ home run season (38 in 1999) in their career.