Josh Bell
1B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 3" 261LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #61, Pittsburgh Pirates | Jesuit Col Prep (TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 617 547 52 135 22 0 .247 .325 .419 .744
2024 603 538 62 134 19 0 .249 .319 .405 .724
2025 231 204 21 37 9 0 .181 .277 .333 .610
10 Seasons 4,857 4,239 571 1,079 180 4 .255 .340 .441 .781
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .247 22 0 .744
2024 .249 19 0 .724
2025 .181 9 0 .610
10 Seasons .255 180 4 .781
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 .277 .427 .339 .358 .356 37.5 12.5 13.8
2017 24 2551 436 28 6.4 4.5 87.6 112.4 8.6 28.9 .256 .427 .338 .329 .365 34.3 18.9 10.6
2018 25 2366 402 28 7.0 4.8 90.2 115.6 9.4 29.6 .252 .411 .336 .336 .357 39.3 17.8 13.2
2019 26 2442 416 53 12.7 8.6 92.4 116.2 13.1 34.6 .281 .557 .378 .383 .444 47.2 19.2 12.1
2020 27 857 140 12 8.6 5.4 91.7 114.2 5.9 24.3 .222 .375 .286 .293 .358 42.9 26.5 9.9
2021 28 2182 400 35 8.8 6.2 92.5 115.8 4.9 28.5 .272 .481 .352 .362 .400 52.0 17.8 11.4
2022 29 2505 456 33 7.2 5.1 88.9 112.2 8.4 30.7 .268 .419 .344 .346 .361 40.8 15.8 12.5
2023 30 2428 416 42 10.1 6.8 90.1 114.0 9.3 31.3 .260 .453 .323 .342 .398 43.0 21.7 10.2
2024 31 2238 421 32 7.6 5.3 88.9 111.2 10.5 31.4 .235 .391 .317 .307 .343 40.1 19.9 8.5
2025 32 888 155 16 10.3 7.0 89.4 111.7 9.6 30.3 .232 .424 .274 .326 .362 42.6 20.3 10.1
Player 19074 3354 284 8.5 5.9 90.0 116.2 8.9 30.1 .258 .443 .335 .341 .378 42.2 19.0 11.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2016 50.9 49.1 18.8 25.0 5.4 25.9 26.8 47.3 19.6 13.4 17.9 6.3 13.4 29.5
2017 52.3 47.7 19.3 22.5 6.0 36.5 34.4 29.1 22.7 20.2 9.4 13.8 14.2 19.7
2018 49.8 50.2 22.6 21.4 6.2 32.6 39.1 27.9 21.6 20.4 7.7 10.9 18.7 20.1
2019 44.0 56.0 26.9 22.8 6.3 38.9 35.1 25.7 22.1 16.8 5.0 16.8 18.3 20.7
2020 56.4 43.6 19.3 19.3 5.0 36.4 37.1 26.4 25.0 21.4 10.0 11.4 15.7 16.4
2021 54.3 45.8 21.3 22.0 2.5 36.8 39.3 24.0 22.3 24.3 7.8 14.5 15.0 16.3
2022 50.7 49.6 19.7 24.1 5.7 37.1 35.7 27.2 24.6 18.6 7.2 12.5 17.1 20.0
2023 48.8 51.2 26.0 21.4 3.8 43.5 31.7 24.8 26.7 15.9 6.3 16.8 15.9 18.5
2024 49.6 50.4 23.5 21.1 5.7 41.3 31.8 26.8 29.5 14.5 5.7 11.9 17.3 21.1
2025 49.0 51.0 25.8 18.1 7.1 45.8 30.3 23.9 29.7 14.8 4.5 16.1 15.5 19.4
Player 50.2 49.9 22.6 22.0 5.3 38.0 34.8 27.1 24.4 18.4 7.4 13.6 16.4 19.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 2.7 38.4 16.1 22.3 3.6 4.5 3.3
2017 5.0 35.3 21.3 25.5 5.3 6.4 4.5
2018 3.0 37.6 23.4 22.4 6.0 7.0 4.8
2019 1.7 32.5 23.3 20.4 7.7 12.7 8.6
2020 2.1 43.6 19.3 22.9 3.6 8.6 5.4
2021 2.3 41.5 15.8 24.8 6.8 8.8 6.2
2022 4.2 36.6 20.6 27.4 3.7 7.2 5.1
2023 1.7 36.3 22.6 23.1 5.3 10.1 6.8
