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George Bell
George Antonio (Mathey) Bell (Liberty)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 9, 1981
  vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1993
Born October 21, 1959 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.

Brother of Juan Bell

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 21 TOR AL  60  163   19   38   2  1   5   12   3  2   5  27  .233  .256  .350   69   57   0   0   1   0   1 RoY-8
 1983 23 TOR AL  39  112    5   30   5  4   2   17   1  1   4  17  .268  .305  .438   97   49   0   0   1   2   4
 1984 24 TOR AL 159  606   85  177  39  4  26   87  11  2  24  86  .292  .326  .498  121  302   0   3   2   8  14 MVP-19
 1985 25 TOR AL 157  607   87  167  28  6  28   95  21  6  43  90  .275  .327  .479  115  291   0   8   6   8   8 SS,MVP-8
 1986 26 TOR AL 159  641  101  198  38  6  31  108   7  8  41  62  .309  .349  .532  133  341   0   6   3   2  15 SS,MVP-4
 1987 27 TOR AL 156  610  111  188  32  4  47  134   5  1  39  75  .308  .352  .605  146  369   0   9   9   7  17 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1988 28 TOR AL 156  614   78  165  27  5  24   97   4  2  34  66  .269  .304  .446  108  274   0   8   5   1  21
 1989 29 TOR AL 153  613   88  182  41  2  18  104   4  3  33  60  .297  .330  .458  127  281   0  14   3   4  18 MVP-4
 1990 30 TOR AL 142  562   67  149  25  0  21   86   3  2  32  80  .265  .303  .422   96  237   0  11   7   3  14 AS
 1991 31 CHC NL 149  558   63  159  27  0  25   86   2  6  32  62  .285  .323  .468  117  261   0   9   6   4  10 AS
 1992 32 CHW AL 155  627   74  160  27  0  25  112   5  2  31  97  .255  .294  .418   99  262   0   6   8   6  29 MVP-20
 1993 33 CHW AL 102  410   36   89  17  2  13   64   1  1  13  49  .217  .243  .363   63  149   0   9   2   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1587 6123  814 1702 308 34 265 1002  67 36 331 771  .278  .316  .469  113 2873   0  83  53  49 165
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        625   83  174  31  3  27  102   7  4  34  79  .278  .316  .469  113  293   0   8   5   5  17
 Career High    159  641  111  198  41  6  47  134  21  8  43  97  .309  .352  .605  146  369   0  14   9   8  29
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 21 TOR AL  168  128   14   2.9    94| .233  .263| .256  .328| .350  .382| .606  .711|  69  .352  -7.8  -0.8  60%
 1983 23 TOR AL  118   87   13   4.0   103| .268  .272| .305  .335| .438  .411| .743  .746|  97  .441  -1.2  -0.1  50%
 1984 24 TOR AL  641  448   95   5.7   100| .292  .268| .326  .332| .498  .405| .824  .736| 121  .604  15.3   1.5  84%
 1985 25 TOR AL  666  462   97   5.6   102| .275  .266| .327  .332| .479  .413| .806  .745| 115  .591  10.7   1.0  77%
 1986 26 TOR AL  690  472  113   6.4   103| .309  .265| .349  .333| .532  .413| .881  .747| 133  .640  27.8   2.7  46%
 1987 27 TOR AL  665  449  125   7.4   108| .308  .267| .352  .336| .605  .429| .957  .765| 146  .676  37.9   3.5  83%
 1988 28 TOR AL  657  480   78   4.4    94| .269  .259| .304  .324| .446  .391| .750  .715| 108  .494   4.0   0.4  66%
 1989 29 TOR AL  664  466   89   5.1    88| .297  .254| .330  .318| .458  .373| .788  .691| 127  .574  21.4   2.2  57%
 1990 30 TOR AL  608  440   70   4.2    99| .265  .266| .303  .335| .422  .398| .725  .733|  96  .486  -4.6  -0.5  60%
 1991 31 CHC NL  603  424   81   5.1    97| .285  .262| .323  .331| .468  .393| .791  .723| 117  .592  11.0   1.1  25%
 1992 32 CHW AL  670  504   68   3.6    93| .255  .258| .294  .327| .418  .383| .712  .710|  99  .413  -3.9  -0.4  71%
 1993 33 CHW AL  436  345   33   2.6   101| .217  .264| .243  .335| .363  .404| .606  .739|  63  .239 -23.2  -2.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6586 4705  876   5.0    99| .278  .263| .316  .330| .469  .400| .785  .730| 113  .545  87.5   8.3  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 21 TOR AL OF 44 92 3 3 2 .969 .983 2.16 2.16 2.61 2.48 37 327.0 LF 28 62 1 2 1 .969 .978 2.25 1.99 2.83 2.38 23 200.0 RF 18 31 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.89 1.75 2.41 2.16 14 127.0 DH 8 1983 23 TOR AL OF 34 61 1 3 0 .954 .981 1.82 2.16 2.28 2.50 32 245.0 LF 28 51 1 3 0 .945 .977 1.86 1.90 2.31 2.32 26 203.0 RF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.85 2.14 2.25 6 42.0 DH 2 1984 24 TOR AL OF 147 289 11 9 1 .971 .983 2.04 2.17 2.12 2.51 144 1274.0 RF 90 168 3 5 1 .972 .979 1.90 1.88 2.14 2.23 81 717.7 LF 66 124 6 4 0 .970 .982 1.97 1.80 2.10 2.27 63 556.3 DH 7 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 1985 25 TOR AL LF 157 318 13 11 3 .968 .977 2.11 1.77 2.17 2.25 157 1375.0 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.40 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1986 26 TOR AL LF 147 268 17 10 1 .966 .977 1.94 1.77 1.98 2.24 147 1297.3 DH 11 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1987 27 TOR AL LF 149 249 15 11 2 .960 .974 1.77 1.73 1.88 2.11 147 1267.0 AS DH 7 AS 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 AS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 AS 1988 28 TOR AL LF 149 251 8 15 1 .945 .977 1.74 1.85 1.83 2.26 147 1271.0 DH 7 1989 29 TOR AL LF 134 257 4 10 1 .963 .977 1.95 1.83 1.98 2.16 134 1188.7 DH 19 1990 30 TOR AL LF 106 224 3 5 1 .978 .978 2.14 1.74 2.22 2.19 106 922.0 AS DH 36 AS 1991 31 CHC NL LF 146 249 6 10 0 .962 .983 1.75 1.67 1.93 2.18 145 1191.3 AS 1992 32 CHW AL DH 140 LF 15 27 0 1 0 .964 .982 1.80 1.94 1.96 2.29 15 124.0 1993 33 CHW AL DH 102
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 27 TOR AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1984 24 TOR AL 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 1985 25 TOR AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.40 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1986 26 TOR AL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1987 27 TOR AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 1981 21 TOR AL DH 8 1983 23 TOR AL DH 2 1984 24 TOR AL DH 7 1986 26 TOR AL DH 11 1987 27 TOR AL DH 7 1988 28 TOR AL DH 7 1989 29 TOR AL DH 19 1990 30 TOR AL DH 36 1992 32 CHW AL DH 140 1993 33 CHW AL DH 102 1981 21 TOR AL LF 28 62 1 2 1 .969 .978 2.25 1.99 2.83 2.38 23 200.0 1983 23 TOR AL LF 28 51 1 3 0 .945 .977 1.86 1.90 2.31 2.32 26 203.0 1984 24 TOR AL LF 66 124 6 4 0 .970 .982 1.97 1.80 2.10 2.27 63 556.3 1985 25 TOR AL LF 157 318 13 11 3 .968 .977 2.11 1.77 2.17 2.25 157 1375.0 1986 26 TOR AL LF 147 268 17 10 1 .966 .977 1.94 1.77 1.98 2.24 147 1297.3 1987 27 TOR AL LF 149 249 15 11 2 .960 .974 1.77 1.73 1.88 2.11 147 1267.0 1988 28 TOR AL LF 149 251 8 15 1 .945 .977 1.74 1.85 1.83 2.26 147 1271.0 1989 29 TOR AL LF 134 257 4 10 1 .963 .977 1.95 1.83 1.98 2.16 134 1188.7 1990 30 TOR AL LF 106 224 3 5 1 .978 .978 2.14 1.74 2.22 2.19 106 922.0 1991 31 CHC NL LF 146 249 6 10 0 .962 .983 1.75 1.67 1.93 2.18 145 1191.3 1992 32 CHW AL LF 15 27 0 1 0 .964 .982 1.80 1.94 1.96 2.29 15 124.0 1981 21 TOR AL OF 44 92 3 3 2 .969 .983 2.16 2.16 2.61 2.48 37 327.0 1983 23 TOR AL OF 34 61 1 3 0 .954 .981 1.82 2.16 2.28 2.50 32 245.0 1984 24 TOR AL OF 147 289 11 9 1 .971 .983 2.04 2.17 2.12 2.51 144 1274.0 1985 25 TOR AL OF 157 320 13 11 3 .968 .982 2.12 2.10 2.18 2.44 157 1375.0 1986 26 TOR AL OF 147 269 17 10 1 .966 .980 1.95 2.06 1.98 2.39 147 1297.3 1987 27 TOR AL OF 148 248 14 11 1 .960 .980 1.77 2.00 1.86 2.31 147 1267.0 1988 28 TOR AL OF 149 253 8 15 1 .946 .979 1.75 2.14 1.85 2.47 147 1271.0 1989 29 TOR AL OF 134 258 4 10 1 .963 .980 1.96 2.12 1.98 2.42 134 1188.7 1990 30 TOR AL OF 106 226 4 5 1 .979 .981 2.17 2.04 2.25 2.39 106 922.0 1991 31 CHC NL OF 146 249 6 10 0 .962 .983 1.75 1.88 1.93 2.28 145 1191.3 1992 32 CHW AL OF 15 27 0 1 0 .964 .982 1.80 2.17 1.96 2.47 15 124.0 1981 21 TOR AL RF 18 31 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.89 1.75 2.41 2.16 14 127.0 1983 23 TOR AL RF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.85 2.14 2.25 6 42.0 1984 24 TOR AL RF 90 168 3 5 1 .972 .979 1.90 1.88 2.14 2.23 81 717.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1227 2292 81 88 11 .964 .981 1.93 2.07 2.04 2.41 1211 10482.3 1125 0 114# LF*1125 2080 74 82 10 .963 .978 1.91 1.78 2.02 2.21 1110 9595.7 DH 339 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 114 209 6 5 2 .977 .979 1.89 1.86 2.18 2.22 101 886.7 3B* 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.30 2.00 2.75 0 18.0 2B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1236 2294 84 88 11 .964 .981 1.92 2.08 2.04 2.41 1211 10502
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   ALCS  TOR KCR     L   7  28   4   9  3  0  0   1   0   4  .321  .333  .429   0  1   0   1   1 
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   5  20   2   4  0  0  1   2   0   3  .200  .190  .350   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2  12  48   6  13  3  0  1   3   0   7  .271  .275  .396   0  1   0   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1987   TOR AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1990   TOR AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1991   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1987 (LF)
1990 *
1991 *

Awards
1987-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1987-AL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
1985-AL--OF
1986-AL--OF
1987-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1984-AL-19-0.01
1985-AL-8-0.21
1986-AL-4-0.32
1987-AL-1-0.85
1989-AL-4-0.52
1992-AL-20-0.01
Car-96-1.92 shares

Batting Average
1986 AL-.309-9

Slugging %
1986 AL-.532-4
1987 AL-.605-2

OPS
1986 AL-.881-6
1987 AL-.957-5

Games
1984 AL-159-7
1986 AL-159-9

At Bats
1986 AL-641-5
1987 AL-610-9
1988 AL-614-6
1992 AL-627-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1986 AL-690-10

Runs
1986 AL-101-9
1987 AL-111-2
1989 AL-88-6

Hits
1986 AL-198-7
1987 AL-188-6
1989 AL-182-10

Total Bases
1984 AL-302-8
1986 AL-341-3
1987 AL-369-1
1989 AL-281-8

Doubles
1984 AL-39-3
1986 AL-38-6
1989 AL-41-4

Home Runs
1986 AL-31-6
1987 AL-47-2

RBI
1986 AL-108-5
1987 AL-134-1
1988 AL-97-10
1989 AL-104-6
1992 AL-112-4

Adjusted OPS+
1986 AL-133-8
1987 AL-146-7

Runs Created
1986 AL-113-7
1987 AL-125-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1986 AL-28-8
1987 AL-38-7

Batting Wins
1986 AL-2.7-7
1987 AL-3.5-7

Extra-Base Hits
1984 AL-69-4
1986 AL-75-3
1987 AL-83-1
1989 AL-61-6

Offensive Win%
1987 AL-.676-9

Hit By Pitch
1984 AL-8-4
1985 AL-8-6

Sac. Flies
1987 AL-9-5
1988 AL-8-4
1989 AL-14-1
1990 AL-11-3
1991 NL-9-7
1993 AL-9-7
Car-83-68

Intentional Walks
1987 AL-9-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 AL-21-2
1992 AL-29-1

Power/Speed Number
1984 AL-15.5-5
1985 AL-24.0-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1991 NL-9.0-8

At Bats per Home Run
1987 AL-13.0-2

Outs
1988 AL-480-4
1989 AL-466-8
1992 AL-504-2

Salary
1988 AL-$1,900,000-7

         

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 68 (357) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.1 (668) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.0 (349) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 7, 1978: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1980: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

March 30, 1992: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Sammy Sosa and Ken Patterson.

October 13, 1993: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Toronto Blue Jays$335,000
1986Toronto Blue Jays$725,000
1987Toronto Blue Jays$1,175,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$1,900,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$1,900,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$2,000,000
1991Chicago Cubs$2,150,000
1992Chicago White Sox$3,650,000
1993Chicago White Sox$3,650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,485,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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