Josh Bell stats
TwinsDesignated Hitter · #56
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsAug 14, 1992
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 261 lbs
- Experience
- 11 yearsDebut 2016
- Birthplace
- Irving, TX
- Draft
- 2011Rd 2, Pk 61
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2022
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsAug 14, 1992
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 261 lbs
- Experience
- 11 yearsDebut 2016
- Birthplace
- Irving, TX
- Draft
- 2011Rd 2, Pk 61
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2022
Stats
Standard
Twins- GP
- 149
- AB
- 551
- R
- 76
- H
- 142
- HR
- 20
- RBI · 16th
- 91
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .258
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PIT | 45 | 128 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .273 |
| 2017 | PIT | 159 | 549 | 75 | 140 | 26 | 90 | 2 | .255 |
| 2018 | PIT | 148 | 501 | 74 | 131 | 12 | 62 | 2 | .261 |
| 2019 | PIT | 143 | 527 | 94 | 146 | 37 | 116 | 0 | .277 |
| 2020 | PIT | 57 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 22 | 0 | .226 |
| 2021 | WSH | 144 | 498 | 75 | 130 | 27 | 88 | 0 | .261 |
| 2022 |  WSH/SD | 156 | 552 | 78 | 147 | 17 | 71 | 0 | .266 |
| 2023 |  CLE/MIA | 150 | 547 | 52 | 135 | 22 | 74 | 0 | .247 |
| 2024 |  MIA/ARI | 145 | 538 | 62 | 134 | 19 | 71 | 0 | .249 |
| 2025 | WSH | 140 | 468 | 54 | 112 | 22 | 63 | 0 | .239 |
| 2026 | MIN | 149 | 551 | 76 | 142 | 20 | 91 | 2 | .258 |
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,436
- AB
- 5,054
- R
- 680
- H
- 1,296
- HR
- 213
- RBI
- 767
- SB
- 6
- AVG
- .256
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- AB
- 44
- R
- 5
- H
- 13
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 6
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .295
Expanded
- PA
- 610
- TB
- 232
- XBH
- 49
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 19
- P/PA
- 3.97
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PIT | 152 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | PIT | 620 | 256 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | PIT | 583 | 206 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | PIT | 613 | 300 | 77 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | PIT | 223 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | WSH | 568 | 237 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | WSH/SD | 647 | 233 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | CLE/MIA | 617 | 229 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | MIA/ARI | 603 | 218 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | WSH | 533 | 197 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3.9 |
| 2026 | MIN | 610 | 232 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4.0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,769
- TB
- 2,231
- XBH
- 488
- HBP
- 32
- IBB
- 33
- GIDP
- 158
- P/PA
- 3.94
Advanced
- WAR
- 0.8
- RC
- 71.3
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .163
- SECA
- .256
- BB/K
- 0.40
- AB/HR
- 27.6
- GO/FO
- 0.70
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PIT | -0.5 | 19.6 | 5.2 | .133 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 42.7 | 1 |
| 2017 | PIT | 1.7 | 82.8 | 5.2 | .211 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.1 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | PIT | 0.8 | 74.1 | 5.1 | .150 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 41.8 | 1 |
| 2019 | PIT | 2.9 | 107.6 | 7.3 | .292 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 14.2 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | PIT | -0.7 | 22.6 | 3.9 | .138 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 24.4 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | WSH | 3.1 | 77.7 | 5.3 | .215 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 18.4 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | WSH/SD | 3.0 | 83 | 5.2 | .156 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 32.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | CLE/MIA | 0.4 | 73.6 | 4.6 | .172 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 24.9 | 1 |
| 2024 | MIA/ARI | -0.6 | 65 | 4.1 | .156 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 28.3 | 1 |
| 2025 | WSH | 0.5 | 62.1 | 4.5 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 21.3 | 0.9 |
| 2026 | MIN | 0.8 | 71.3 | 4.4 | .163 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 27.6 | 0.7 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Career regular season
- WAR
- 11.4
- RC
- 738.9
- RC/27
- 5.00
- ISOP
- .185
- SECA
- .307
- BB/K
- 0.58
- AB/HR
- 23.7
- GO/FO
- 1.00
Against other designated hitters
2026 regular season, 37 MLB designated hitters with 25+ games.
- Home Runs20
Higher than 78% of the other 36 MLB designated hitters.
- Batting Average.258
Higher than 72% of the other 36 MLB designated hitters.
- RBI91
Higher than 92% of the other 36 MLB designated hitters.
Latest performance
Josh Bell
Sep 20 · @ LAA · W 8-0
- AB
- 4
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- BB
- 1
- SO
- 1
- AVG
- .258
Games
All gamesNext
at SFWed, Sep 23
vs SF since 2022
- 27
- GP
- 78
- AB
- 11
- R
- 24
- H
- 1
- HR
- 8
- RBI
| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 20 | at LAAW 8-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat, Sep 19 | atLAAL 6-5 F/11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 18 | atLAAW 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 17 | atLAAL 5-4 F/10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 16 | vs NYYW 5-4 F/13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, Sep 15 | vsNYYL 8-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What are Josh Bell's career stats?
Josh Bell has played 11 seasons for the Pirates, the Nationals and the Twins. He is a career .256 hitter with 1,296 hits, 213 home runs and 767 RBI. His best season so far is 2019: a .277 batting average, 37 home runs and 116 RBI.
Best single games
- Hits: 4 @ CIN on Aug 25, 2017, L 9-5
- Home Runs: 3 vs CHC on Jul 1, 2019, W 18-5
- RBI: 7 vs CHC on Jul 1, 2019, W 18-5
- Runs: 4 vs CHC on Jul 1, 2019, W 18-5
- Stolen Bases: 1 @ MIL on Jun 22, 2017, L 4-2
- Walks: 3 @ MIL on Aug 25, 2016, W 3-2 F/10
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2016.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2016 to 2026
Josh Bell finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Awards
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Josh Bell
Playoff series
Josh Bell played 12 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 1 won, 3 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  PHI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 |  NYM | Won 2-1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 |  LAD | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | PHI | Lost 1-4 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Josh Bell against each club
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (49)
- vs New York Mets (48)
- vs Atlanta Braves (39)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (39)
- vs Miami Marlins (37)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (35)
- vs Chicago White Sox (31)
- vs Colorado Rockies (30)
- vs Kansas City Royals (30)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (27)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (27)
- vs San Francisco Giants (27)
- vs Washington Nationals (27)
- vs Detroit Tigers (25)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (24)
- vs Houston Astros (23)
- vs Seattle Mariners (22)
- vs Boston Red Sox (21)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (21)
- vs New York Yankees (21)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (19)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (18)
- vs San Diego Padres (18)
- vs Texas Rangers (18)
- vs Chicago Cubs (16)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (16)
- vs Athletics (14)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (14)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (9)
- vs Minnesota Twins (7)
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