2024 4.3 37.3 22.6 21.4 6.2 7.6 5.3
2025 4.5 34.8 23.9 17.4 6.5 10.3 7.0
Player 3.2 36.9 21.2 23.3 5.7 8.5 5.9
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 275 31.0 73 .206 .460 .346 19.2 11.0 11.0 .284 .540 .397 47.3
2025 Changeup -3.3 -5 143 16.1 30 .067 .100 .072 46.7 40.0 26.7 .182 .279 .197 16.7
2025 Sinker -1.1 -1 103 11.6 29 .208 .417 .338 27.0 20.7 22.2 .254 .536 .393 61.1
2025 Cutter -2.6 -2 90 10.1 23 .190 .190 .217 27.3 17.4 20.0 .228 .265 .258 35.3
2025 Slider -1.8 -2 88 9.9 27 .182 .182 .273 33.3 18.5 14.3 .151 .258 .275 58.8
2025 Curveball 2.3 2 78 8.8 22 .150 .450 .327 46.3 36.4 25.0 .140 .369 .257 33.3
2025 Split-Finger -0.4 0 74 8.3 13 .250 .250 .262 15.6 15.4 8.3 .250 .309 .279 20.0
2025 Sweeper -2.9 -1 32 3.6 9 .125 .125 .200 7.1 11.1 12.5 .289 .475 .373 42.9
2025 Slurve 25.2 1 5 0.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .989 3.930 2.000 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 735 32.8 202 .257 .419 .347 19.1 16.3 19.4 .252 .424 .335 48.6
2024 Changeup -0.9 -4 407 18.2 105 .206 .278 .259 34.2 22.9 20.0 .193 .285 .238 29.7
2024 Sinker 0.7 2 284 12.7 84 .306 .375 .372 13.9 11.9 17.2 .265 .347 .329 38.7
2024 Slider 1.1 3 235 10.5 63 .224 .483 .356 34.1 25.4 19.8 .227 .485 .334 35.7
2024 Cutter 1.1 2 218 9.7 56 .275 .569 .371 30.8 17.9 30.3 .241 .461 .323 33.3
2024 Curveball 1.6 2 156 7.0 39 .237 .447 .300 39.5 33.3 26.5 .214 .362 .258 48.0
2024 Sweeper 2.2 2 96 4.3 25 .176 .353 .348 31.8 24.0 18.2 .223 .479 .398 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.3 0 95 4.2 27 .240 .320 .288 34.0 29.6 25.0 .206 .291 .250 29.4
2024 Slurve -3.1 0 5 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 11.6 0 4 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .963 1.118 .911 0.0
2024 Screwball 0.6 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 152 617 -5 -3 8 2 2
2017 611 2,538 -3 -25 20 13 5
2018 579 2,362 -8 -17 24 13 12
2019 592 2,411 10 -16 19 15 28
2020 219 857 -7 -12 6 5 -8
2021 566 2,182 0 -15 20 13 18
2022 643 2,505 -6 -7 21 13 21
2023 615 2,428 -7 -17 14 10 0
2024 602 2,238 -1 -17 19 10 11
2025 227 887 -9 -9 5 5 -9
Player 4,806 19,025 -38 -138 157 -38 80
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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
2023 2,428 46.3 70.8 82.8 27.8 55.2 44.4 34.5 47.7 25.8 6.2 81.5
2024 2,238 46.6 73.4 81.2 27.4 54.4 43.8 37.0 48.8 26.8 6.2 82.7
2025 888 47.0 69.1 78.8 28.1 57.6 42.4 35.7 47.4 28.0 7.6 79.1
Player 19,074 45.1 71.1 81.7 25.6 59.8 43.4 32.5 46.1 24.9 6.2 81.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2016 67 60
2017 50 45 48 49 58 60 50 42 88 41 60 69 48 71 57 6
2018 63 53 47 44 77 59 50 75 98 61 69 88 48 79 54 34
