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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Gus Bell 2026 Season · ATL

Gus Bell played in the majors from 1950 to 1964. His career NUT is +8.8, #735 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1955 (+3.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .281/.330/.445, 206 HR, 1823 H in 1741 games.

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Gus Bell Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Gus Bell

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CF · ATL

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+8.8Career NUT

+6.2 to Great

Career

.281AVG206HR942RBI1823H865R30SB

Career · season grades

L/R · 6' 1", 195 lb · b. Nov 15, 1928 · Louisville, KY · Signed Undrafted FA, 1950

Player Overview

Year by Year


1950	21	PIT	+0.1	111	456	422	62	119	22	11	8	53	28	4	0	46	4	0	0	2	4	.282	.333	.443	.161	.776	.302
1951	22	PIT	+0.8	149	647	600	80	167	27	12	16	89	42	4	0	41	1	4	0	1	9	.278	.330	.443	.165	.773	.278
1952	23	PIT	+0.2	131	510	468	53	117	21	5	16	59	36	2	0	72	1	4	0	4	6	.250	.306	.419	.169	.725	.266
1953	24	CIN	+2.8	151	665	610	102	183	37	5	30	105	48	3	0	72	0	2	0	4	14	.300	.354	.525	.225	.879	.301
1954	25	CIN	+1.7	153	684	619	104	185	38	7	17	101	48	4	0	58	5	3	8	5	13	.299	.349	.465	.166	.814	.304
1955	26	CIN	+3.0	154	672	610	88	188	30	6	27	104	54	0	2	57	4	4	6	2	6	.308	.361	.510	.202	.871	.303
1956	27	CIN	+2.3	150	666	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	50	3	4	66	6	2	3	7	10	.292	.347	.501	.209	.848	.288
1957	28	CIN	+0.4	121	555	510	65	149	20	3	13	61	30	3	5	54	0	1	6	6	10	.292	.332	.420	.128	.752	.303
1958	29	CIN	-0.7	112	433	385	42	97	16	2	10	46	36	1	7	40	2	3	5	6	7	.252	.314	.382	.130	.696	.256
1959	30	CIN	+1.0	148	620	580	59	170	27	2	19	115	29	2	1	44	2	3	8	1	13	.293	.325	.445	.152	.770	.288
1960	31	CIN	-0.7	143	554	515	65	135	19	5	12	62	29	1	3	40	4	3	5	4	7	.262	.300	.388	.126	.688	.263
1961	32	CIN	-0.9	103	262	235	27	60	10	1	3	33	18	0	3	21	1	1	9	0	4	.255	.298	.345	.090	.643	.259
1962	33	NYM	-1.2	30	115	101	8	15	2	0	1	6	10	0	0	7	0	1	2	2	2	.149	.221	.198	.049	.419	.147
1962	33	MLN	+0.1	79	228	214	28	61	11	3	5	24	12	0	2	17	0	0	1	1	3	.285	.322	.435	.150	.757	.290
1962	33	TOT	-1.0	109	343	315	36	76	13	3	6	30	22	0	2	24	0	1	3	3	5	.241	.288	.359	.118	.647	.243
1963	34	MLN	—	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	.666	.333
1964	35	MLN	—	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	15 yrs	+8.8	1741	7073	6478	865	1823	311	66	206	942	470	27	27	636	30	31	53	45	109	.281	.330	.445	.164	.775	.284

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Bell's career NUT of +8.8

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

50515253545556575859606162

NUT by Season

+0.1

+0.8

+0.2

+2.8

+1.7

+3.0

+2.3

+0.4

-0.7

+1.0

-0.7

-0.9

-1.0

Awards

1953NL All-Star

1954NL All-Star

1956NL All-Star

1957NL All-Star

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