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Albert Belle

Albert Jojuan Belle (Joey)
Also played as Joey Belle

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

Born: August 25, 1966 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Huntington HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1989 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Orioles 1989-2000
Agents: Terry Belle, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 34)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #270. Tim Salmon… #271. Johnny Evers… #272. Phil Rizzuto… #273. ALBERT BELLE… #274. Heinie Groh… #275. Tommy Henrich… #276. Jack Fournier…

All-Time Rank (among batters): #270. Tim Salmon… #271. Johnny Evers… #272. Phil Rizzuto… #273. ALBERT BELLE… #274. Heinie Groh… #275. Tommy Henrich… #276. Jack Fournier…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1987	20	CLE-min	A	10	45	37	5	12	2	0	3	9	0	1	8	16	.324	.444	.622	1.066		23		0	0	0	0		KIN · CARL
1988	21	CLE-min	A	50	200	181	23	53	17	0	9	41	2	0	19	54	.293	.360	.536	.896		97	4	0	0	0	1		KIN,WLO · CARL,MIDW
1989	22	CLE-min	AA	89	350	312	48	88	20	0	20	69	8	4	32	82	.282	.354	.538	.893		168		4	0	2	5		CAK · EL
1989	22	CLE	AL	62	234	218	22	49	8	4	7	37	2	2	12	55	.225	.269	.394	.664	85	86	4	2	0	2	0	9D7
1990	23	CLE-min	AAA,AA	33	136	128	20	41	4	1	5	22	4	3	8	23	.320	.360	.484	.845		62		0	0	0	1		CSP,CAK · PCL,EL
1990	23	CLE	AL	9	25	23	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.174	.208	.304	.513	43	7	1	0	1	0	0	/D7
1991	24	CLE-min	AAA	16	66	61	9	20	3	2	2	16	1	1	2	8	.328	.348	.541	.889		33	1	1	0	2	0		CSP · PCL
1991	24	CLE	AL	123	496	461	60	130	31	2	28	95	3	1	25	99	.282	.323	.540	.863	134	249	24	5	0	5	2	7D/9
1992	25	CLE	AL	153	651	585	81	152	23	1	34	112	8	2	52	128	.260	.320	.477	.797	123	279	18	4	1	8	5	D7	MVP-23
1993	26	CLE	AL	159	693	594	93	172	36	3	38	*129*	23	12	76	96	.290	.370	.552	.922	145	328	18	8	1	14	13	*7/D	AS,MVP-7,SS
1994	27	CLE	AL	106	480	412	90	147	35	2	36	101	9	6	58	71	.357	.438	.714	1.152	194	294	5	5	1	4	9	*7/D	AS,MVP-3,SS
1995	28	CLE	AL	143	631	546	121	173	52	1	50	126	5	2	73	80	.317	.401	*.690*	1.091	177	*377*	24	6	0	4	5	*7/D	AS,MVP-2,SS
1996	29	CLE	AL	158	715	602	124	187	38	3	48	148	11	0	99	87	.311	.410	.623	1.033	158	375	20	7	0	7	15	*7/D	AS,MVP-3,SS
1997	30	CHW	AL	161	701	634	90	174	45	1	30	116	4	4	53	105	.274	.332	.491	.823	116	311	26	6	0	8	6	*7/D	AS
1998	31	CHW	AL	*163*	706	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	6	4	81	84	.328	.399	.655	1.055	172	399	17	1	0	15	10	*7/D	MVP-8,SS
1999	32	BAL	AL	161	722	610	108	181	36	1	37	117	17	3	101	82	.297	.400	.541	.941	143	330	19	7	0	4	15	*9/D
2000	33	BAL	AL	141	622	559	71	157	37	1	23	103	0	5	52	68	.281	.342	.474	.817	109	265	17	4	0	7	11	*9D
12 Yrs				1539	6676	5853	974	1726	389	21	381	1239	88	41	683	961	.295	.369	.564	.933	144	3300	193	55	4	78	91
162 Game Avg.				162	703	616	103	182	41	2	40	130	9	4	72	101	.295	.369	.564	.933	144	347	20	6	0	8	10

CLE (8 yrs)				913	3925	3441	592	1014	223	16	242	751	61	25	396	622	.295	.369	.580	.949	150	1995	114	37	4	44	49
BAL (2 yrs)				302	1344	1169	179	338	73	2	60	220	17	8	153	150	.289	.374	.509	.882	127	595	36	11	0	11	26
CHW (2 yrs)				324	1407	1243	203	374	93	3	79	268	10	8	134	189	.301	.366	.571	.937	144	710	43	7	0	23	16