2019 92 86 93 92 91 93 88 95 98 89 66 86 45 58 48 16
2020 17 17 24 38 24 61 55 87 95 69 29 61 13 53 33 13
2021 83 78 78 72 81 63 53 92 97 93 73 81 55 75 34 84 1
2022 82 82 65 50 95 67 45 48 83 55 83 93 66 73 25 15 1
2023 71 59 70 68 68 81 64 65 90 61 53 72 46 54 17 2 56 41 2
2024 39 28 43 51 34 60 48 46 74 49 61 56 37 56 9 2 3 25 70 5
2025 41 19 47 61 43 54 60 40 79 49 59 66 28 48 5 55 39 4
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.66 3 2.7 0 2 1 2 66.7
2017 20.93 26 24.3 2 11 12 13 50.0
2018 21.70 12 14.1 -2 10 11 5 41.7
2019 22.59 37 35.7 1 14 20 20 54.1
2020 23.93 8 7.7 0 0 5 4 50.0
2021 23.27 27 24.4 3 7 15 13 48.1
2022 22.90 19 18.3 1 7 12 9 47.4
2023 23.76 22 23.0 -1 14 14 11 50.0
2024 24.00 19 21.8 -3 11 22 4 21.1
2025 24.05 9 7.7 1 5 5 4 44.4
Player 22.84 182 179.6 2 81 117 85 46.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 5 3 3 3
2017 26 23 20 24 26 25 26 25 22 23 21 31 23 23 25 25 24 24 26 25 24 24 25 27 24 23 25 29 26 24 17
2018 12 17 13 14 14 13 18 13 9 10 12 19 15 13 13 16 12 12 14 18 14 14 21 16 13 10 12 17 16 15 9
2019 37 39 30 36 36 36 40 35 28 30 32 38 38 36 36 35 33 33 38 38 39 40 41 41 33 34 31 37 42 35 30
2020 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 6 9 8 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 8 7 9 9 9 8
2021 27 28 23 20 22 22 28 25 17 19 22 25 26 21 25 28 24 24 31 25 25 25 30 31 23 23 24 24 27 22 24
2022 19 19 17 20 20 18 21 16 12 16 16 24 20 18 19 21 19 19 18 19 17 16 23 18 14 16 19 20 20 19 14
2023 22 21 14 26 23 23 24 21 22 19 20 28 22 20 26 24 26 23 25 27 22 23 30 28 20 21 20 25 24 24 20
2024 19 21 18 24 19 25 26 20 14 17 21 23 26 21 22 18 23 18 23 27 24 19 31 29 21 20 17 22 25 21 19
2025 9 8 5 7 8 9 7 7 6 6 8 9 10 11 8 6 8 7 6 9 9 7 10 7 7 6 7 9 10 8 5
Player 182 187 150 180 177 181 202 170 139 149 162 208 190 172 184 181 180 170 192 198 186 180 223 207 165 163 165 197 202 180 149
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.3 -0.7 87.6 2.6 90.2 2.2 92.4 -0.7 91.7 0.8 92.5 -3.6 88.9 1.2 90.1 -1.2 88.9 0.5 89.4
Launch Angle 5.8 2.8 8.6 0.8 9.4 3.7 13.1 -7.2 5.9 -1.0 4.9 3.5 8.4 0.9 9.3 1.2 10.5 -0.9 9.6
Barrel % 4.5 1.9 6.4 0.6 7.0 5.7 12.7 -4.1 8.6 0.2 8.8 -1.6 7.2 2.9 10.1 -2.5 7.6 2.7 10.3
Hard Hit % 37.5 -3.2 34.3 5.0 39.3 7.9 47.2 -4.3 42.9 9.1 52.0 -11.2 40.8 2.2 43.0 -2.9 40.1 2.5 42.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 22.3 6.6 28.9 0.7 29.6 5.0 34.6 -10.3 24.3 4.2 28.5 2.2 30.7 0.6 31.3 0.1 31.4 -1.1 30.3
xBA .277 -0.021 .256 -0.004 .252 0.029 .281 -0.059 .222 0.050 .272 -0.004 .268 -0.008 .260 -0.025 .235 -0.003 .232
BA .273 -0.018 .255 0.006 .261 0.016 .277 -0.051 .226 0.035 .261 0.005 .266 -0.019 .247 0.002 .249 -0.070 .179
