Josh Bell
Minnesota Twins · No. 56 · DH

Josh Bell

6' 3", 261 lbs·Age 33·Bats S / Throws R
↑ HotL10 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2016–2026 · 3,817 batted balls
2026 · 88 G
.251
AVG
.736
OPS
13
HR
58
RBI
85
H
28
BB
81
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.936
Best OPS · 2019
37
Most HR · 2019
116
Most RBI · 2019
.301
Best AVG · 2022
Career Arc · OPS
17 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18410000.248
Jul 17410002.248
Jul 12300011.248
Jul 11410000.250
Jul 10420000.250
Jul 9400002.247
Jul 8510001.250
Jul 7320010.251
Jul 5410112.247
Jul 4532301.247

Career · Batting

17 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201645128319
20171595492690
20181485011262
201914352737116
202057195822
20211444982788
20221033751457
202253177314
20221565521771
2023973471148
2023532001126
20231505472274
20241043981449
202441140522
20241455381971
20251404682263
2026973541360
Career18356494264952
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

3,779 BBE · 2016–2026 · 90.1 mph avg EV · 8.9% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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