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1989	22	CLE	AL	62	234	-5	-1	0	2	-4	-9	-0.8	7	-1	-0.2	.485	.494	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$68,000	9D7
1990	23	CLE	AL	9	25	-0	-0	-0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$117,000	/D7
1991	24	CLE	AL	123	496	20	-1	-4	-1	-7	6	0.8	17	22	2.3	.505	.504	2.4	-0.8	23	$130,000	7D/9
1992	25	CLE	AL	153	651	13	1	-2	-5	-12	-5	-0.3	22	17	1.6	.496	.497	2.3	-1.8	22	$175,000	D7	MVP-23
1993	26	CLE	AL	159	693	32	-0	-2	1	-8	22	2.3	23	45	4.4	.514	.513	4.4	-0.7	44	$1,675,000	*7/D	AS,MVP-7,SS
1994	27	CLE	AL	106	480	59	1	-0	-10	-5	45	4.1	15	60	5.5	.538	.525	6.5	-1.4	71	$2,775,000	*7/D	AS,MVP-3,SS
1995	28	CLE	AL	143	631	59	3	-4	-1	-7	50	4.8	20	70	6.6	.533	.529	6.8	-0.6	71	$4,500,000	*7/D	AS,MVP-2,SS
1996	29	CLE	AL	158	715	57	0	-2	-15	-8	32	3.3	23	56	5.4	.518	.518	6.6	-1.8	71	$5,700,000	*7/D	AS,MVP-3,SS
1997	30	CHW	AL	161	701	9	-2	-4	-8	-8	-12	-0.9	23	11	1.2	.493	.493	1.9	-1.4	18	$10,000,000	*7/D	AS
1998	31	CHW	AL	163	706	60	-1	-1	-3	-8	47	4.6	23	70	6.7	.527	.527	7.0	-0.9	73	$10,000,000	*7/D	MVP-8,SS
1999	32	BAL	AL	161	722	38	0	-3	-18	-8	9	1.0	24	32	3.1	.505	.505	4.8	-2.3	50	$11,949,794	*9/D
2000	33	BAL	AL	141	622	3	-4	-3	-5	-8	-18	-1.5	21	2	0.4	.488	.490	0.8	-1.1	8	$12,868,670	*9D
12 Seasons				1539	6676	343	-5	-26	-63	-83	166	17.2	219	384	36.9	.510	.508	43.1	-12.9	447	$59,958,464

CLE (8 yrs)				913	3925	234	2	-15	-29	-52	140	14.0	128	269	25.5	.514	.510	28.6	-7.2	298	$15,140,000
BAL (2 yrs)				302	1344	40	-4	-6	-23	-16	-9	-0.5	44	35	3.5	.497	.497	5.6	-3.4	58	$24,818,464
CHW (2 yrs)				324	1407	68	-3	-5	-10	-16	35	3.7	46	81	7.9	.510	.510	8.9	-2.2	91	$20,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	IBB
1995	28	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	3	15	11	3	3	1	1	3	0	0	4	3	.273	.467	.636	1.103	7	0	2
1995	28	CLE	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	5	22	18	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	5	.222	.364	.444	.808	8	1	0
1995	28	CLE	AL	WS	ATL	L	6	24	17	4	4	0	2	4	0	1	7	5	.235	.458	.588	1.047	10	0	2
1996	29	CLE	AL	ALDS	BAL	L	4	18	15	2	3	0	2	6	1	0	3	2	.200	.333	.600	.933	9	0	1
2 Yrs (4 Series)							18	79	61	10	14	2	6	14	1	1	17	15	.230	.405	.557	.962	34	1	5
2 ALDS							7	33	26	5	6	1	3	9	1	0	7	5	.231	.394	.615	1.009	16	0	3
1 ALCS							5	22	18	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	5	.222	.364	.444	.808	8	1	0
1 WS							6	24	17	4	4	0	2	4	0	1	7	5	.235	.458	.588	1.047	10	0	2

