Josh Bell
1B | B/T: S/R | 6' 4" 261LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #61, Pittsburgh Pirates | Jesuit Col Prep (TX)

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 647 552 78 147 17 71 0 .266 .362 .422 .784
7 Seasons 3406 2950 436 773 130 468 4 .262 .351 .459 .810
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .266 17 71 0 .784
7 Seasons .262 130 468 4 .810

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 23 617 112 5 4.5 3.3 88.3 108.9 5.8 22.3 .283 .433 .339 .362 .362 37.5 12.5 13.8
2017 24 2551 436 28 6.4 4.5 87.6 112.4 8.6 28.9 .261 .432 .338 .333 .371 34.3 18.9 10.6
2018 25 2366 402 28 7.0 4.8 90.2 115.6 9.4 29.6 .257 .417 .336 .340 .363 39.3 17.8 13.2
2019 26 2442 416 53 12.7 8.6 92.4 116.2 13.1 34.6 .285 .561 .378 .386 .448 47.2 19.2 12.1
2020 27 857 140 12 8.6 5.4 91.7 114.2 5.9 24.3 .228 .381 .286 .297 .365 42.9 26.5 9.9
2021 28 2182 400 35 8.8 6.2 92.5 115.8 4.9 28.5 .277 .488 .352 .367 .406 52.0 17.8 11.4
2022 29 2505 456 33 7.2 5.1 88.9 112.2 8.4 30.7 .273 .424 .344 .349 .366 40.8 15.8 12.5
Player 13520 2362 194 8.2 5.7 90.3 116.2 8.6 29.7 .268 .457 .345 .351 .388 42.3 18.2 11.9
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 50.9 18.8 25.0 5.4 25.9 26.8 47.3 2.7 38.4 16.1 22.3 3.6 4.5 3.3
2017 52.3 19.3 22.5 6.0 36.5 34.4 29.1 5.0 35.3 21.3 25.5 5.3 6.4 4.5
2018 49.8 22.6 21.4 6.2 32.6 39.1 28.4 3.0 37.6 23.4 22.4 6.0 7.0 4.8
2019 44.0 26.9 22.8 6.3 38.9 35.1 25.7 1.7 32.5 23.3 20.4 7.7 12.7 8.6
2020 56.4 19.3 19.3 5.0 36.4 37.1 26.4 2.1 43.6 19.3 22.9 3.6 8.6 5.4
2021 54.3 21.3 22.0 2.5 36.8 39.3 24.0 2.3 41.5 15.8 24.8 6.8 8.8 6.2
2022 50.7 19.7 24.1 5.7 37.1 35.7 27.2 4.2 36.6 20.6 27.4 3.7 7.2 5.1
Player 50.6 21.6 22.5 5.3 35.9 36.2 27.9 3.2 37.1 20.6 24.0 5.6 8.2 5.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seamer 1.1 9 799 31.9 196 .286 .423 .376 17.6 13.3 12.8 .306 .462 .385 47.9
2022 Changeup 1.3 7 499 19.9 131 .277 .471 .365 32.6 20.6 20.5 .245 .402 .314 26.9
2022 Sinker 0.7 3 376 15.0 97 .284 .459 .404 13.2 10.3 14.1 .297 .460 .403 47.0
2022 Slider 0.0 0 335 13.4 80 .227 .379 .309 25.0 25.0 16.5 .184 .324 .282 42.9
2022 Curveball 1.6 4 224 8.9 61 .304 .464 .376 22.2 16.4 14.1 .342 .529 .402 56.5
2022 Cutter -2.2 -4 184 7.3 50 .178 .333 .283 13.8 8.0 10.3 .249 .372 .314 24.4
2022 Splitter -2.0 -1 71 2.8 23 .105 .105 .200 31.3 17.4 18.2 .161 .199 .250 20.0
2022 Sweeper 6.3 1 8 0.3 3 1.000 1.333 1.017 0.0 0.0 0.0 .687 .880 .684 66.7
2021 4-Seamer 1.2 9 739 33.9 206 .298 .503 .403 19.4 17.5 18.2 .294 .492 .379 60.7
2021 Changeup 0.6 2 407 18.7 112 .223 .340 .288 25.8 16.1 16.4 .212 .325 .269 30.6
2021 Slider 2.8 9 304 13.9 69 .305 .678 .465 35.2 21.7 13.8 .319 .677 .457 61.4
2021 Sinker -2.6 -7 276 12.6 68 .224 .466 .372 19.8 19.1 23.6 .246 .485 .366 58.7
2021 Curveball 0.3 1 244 11.2 53 .213 .489 .342 20.0 15.1 12.5 .298 .512 .374 47.5
2021 Cutter 0.5 1 134 6.1 35 .241 .414 .357 31.9 20.0 18.9 .302 .503 .384 43.5
2021 Splitter 0.5 0 63 2.9 18 .250 .438 .339 44.4 22.2 23.5 .336 .568 .419 50.0
2021 Sweeper 12.7 1 9 0.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 16.7 0.0 0.0 .639 1.700 .951 100.0
2021 Slurve -10.1 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .020 .052 .020 100.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.0 3 278 32.4 78 .275 .551 .383 32.6 28.2 30.6 .286 .573 .386 51.0
2020 Changeup -3.3 -5 163 19.0 38 .139 .167 .164 46.6 28.9 33.3 .176 .210 .198 16.0
2020 Slider -3.7 -5 124 14.5 29 .120 .120 .166 29.8 31.0 21.4 .103 .123 .164 29.4