xwOBA .358 -0.029 .329 0.007 .336 0.047 .383 -0.090 .293 0.069 .362 -0.016 .346 -0.004 .342 -0.035 .307 0.019 .326
wOBA .339 -0.001 .338 -0.002 .336 0.042 .378 -0.092 .286 0.066 .352 -0.008 .344 -0.021 .323 -0.006 .317 -0.043 .274
xSLG .427 0.000 .427 -0.016 .411 0.146 .557 -0.182 .375 0.106 .481 -0.062 .419 0.034 .453 -0.062 .391 0.033 .424
SLG .406 0.060 .466 -0.055 .411 0.158 .569 -0.205 .364 0.112 .476 -0.054 .422 -0.003 .419 -0.014 .405 -0.072 .333
K% 12.5 6.4 18.9 -1.1 17.8 1.4 19.2 7.3 26.5 -8.7 17.8 -2.0 15.8 5.9 21.7 -1.8 19.9 0.4 20.3
BB% 13.8 -3.2 10.6 2.6 13.2 -1.1 12.1 -2.2 9.9 1.5 11.4 1.1 12.5 -2.3 10.2 -1.7 8.5 1.6 10.1
Swing % 44.6 -1.0 43.6 -0.6 43.0 5.1 48.1 -2.2 45.9 0.8 46.7 -1.4 45.3 2.4 47.7 1.1 48.8 -1.4 47.4
Whiff% 18.2 5.3 23.5 0.9 24.4 0.9 25.3 8.3 33.6 -9.5 24.1 -2.4 21.7 4.1 25.8 1.0 26.8 1.2 28.0
In Zone % 46.2 -0.8 45.4 -1.8 43.6 -2.0 41.6 -0.1 41.5 4.1 45.6 1.1 46.7 -0.4 46.3 0.3 46.6 0.4 47.0
Out of Zone % 53.8 0.8 54.6 1.8 56.4 2.0 58.4 0.1 58.5 -4.1 54.4 -1.1 53.3 0.4 53.7 -0.3 53.4 -0.4 53.0
Out of Zone Swing % 22.3 1.8 24.1 -1.0 23.1 4.4 27.5 -0.6 26.9 -3.1 23.8 1.1 24.9 2.9 27.8 -0.4 27.4 0.7 28.1
First Pitch Swing % 34.9 -9.6 25.3 2.5 27.8 10.7 38.5 -10.6 27.9 8.5 36.4 -8.0 28.4 6.1 34.5 2.5 37.0 -1.3 35.7
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 -4.6 55.3 0.1 55.4 0.3 55.7 -5.5 50.2 8.6 58.8 -5.7 53.1 4.8 57.9 1.1 59.0 6.6 65.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 121 6 5.0 .360 .500
2016 Shifts R 16 0 0.0 .263
2017 Shifts L 471 12 2.5 .339 .246
2017 Shifts R 140 1 0.7 .327 .000
2018 Shifts L 423 77 18.2 .368 .219
2018 Shifts R 158 10 6.3 .322 .295
2019 Shifts L 436 173 39.7 .465 .307
2019 Shifts R 161 27 16.8 .327 .291
2020 Shifts L 158 144 91.1 .289 .298
2020 Shifts R 61 27 44.3 .240 .282
2021 Shifts L 381 176 46.2 .327 .376
2021 Shifts R 180 32 17.8 .343 .476
2022 Shifts L 431 240 55.7 .344 .336
2022 Shifts R 208 40 19.2 .365 .287
2023 Shades L 430 176 40.9 .297 .315
2023 Shades R 185 16 8.6 .372 .296
2024 Shades L 403 199 49.4 .345 .300
2024 Shades R 198 19 9.6 .307 .293
2025 Shades L 180 102 56.7 .314 .306
2025 Shades R 47 6 12.8 .124 .264
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 190 17.0 30.5% 4.2% 87 24.2 10.3% 20.7%
2017 728 16.3 34.9% 1.2% 514 21.4 2.9% 6.4%
2018 702 16.9 26.5% 1.1% 429 22.0 1.9% 6.5%
2019 593 17.0 28.0% 1.7% 453 22.3 2.6% 5.3%
2020 266 17.2 28.6% 1.1% 137 22.2 0.0% 5.1%
2021 494 17.8 17.6% 2.8% 468 23.2 0.2% 10.5%
2022 653 17.7 20.5% 2.0% 526 22.3 1.7% 6.5%
2023 636 14.7 54.9% 0.0% 410 18.5 4.1% 0.2%
2024 590 14.8 52.0% 0.2% 339 17.8 8.6% 0.3%
2025 230 15.8 42.2% 0.0% 144 17.2 12.5% 0.7%
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Statcast Rankings