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1989	CLE	AL	22	OF	44	42	34	363.0	97	92	3	2	1	.979	2	6	2.36	2.16	.980	2.42	2.39
1989	CLE	AL	22	RF	31	29	27	258.2	74	70	3	1	1	.986	5	21	2.54	2.35	.979	2.33	2.30
1989	CLE	AL	22	DH	18	17
1989	CLE	AL	22	LF	15	13	7	104.1	23	21	1	1	0	.957	-3	-33	1.90	1.47	.977	2.16	2.14
1990	CLE	AL	23	DH	6	6
1990	CLE	AL	23	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
1990	CLE	AL	23	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.40
1991	CLE	AL	24	OF	89	88	60	736.2	187	170	8	9	1	.952	-1	-1	2.17	2.00	.983	2.37	2.37
1991	CLE	AL	24	LF	88	87	59	726.2	185	168	8	9	1	.951	-0	-1	2.18	2.00	.978	2.17	2.16
1991	CLE	AL	24	DH	32	31
1991	CLE	AL	24	RF	2	1	1	10.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	1.80	1.00	.980	2.16	2.20
1992	CLE	AL	25	DH	100	100																MVP-23
1992	CLE	AL	25	LF	52	52	32	423.2	98	94	1	3	0	.969	-5	-15	2.02	1.83	.981	2.29	2.28	MVP-23
1992	CLE	AL	25	OF	52	52	32	423.2	98	94	1	3	0	.969	-5	-15	2.02	1.83	.983	2.47	2.46	MVP-23
1993	CLE	AL	26	LF	150	149	145	1324.2	357	336	16	5	7	.986	1	1	2.39	2.35	.984	2.23	2.21	AS,MVP-7,SS
1993	CLE	AL	26	OF	150	149	145	1324.2	359	338	16	5	7	.986	1	1	2.41	2.36	.983	2.41	2.39	AS,MVP-7,SS
1993	CLE	AL	26	DH	9	9																AS,MVP-7,SS
1994	CLE	AL	27	LF	104	104	100	933.2	220	206	8	6	1	.973	-10	-13	2.06	2.06	.978	2.16	2.14	AS,MVP-3,SS
1994	CLE	AL	27	OF	104	104	100	933.2	219	205	8	6	1	.973	-10	-13	2.05	2.05	.982	2.37	2.35	AS,MVP-3,SS
1994	CLE	AL	27	DH	2	2																AS,MVP-3,SS
1995	CLE	AL	28	LF	142	142	133	1265.0	317	304	7	6	1	.981	-1	-1	2.21	2.19	.982	2.22	2.19	AS,MVP-2,SS
1995	CLE	AL	28	OF	142	142	133	1265.0	317	304	7	6	1	.981	-1	-1	2.21	2.19	.983	2.33	2.31	AS,MVP-2,SS
1995	CLE	AL	28	DH	1	1																AS,MVP-2,SS
1996	CLE	AL	29	LF	152	152	137	1343.0	330	310	10	10	0	.970	-15	-13	2.14	2.11	.979	2.18	2.17	AS,MVP-3,SS
1996	CLE	AL	29	OF	152	152	137	1343.0	330	309	11	10	0	.970	-15	-13	2.14	2.11	.983	2.38	2.36	AS,MVP-3,SS
1996	CLE	AL	29	DH	6	6																AS,MVP-3,SS
1997	CHW	AL	30	LF	154	154	136	1333.0	363	352	1	10	0	.972	-8	-7	2.38	2.29	.979	2.07	2.05	AS
1997	CHW	AL	30	OF	154	154	136	1333.0	362	351	1	10	0	.972	-8	-7	2.38	2.29	.982	2.32	2.30	AS
1997	CHW	AL	30	DH	7	7																AS
1998	CHW	AL	31	LF	159	159	136	1366.0	335	316	11	8	3	.976	-3	-2	2.15	2.06	.985	2.10	2.08	MVP-8,SS
1998	CHW	AL	31	OF	159	159	136	1366.0	335	316	11	8	3	.976	-3	-2	2.15	2.06	.985	2.31	2.29	MVP-8,SS
1998	CHW	AL	31	DH	4	4																MVP-8,SS
1999	BAL	AL	32	OF	154	154	136	1340.0	273	252	17	4	2	.985	-18	-16	1.81	1.75	.984	2.30	2.27
1999	BAL	AL	32	RF	154	154	136	1340.0	273	252	17	4	2	.985	-18	-16	1.81	1.75	.982	2.11	2.08
1999	BAL	AL	32	DH	7	7
2000	BAL	AL	33	OF	110	110	90	953.1	222	211	8	3	2	.986	-5	-7	2.07	1.99	.985	2.36	2.33
2000	BAL	AL	33	RF	110	110	90	953.1	223	212	8	3	2	.987	-5	-7	2.08	2.00	.983	2.17	2.14
2000	BAL	AL	33	DH	31	31
	12 Seasons			OF	1311	1306	1139	11384.0	2799	2642	91	66	18	.976	-63	-7	2.16	2.08	.983	2.35	2.33
	10 Seasons			LF	1017	1012	885	8822.0	2228	2107	63	58	13	.974	-44	-6	2.21	2.13	.981	2.17	2.15