2020 Sinker -0.9 -1 122 14.2 33 .321 .357 .362 20.5 12.1 23.5 .333 .443 .392 66.7
2020 Curveball -0.6 -1 103 12.0 23 .250 .400 .335 41.0 39.1 28.1 .140 .227 .225 45.5
2020 Cutter -0.3 0 58 6.8 14 .231 .462 .271 23.5 21.4 25.0 .171 .426 .230 45.5
2020 Splitter -4.8 0 6 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 25.0 .429 .512 .414 0.0
2020 Sweeper -8.3 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .109 .116 .102 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 1.8 13 739 30.3 172 .276 .609 .401 21.6 25.0 21.9 .242 .532 .351 53.5
2019 Changeup -1.3 -6 461 18.9 118 .208 .387 .293 38.6 22.0 21.7 .237 .406 .306 28.0
2019 Sinker 1.9 8 449 18.4 112 .374 .703 .495 15.7 8.9 11.2 .371 .672 .478 56.1
2019 Slider 1.5 5 302 12.4 83 .260 .616 .396 27.7 21.7 14.8 .264 .634 .399 48.2
2019 Curveball 1.4 3 239 9.8 55 .255 .426 .366 26.6 20.0 13.6 .358 .583 .440 58.3
2019 Cutter 1.8 3 162 6.6 34 .276 .621 .400 20.8 14.7 10.4 .323 .554 .397 44.0
2019 Splitter 5.5 3 47 1.9 15 .333 .667 .420 33.3 20.0 17.6 .337 .742 .445 25.0
2019 Sweeper 6.6 1 10 0.4 3 .500 2.000 .667 16.7 33.3 50.0 .500 1.936 .672 50.0
2018 4-Seamer 0.7 6 867 36.6 216 .269 .452 .367 19.9 14.8 14.0 .295 .501 .389 47.7
2018 Sinker 1.4 6 466 19.7 132 .310 .496 .402 16.6 12.9 19.1 .301 .505 .386 46.9
2018 Slider 1.4 5 322 13.6 79 .221 .426 .341 40.7 36.7 22.1 .162 .276 .269 33.3
2018 Changeup 0.4 1 299 12.6 63 .291 .309 .315 32.3 11.1 9.6 .228 .314 .277 20.0
2018 Curveball -1.9 -5 243 10.3 48 .159 .205 .204 25.8 25.0 16.2 .189 .264 .240 21.9
2018 Cutter 0.2 0 107 4.5 27 .182 .318 .302 21.7 18.5 17.9 .201 .244 .288 23.5
2018 Splitter 4.1 2 43 1.8 13 .364 .364 .454 23.5 15.4 20.0 .281 .433 .371 33.3
2018 Sweeper -0.6 0 9 0.4 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Slurve 5.4 0 6 0.3 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2017 4-Seamer -0.2 -2 939 36.8 226 .271 .467 .356 19.3 14.6 12.7 .257 .428 .330 34.3
2017 Sinker 1.1 6 511 20.0 124 .339 .569 .433 19.4 14.5 16.7 .308 .526 .395 45.1
2017 Changeup -0.1 0 394 15.4 91 .229 .386 .320 29.3 14.3 12.1 .278 .374 .318 24.3
2017 Slider 0.0 0 266 10.4 72 .169 .415 .276 34.9 40.3 23.6 .196 .395 .282 40.5
2017 Curveball 2.8 6 222 8.7 41 .257 .543 .388 30.6 29.3 21.1 .248 .423 .344 30.4
2017 Cutter -1.1 -1 129 5.1 33 .097 .290 .245 21.2 12.1 11.1 .243 .492 .328 33.3
2017 Splitter 0.1 0 64 2.5 21 .158 .211 .255 44.0 38.1 42.1 .223 .255 .257 9.1
2017 Knuckleball 2.7 0 13 0.5 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .332 .349 .299 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 152 617 -3 -3 8 2 4
2017 611 2,538 1 -24 18 13 8
2018 579 2,362 -4 -16 23 12 16
2019 592 2,411 12 -16 19 15 30
2020 219 857 -10 -9 5 4 -10
2021 566 2,182 -8 -15 24 14 15
2022 680 2,652 -8 -13 22 14 15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 617 46.2 70.5 86.6 22.3 68.9 43.9 34.9 44.6 18.2 6.6 75.6
2017 2,551 45.4 66.9 81.1 24.1 65.6 43.4 25.3 43.6 23.5 6.3 81.9
2018 2,366 43.6 68.5 81.6 23.1 61.4 43.3 27.8 43.0 24.4 5.9 77.9
2019 2,442 41.6 77.2 80.2 27.5 63.0 42.1 38.5 48.1 25.3 5.2 87.2
2020 857 41.5 72.5 74.8 26.9 50.4 43.3 27.9 45.9 33.6 6.0 78.4
2021 2,182 45.6 74.1 83.7 23.8 55.3 41.1 36.4 46.7 24.1 6.3 83.3
2022 2,505 46.7 68.8 83.6 24.9 65.4 45.5 28.4 45.3 21.7 6.4 77.5
Player 13,520 44.5 70.9 81.8 24.8 61.8 43.2 31.1 45.3 24.2 6.0 80.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2016 67 60
2017 56 55 51 49 63 60 50 42 88 41 60 69 47 71 56 6
2018 68 58 50 44 81 59 50 75 98 60 69 88 47 79 54 37