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Jay Bell
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Career Notes

1996
Opened the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates' Opening Day starting shortstop for teh eight straight year ... Led all Major League shortstops with a .986 fielding average ... Went a career-best 46 consecutive games without an error from April 22-June15 ... Had the longest hitting streak by a Pirate with 14 straight from Sept. 6-22 ... Shared National League player of the week honors with Hideo Nomo for the week ending Sept. 22 after hitting .524 with three home runs ... Collected his 1,000th National League hit on Apr. 6 at New York.

1995
Was Pittsburgh's Opening Day shortstop for the seventh straight season, the longest such streak since Dick Groat started eight consecutive Openers between 1955-1962 ... Ranked third among NL shortstops with a .978 fielding percentage behind New York's Jose Vizcaino (.984) and Cincinnati's Barry Larkin (.980) ... Appeared in 1,000th career game on July 15 vs. St. Louis ... Collected 1,000th career hit on July 25 off Atlanta's Tom Glavine and 200th career double on July 23 off Montreal's Jeff Fassero ... Led club with 42 multi-hit games ... Ranked sixth in the NL with 110 strikeouts.

1994
Ranked third in the National League in doubles ... Despite strike-shortened season he tallied 30 or more doubles for the fourth consecutive season ... Led all major league shortstops in assists (380) and total chances (547) for the second straight season ... Led all NL shortstops in chances for the fifth consecutive year ... Led the club in hits for the second straight season ... Began season slowly garnering four hits in his first 31 at-bats and average dipped to .203 on June 4, prior to hitting .313 and .314 through June and August to raise his average to .268 for the season ... Had five hits August 7 ... Hit .377 against left-handers and .242 against right-handers.

1993
Had a career year with 102 runs scored, 187 hits, nine triples, 77 walks, 16 steals and .310 average (all personal-bests) ... Earned first Rawlings Gold Glove award ... His 527 assists were the most by a big league shortstop ... His .986 fielding percentage paced all National League shortstops ... Finished ninth in the league in runs scored ... His 55 multi-hit games were second in the Senior Circuit.

1992
Had the longest hitting streak in the NL (22 games) ... His 157 starts were a career-high ... Paced NL shortstops in games, putouts (268), assists (526), double plays (94) and total chances (816) ... Hit .324 vs. lefties.

1991
His 16 taters and 67 RBI were both career highs ... His home run and RBI total were good for second place in the NL among shortstops ... His 30 sacrifice bunts paced the Senior Circuit for the second straight season ... Led all NL shortstops in games, assists (491), total chances (754) and errors (24) ... Notched his first career grand slam on Sept. 30 ... Led all Pirate hitters with a .414 average in the NL Championship Series vs. Atlanta.

1990
His 39 sacrifice bunts led the majors and established a new Pirate record ... Had a 39-game errorless streak from June 9-July 25 ... His seven triples were a personal-high.

1989
Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Felix Fermin on March 25, 1989 ... Was sent down to Class AAA Buffalo of the American Association, after going 1-for-20 in nine games ... Bounced back with the Bisons, hitting .285 in 86 games ... Selected to participate in the Class AAA All-Star Game ... Was called up by the Pirates on July 22 and hit .275 in 70 games the rest of the way ... Posted his first ever inside-the-park homer on Sept. 18.

1988
Hit a miserable .193 with a homer and 14 RBI, starting 46 of 59 games ... Demoted to Class AAA Colorado Springs on July 10 ... Found his hitting stroke again, hitting .276 before his Sept. 6 recall by Cleveland ... Hit .341 in the 16 games he appeared in the rest of the way.

1987
Was promoted from Class AAA Buffalo on July 18 ... Was sent down and recalled again on Sept. 3 ... Teamed with Tommy Hinzo to become the youngest double-play combo in Cleveland history at the time (Bell 21, Hinzo 23).

1986
Paced the Eastern League in runs scored (88) and was fifth in RBI (74), playing for Class AA Waterbury ... Made big league debut on Sept. 9 ... Joined an exclusive club by hitting his first major league pitch over the wall (only the 11th player in history to do this).

1985
Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Curt Wardle, Jim Weaver and future considerations (Rich Yett) to the Cleveland Indians for Bert Blyleven on Aug. 1, 1985.


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