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Josh Bell Named National League Player of the Month for May

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Major League Baseball announced on Monday afternoon that Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell has been named as the National League Player of the Month for May. The last monthly award winner from the Pirates was Andrew McCutchen in June of 2017.

Bell hit .390/.442/.797 in 29 games in May. He led all MLB players in total bases (94), hits (46), extra-base hits (24) and RBIs (31) during the month. He also shared the MLB lead with 12 homers.

Among the team records he reached:

Set the record for most total bases in a month, topping Ralph Kiner’s 92 in 1947.

He tied Paul Waner’s record for extra-base hits in a month, which was set in June of 1927 and tied 14 months later by Waner.

Bell also became just the third NL player to reach 12 doubles and 12 homers in the same month, joining Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson.

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John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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