Jay Bell

1986–2003 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 180 lb · b. 1965 Eglin AFB, FL

Also in Triple-A · High-A

Career 2,063 G · 1,963 H · 195 HR · 860 RBI · .265 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

6 best in baseball 7 league only

43 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1992 Best season

Spanning 1990–1996, peaking at 4 titles in 1992.

Team records #1 Diamondbacks 1999 R #3 Diamondbacks 1999 HR #7 Diamondbacks 1999 RBI #10 Diamondbacks 1999 OPS

Led in Shortstop Assists for 4 straight seasons (1991–1994) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

330th League titles 13
389th Best in baseball 6
519th Top-5 finishes 43

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

34th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .975
60th Shortstop Double Plays 877
63rd Shortstop Assists 4,595
78th Shortstop Range Factor 4.56
82nd Shortstop Putouts 2,309
215th Doubles 394
218th Walks 853
250th Runs 1,123
301st Total Bases 3,076
314th Hits 1,963
346th Second Base Double Plays 229
364th Second Base Putouts 808
412th Home Runs 195
420th Second Base Assists 924
434th Triples 67
450th Runs Batted In 860

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Assists	5	1st	4 yrs (1991–1994)	1992 526 1993 527 1994 380 1996 478 1991 NL 491 1990 #2 1995 #3 1997 #3
Shortstop Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1992–1993)	1990 NL 260 1992 NL 268 1993 NL 256 1995 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	2	1st	—	1992 4.99 1994 NL 4.84 1990 #2 1993 #2 1995 #2 1996 #2 1997 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1996 .986 1993 NL .986 1995 #3 1997 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	1	1st	—	1992 NL 94 1990 #3 1991 #2 1993 #2 1994 #2 1995 #3 1997 #2
Triples	—	#3	—	1993 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1994 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#3	—	1999 #3
Runs	—	#2	—	1999 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1996	2	SS A 478 SS FPCT .986
1994	2	SS A 380 SS RF 4.84
1993	3	SS A 527 SS PO 256 SS FPCT .986
1992	4	SS A 526 SS PO 268 SS DP 94 SS RF 4.99
1991	1	SS A 491
1990	1	SS PO 260

Batting

18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1986	CLE	AL	5	14	3	5	2	0	1	4	2	3	0	.357	.438	.714	1.152
1987	CLE	AL	38	125	14	27	9	1	2	13	8	31	2	.216	.269	.352	.621
1988	CLE	AL	73	211	23	46	5	1	2	21	21	53	4	.218	.289	.280	.569
1989	PIT	NL	78	271	33	70	13	3	2	27	19	47	5	.258	.307	.351	.658
1990	PIT	NL	159	583	93	148	28	7	7	52	65	109	10	.254	.329	.362	.691
1991	PIT	NL	157	608	96	164	32	8	16	67	52	99	10	.270	.330	.428	.757
1992	PIT	NL	159	632	87	167	36	6	9	55	55	103	7	.264	.326	.383	.709
1993	PIT	NL	154	604	102	187	32	9	9	51	77	122	16	.310	.392	.437	.830
1994	PIT	NL	110	424	68	117	35	4	9	45	49	82	2	.276	.353	.441	.794
1995	PIT	NL	138	530	79	139	28	4	13	55	55	110	2	.262	.336	.404	.739
1996	PIT	NL	151	527	65	132	29	3	13	71	54	108	6	.251	.323	.391	.714
1997	KCA	AL	153	573	89	167	28	3	21	92	71	101	10	.291	.368	.461	.829
1998	ARI	NL	155	549	79	138	29	5	20	67	81	129	3	.251	.353	.432	.785
1999	ARI	NL	151	589	132	170	32	6	38	112	82	132	7	.289	.374	.557	.931
2000	ARI	NL	149	565	87	151	30	6	18	68	70	88	7	.267	.348	.437	.786
2001	ARI	NL	129	428	59	106	24	1	13	46	65	79	0	.248	.349	.400	.749
2002	ARI	NL	32	49	3	8	1	0	2	11	5	9	0	.163	.250	.306	.556
2003	NYN	NL	72	116	11	21	1	0	0	3	22	38	0	.181	.319	.190	.509
Career	—	—	2,063	7,398	1,123	1,963	394	67	195	860	853	1,443	91	.265	.343	.416	.759

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1986	CLE	AL	2B	2	2	12.0	1	6	2	1	9	.778	3.50
1987	CLE	AL	SS	38	33	298.0	67	93	9	22	169	.947	4.21
1988	CLE	AL	SS	72	68	596.0	103	170	10	37	283	.965	3.79
1989	PIT	NL	SS	78	70	649.1	109	197	10	41	316	.968	3.92
1990	PIT	NL	SS	159	153	1377.0	260	459	22	85	741	.970	4.52
1991	PIT	NL	SS	156	153	1347.1	239	491	24	78	754	.968	4.68
1992	PIT	NL	SS	159	157	1411.1	268	526	22	94	816	.973	4.99
1993	PIT	NL	SS	154	153	1349.0	256	527	11	100	794	.986	5.08
1994	PIT	NL	SS	110	108	943.2	152	380	15	69	547	.973	4.84
1995	PIT	NL	SS	136	130	1150.0	205	409	14	88	628	.978	4.52
			3B	3	3	24.2	1	6	0	1	7	1.000	2.33
1996	PIT	NL	SS	151	143	1289.1	215	478	10	78	703	.986	4.59
1997	KCA	AL	SS	149	144	1271.0	227	443	10	102	680	.985	4.50
			3B	4	3	27.0	2	7	0	3	9	1.000	2.25
1998	ARI	NL	SS	138	135	1175.2	196	399	18	77	613	.971	4.31
			2B	15	15	131.1	28	38	1	7	67	.985	4.40
1999	ARI	NL	2B	148	145	1297.0	320	340	22	86	682	.968	4.46
			SS	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2000	ARI	NL	2B	145	142	1243.2	290	345	8	85	643	.988	4.38
2001	ARI	NL	2B	80	78	664.0	153	168	2	43	323	.994	4.01
			3B	40	33	303.1	22	56	5	3	83	.940	1.95
2002	ARI	NL	3B	6	5	42.2	4	8	0	2	12	1.000	2.00
			1B	5	3	25.0	16	0	0	0	16	1.000	3.20
			2B	2	0	3.1	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
			SS	2	1	9.0	1	4	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
2003	NYN	NL	2B	14	10	84.0	15	25	2	7	42	.952	2.86
			3B	14	7	73.0	7	13	1	2	21	.952	1.43
			1B	13	3	36.1	33	0	1	3	34	.971	2.54
			SS	12	6	51.0	11	19	1	6	31	.968	2.50
Career	—	—	SS	1,515	1,454	12918.0	2,309	4,595	176	877	7,080	.975	4.56
	—	—	2B	406	392	3435.1	808	924	37	229	1,769	.979	4.27
	—	—	3B	67	51	470.2	36	90	6	11	132	.955	1.88
	—	—	1B	18	6	61.1	49	0	1	3	50	.980	2.72