How many home runs did Derek Bell have in 1998?
221998 Regular Season
Derek Bell recorded 22 home runs in the 1998 regular season, 64th in the MLB.
- Derek Bell's best regular season for home runs in 11 seasons on file.
- Up 7 from 15 in 1997.
- 13% of the Houston Astros' home runs that regular season.
Best of 11 regular seasons, 1991 through 2001. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1991 |  TOR | 18 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .314 | .143 | .457 |
| 1992 | TOR | 61 | 161 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 15 | 7 | .242 | .324 | .354 | .678 |
| 1993 |  SD | 150 | 542 | 73 | 142 | 21 | 72 | 26 | .262 | .303 | .417 | .720 |
| 1994 | SD | 108 | 434 | 54 | 135 | 14 | 54 | 24 | .311 | .354 | .454 | .808 |
| 1995 |  HOU | 112 | 452 | 63 | 151 | 8 | 86 | 27 | .334 | .385 | .442 | .827 |
| 1996 | HOU | 158 | 627 | 84 | 165 | 17 | 113 | 29 | .263 | .311 | .418 | .729 |
| 1997 | HOU | 129 | 493 | 67 | 136 | 15 | 71 | 15 | .276 | .344 | .438 | .782 |
| 1998 | HOU | 156 | 630 | 111 | 198 | 22 | 108 | 13 | .314 | .364 | .490 | .855 |
| 1999 | HOU | 128 | 509 | 61 | 120 | 12 | 66 | 18 | .236 | .306 | .350 | .656 |
| 2000 |  NYM | 144 | 546 | 87 | 145 | 18 | 69 | 8 | .266 | .348 | .425 | .773 |
| 2001 |  PIT | 46 | 156 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .173 | .287 | .288 | .576 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS