Buddy Bell vs Chris Chambliss

Buddy Bell Chris Chambliss

Buddy Bell and Chris Chambliss compared on their MLB careers: Buddy Bell played 18 seasons, 1972 to 1989, Chris Chambliss 17 seasons, 1971 to 1988. Buddy Bell has .279 batting average to Chris Chambliss's .279. Chris Chambliss won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Buddy Bell and Chris Chambliss career totals

2,405	GP	2,175
8,995	AB	7,571
1,151	R	912
2,514	H	2,109
201	HR	185
1,106	RBI	972
55	SB	40
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.4
0.7	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Buddy Bell and Chris Chambliss all-time places

99th (2,514)	Hits	230th (2,109)
195th (1,106)	RBI	293rd (972)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Buddy Bell: 0 championships; AL Gold Glove ×6, AL Silver Slugger
Chris Chambliss: 2 championships; AL Rookie of the Year, AL Gold Glove

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Buddy Bell and Chris Chambliss season by season

1st	1972	.255	9	36	1971	.275	9	48
2nd	1973	.268	14	59	1972	.292	6	44
3rd	1974	.262	7	46	1973	.273	11	53
4th	1975	.271	10	59	1974	.255	6	50
5th	1976	.281	7	60	1975	.304	9	72
6th	1977	.292	11	64	1976	.293	17	96
7th	1978	.282	6	62	1977	.287	17	90
8th	1979	.299	18	101	1978	.274	12	90
9th	1980	.329	17	83	1979	.280	18	63
10th	1981	.294	10	64	1980	.282	18	72
11th	1982	.296	13	67	1981	.272	8	51
12th	1983	.277	14	66	1982	.270	20	86
13th	1984	.315	11	83	1983	.280	20	78
14th	1985	.229	10	68	1984	.257	9	44
15th	1986	.278	20	75	1985	.235	3	21
16th	1987	.284	17	70	1986	.311	2	14
17th	1988	.241	7	40	1988	.000	0	0
18th	1989	.183	0	3	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI