Josh Bell
1B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 4" 261LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #61, Pittsburgh Pirates | Jesuit Col Prep (TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 647 552 78 147 17 0 .266 .362 .422 .784
2023 617 547 52 135 22 0 .247 .325 .419 .744
2024 603 538 62 134 19 0 .249 .319 .405 .724
9 Seasons 4,626 4,035 550 1,042 171 4 .258 .343 .447 .790
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .266 17 0 .784
2023 .247 22 0 .744
2024 .249 19 0 .724
9 Seasons .258 171 4 .790
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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
2023 30 2428 416 42 10.1 6.8 90.1 114.0 9.3 31.3 .263 .457 .323 .345 .403 43.0 21.7 10.2
2024 31 2238 421 32 7.6 5.3 88.9 111.2 10.5 31.4 .239 .396 .317 .310 .348 40.1 19.9 8.5
Player 18186 3199 268 8.4 5.8 90.1 116.2 8.9 30.1 .263 .449 .338 .345 .384 42.1 18.9 11.2
MLB 82372 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 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 27.9 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
2023 48.8 26.0 21.4 3.8 43.5 31.7 24.8 1.7 36.3 22.6 23.1 5.3 10.1 6.8
2024 49.6 23.5 21.1 5.7 41.3 31.8 26.8 4.3 37.3 22.6 21.4 6.2 7.6 5.3
Player 50.2 22.4 22.2 5.2 37.6 35.0 27.3 3.1 37.0 21.1 23.5 5.6 8.4 5.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 729 32.6 201 .250 .411 .338 18.9 16.4 19.8 .252 .424 .332 47.6
2024 Changeup -0.7 -3 411 18.4 107 .204 .276 .261 34.0 23.4 20.5 .196 .287 .245 29.7
2024 Sinker 1.2 3 294 13.1 85 .324 .394 .395 15.5 11.8 16.7 .279 .363 .350 41.0
2024 Slider 2.9 7 237 10.6 64 .237 .492 .365 33.9 25.0 19.5 .231 .486 .335 34.9
2024 Cutter 0.8 2 219 9.8 56 .275 .569 .371 30.8 17.9 30.3 .244 .464 .326 33.3
2024 Curveball 1.5 2 156 7.0 39 .237 .447 .300 39.5 33.3 26.5 .216 .365 .260 48.0
2024 Sweeper -1.0 -1 93 4.2 24 .125 .313 .325 32.6 25.0 18.8 .227 .495 .408 54.5
2024 Split-Finger -0.3 0 87 3.9 25 .250 .333 .283 32.6 28.0 22.6 .217 .305 .243 29.4
2024 Slurve -3.6 0 5 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 7.5 0 4 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .963 1.118 .911 0.0
2024 Screwball 1.7 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 9 765 31.5 200 .316 .546 .414 20.6 19.0 19.1 .311 .568 .412 51.1
2023 Changeup -1.2 -6 522 21.5 126 .195 .280 .240 35.7 27.8 24.1 .212 .317 .257 19.3
2023 Slider -2.6 -8 318 13.1 79 .123 .262 .247 29.7 30.4 21.4 .154 .273 .265 40.5
2023 Sinker 0.2 0 269 11.1 73 .258 .516 .412 21.0 15.1 21.2 .301 .537 .407 58.8
2023 Curveball 0.4 1 242 10.0 51 .234 .340 .308 23.7 19.6 14.7 .273 .442 .336 40.5
2023 Cutter -1.6 -3 200 8.2 59 .273 .345 .289 19.8 13.6 15.7 .316 .471 .349 43.8
2023 Split-Finger -3.1 -2 60 2.5 16 .133 .333 .225 48.3 37.5 50.0 .125 .334 .219 33.3
2023 Sweeper 5.5 3 48 2.0 10 .500 1.200 .705 17.4 10.0 4.0 .412 1.108 .624 77.8
2023 Slurve -0.1 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --