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About Josh Bell
Joshua Evan Bell (born August 14, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Guardians, Miami Marlins, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Bell attended Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and was selected by the Pirates in the second round of the 2011 MLB draft. He received a $5 million signing bonus, a record for a player outside of the first round, to bypass his college baseball scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| G | 154 | PA | 631 | AB | 568 | R | 78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 145 | 2B | 28 | 3B | 1 | HR | 21 |
| RBI | 96 | SB | 2 | CS | 0 | BB | 52 |
| SO | 124 | AVG | .255 | OBP | .319 | SLG | .419 |
| OPS | .738 | TB | 238 | WAR | 0.7 |
2026 batting — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | PIT | 45 | 128 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 19 | .273 |
| 2017 | PIT | 159 | 549 | 75 | 140 | 26 | 6 | 26 | 90 | 2 | 66 | 117 | .255 |
| 2018 | PIT | 148 | 501 | 74 | 131 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 77 | 104 | .261 |
| 2019 | PIT | 143 | 527 | 94 | 146 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 116 | 0 | 74 | 118 | .277 |
| 2020 | PIT | 57 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 59 | .226 |
| 2021 | WAS | 144 | 498 | 75 | 130 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 88 | 0 | 65 | 101 | .261 |
| 2022 | WAS | 103 | 375 | 52 | 113 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 61 | .301 |
| 2022 | SDN | 53 | 177 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 41 | .192 |
| 2023 | CLE | 97 | 347 | 26 | 81 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 43 | 81 | .233 |
| 2023 | MIA | 53 | 200 | 26 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 53 | .270 |
| 2024 | MIA | 104 | 398 | 38 | 95 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 0 | 34 | 88 | .239 |
| 2024 | ARI | 41 | 140 | 24 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 32 | .279 |
| 2025 | WAS | 140 | 468 | 54 | 111 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 88 | .237 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | 631 | 568 | 78 | 145 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 124 | .255 | .319 | .419 | .738 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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