Josh Bell

Bats B Throws R6'4" 261 lbBorn 1992 Irving, USADebut 2016Team MIN1x All-StarDraft 2011 R2 #61 Pittsburgh Pirates, Jesuit Col Prep (TX)Contract 1 y/$7M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $5,750,000

Awards: NL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 103.3FIELD+ 99.4 at 1BTotal 1.59 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	392	345	85	14	0	13	42	76	0	0.246	0.329	0.405	0.735	0.160	0.323	19.3	10.6	104.8	1.45
2027	453	402	98	18	1	16	45	92	0	0.244	0.322	0.408	0.730	0.164	0.320	20.4	9.8	104.4	1.66

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 111 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Carlos Santana	2018	122.3	134.4	686
2	Dan McGann	1904	110.5	143.5	584
3	Kendrys Morales	2015	115.6	107.2	618
4	Lu Blue	1929	114.4	83.9	524
5	Mark Teixeira	2012	130.1	57.1	63
6	Ed Konetchy	1918	120.6	117.6	539
7	Wally Joyner	1994	117.8	117.5	550
8	Tino Martinez	2000	110.3	113.2	635
9	Wes Parker	1972	112.6	did not play
10	Lee May	1975	121.7	124.1	583

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			453		98	18	1	16		0	45	92	0.244	0.322	0.408	0.730	104.4
2026*	MIN	123	499	64	117	26	1	17		1	41	103	0.258	0.321	0.433	0.754	103.4
2025	WSH	140	533	54	111	16	1	22	63	0	57	88	0.237	0.325	0.417	0.741	111.3
2024	ARI	145	598	62	134	23	2	19	71	0	51	120	0.249	0.319	0.405	0.725	99.1
2023	MIA	150	615	52	135	28	0	22	74	0	63	134	0.247	0.325	0.419	0.744	106.3
2022	SD	156	644	78	147	29	3	17	71	0	81	102	0.266	0.362	0.422	0.784	129.8
2021	WSH	144	568	75	130	24	1	27	88	0	65	101	0.261	0.347	0.476	0.823	125.2
2020	PIT	57	223	22	44	3	0	8	22	0	22	59	0.226	0.305	0.364	0.669	79.3
2019	PIT	143	613	94	146	37	3	37	116	0	74	118	0.277	0.367	0.569	0.936	138.3
2018	PIT	148	583	74	131	31	4	12	62	2	77	104	0.261	0.357	0.411	0.768	114.8
2017	PIT	159	620	75	140	26	6	26	90	2	66	117	0.255	0.334	0.466	0.800	107.6
2016	PIT	45	152	18	35	8	0	3	19	0	21	19	0.273	0.368	0.406	0.775	110.8
Career		1287	5149	604	1153	225	20	193	676	4	577	962	0.256	0.341	0.443	0.785	114.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	499	90.0	14.1	9.9	42.0	23.9	30.7	0.252	0.445	0.330	26.1
2025	533	90.4	10.4	12.1	47.0	23.6	26.7	0.256	0.485	0.359	25.2
2024	603	88.9	10.5	7.7	40.1	26.8	27.4	0.233	0.402	0.312	25.4
2023	617	90.1	9.3	10.2	43.0	25.8	27.7	0.257	0.459	0.343	25.9
2022	647	88.9	8.4	7.3	40.8	21.7	24.8	0.267	0.428	0.347	26.2
2021	568	92.5	4.9	8.8	52.0	24.1	23.7	0.267	0.485	0.362	26.2
2020	223	91.7	5.9	8.6	42.9	33.6	27.1	0.222	0.375	0.293	26.2
2019	613	92.4	13.1	13.9	47.2	25.3	27.5	0.281	0.557	0.383	26.7
2018	583	90.2	9.4	7.7	39.3	24.4	23.1	0.252	0.411	0.336	27.1
2017	620	87.6	8.6	7.1	34.3	23.5	24.1	0.256	0.427	0.329	27.2
2016	152	88.3	5.8	5.7	37.5	18.2	22.3	0.277	0.427	0.358	27.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	WSH	1B	33	253	245	12	3	26	0.988	-2.7
2024	ARI	1B	98	813	685	47	7	58	0.991	-1.6
2023	MIA	1B	60	485	384	44	4	32	0.991	-3.5
2022	SD	1B	124	1044	868	83	9	78	0.991	-0.8
2021	WSH	1B	119	983	819	73	5	71	0.994	-1.4
2021	WSH	OF	10	60	8	0	0	0	1.000
2020	PIT	1B	35	286	215	26	4	24	0.984	-0.3
2019	PIT	1B	134	1161	981	96	13	91	0.988	-6.6
2018	PIT	1B	137	1181	1021	83	6	90	0.995	-5.5
2017	PIT	1B	147	1186	1139	86	10	116	0.992	-7.8
2016	PIT	1B	23	150	157	14	3	11	0.983	+0.0
2016	PIT	OF	16	108	17	0	1	0	0.944

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	484	14 HR, 3 SB	0.295	0.850
2015	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	145	2 HR, 2 SB	0.347	0.945
2015	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	427	5 HR, 7 SB	0.307	0.803
2014	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	102	0 HR, 4 SB	0.287	0.652
2014	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	363	9 HR, 5 SB	0.335	0.886
2013	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	519	13 HR, 1 SB	0.279	0.806
2012	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	66	1 HR, 1 SB	0.274	0.691

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.326	0.340	0.326	0.345
2025	0.258	0.355	0.294	0.366
2024	0.336	0.333	0.353	0.314
2023	0.377	0.317	0.348	0.323
2022	0.361	0.357	0.393	0.324
2021	0.393	0.362	0.392	0.355
2020	0.275	0.301	0.249	0.335
2019	0.330	0.419	0.389	0.400

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	2	8	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.750	1.250
2022	10	36	4	9	1	2	5	1	12	0.250	0.270	0.444	0.715
Career	12	44	5	13	3	2	6	1	13	0.295	0.311	0.500	0.811