george barnard wrote:From a purely selfish perspective (since I nominated him)...I would have liked to have thought that Les Bell might have gotten some more consideration...we can always use decent hitting (and acceptable defending) third basemen...a name from a distant past with no resonance but would have made a nice addition...oh, well
I also voted for Les Bell, as third basemen with a little power are rare in the pre-war set and while he won't belt 30 HRs a season, his extra base power and good batting average may make him worthy of consideration on a variety of team types, especially at lower caps.
Unfortunately for the 1926 Bell season, it is among many good seasons for players who are now fairly obscure, having faded into history. The online SOM community does a pretty good job unearthing those seasons and players as we strive to improve and broaden the card set, but sometimes worthy seasons for largely forgotten players take a while to be added to the set.
Hopefully Bell will get another shot, as there are a lot of third basemen in the card set who are far less worthy and he arguably would rank among the top 50% of third basemen in the card set.
Oddly enough, in 1980 another Bell third baseman, Buddy Bell, had an eerily similar season to 1926 Les Bell, batting .329 17 83 .379 .498 .877, compared to Les Bell's .325 17 100 .383 .518 .901.
Hopefully, the day will come where the 1980 Buddy Bell season and the 1926 Les Bell season will be added to the card set.
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:26 am