	4 Seasons			RF	297	294	254	2562.0	572	536	28	8	5	.986	-19	-9	1.98	1.90	.982	2.16	2.13
	12 Seasons			TOT	1311	1306	1139	11384.0	2799	2642	91	66	18	.976	-63	-7	2.16	2.08	.983	2.35	2.33
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2006 BBWAA ( 7.7%) 2007 BBWAA ( 3.5%)	All-Star Games 1993 * 1994 * 1995 (LF) 1996 (LF) 1997	Awards (yr lg award) 1995 ML Major League Player of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1992 AL (23, 0%) 1993 AL (7, 21%) 1994 AL (3, 56%) 1995 AL (2, 77%) 1996 AL (3, 57%) 1998 AL (8, 25%) 2.38 Career Shares (67th)
Silver Sluggers 1993 AL (OF) 1994 AL (OF) 1995 AL (OF) 1996 AL (OF) 1998 AL (OF) All multiple winners	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1994 AL 5.5 (6th) 1995 AL 6.6 (4th) 1998 AL 6.7 (8th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1994 AL 5.5 (4th) 1995 AL 6.6 (3rd) 1996 AL 5.4 (9th) 1998 AL 6.7 (4th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1994 AL 6.5 (2nd) 1995 AL 6.8 (3rd) 1996 AL 6.6 (5th) 1998 AL 7.0 (3rd) Career 43.1 (203rd)
Batting Average s c a p y 1994 AL .357 (2nd) 1995 AL .317 (8th) 1998 AL .328 (3rd)	On-Base% s c a p y 1994 AL .438 (3rd) 1998 AL .399 (7th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1991 AL .540 (5th) 1993 AL .552 (7th) 1994 AL .714 (2nd) 1995 AL .690 (1st) 1996 AL .623 (7th) 1998 AL .655 (1st)** Career .564 (14th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1993 AL .922 (7th) 1994 AL 1.152 (2nd) 1995 AL 1.091 (2nd) 1996 AL 1.033 (7th) 1998 AL 1.055 (1st) Career .933 (33rd)
Games Played s c a p y 1993 AL 159 (4th) 1995 AL 143 (8th) 1996 AL 158 (8th) 1997 AL 161 (3rd) 1998 AL 163 (1st) 1999 AL 161 (2nd)	At Bats s c a p y 1997 AL 634 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1993 AL 693 (5th) 1996 AL 715 (6th) 1997 AL 701 (7th) 1998 AL 706 (8th) 1999 AL 722 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1994 AL 90 (5th) 1995 AL 121 (1st) 1996 AL 124 (6th) 1998 AL 113 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1994 AL 147 (3rd) 1995 AL 173 (7th) 1996 AL 187 (8th) 1998 AL 200 (4th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1993 AL 328 (6th) 1994 AL 294 (1st) 1995 AL 377 (1st) 1996 AL 375 (2nd) 1997 AL 311 (7th) 1998 AL 399 (1st) 1999 AL 330 (9th) Career 3,300 (203rd)	Doubles s c a p y 1994 AL 35 (2nd) 1995 AL 52 (1st) 1997 AL 45 (3rd) 1998 AL 48 (2nd) Career 389 (197th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1991 AL 28 (9th) 1992 AL 34 (4th) 1993 AL 38 (4th) 1994 AL 36 (3rd) 1995 AL 50 (1st) 1996 AL 48 (4th) 1998 AL 49 (2nd) 1999 AL 37 (10th) Career 381 (63rd)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1992 AL 112 (4th) 1993 AL 129 (1st) 1994 AL 101 (3rd) 1995 AL 126 (1st) 1996 AL 148 (1st) 1997 AL 116 (8th) 1998 AL 152 (2nd) 1999 AL 117 (10th) Career 1,239 (132nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1996 AL 99 (7th) 1999 AL 101 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1992 AL 128 (9th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1993 AL 145 (8th) 1994 AL 194 (2nd) 1995 AL 177 (3rd) 1996 AL 158 (6th) 1998 AL 172 (1st) 1999 AL 143 (10th) Career 144 (55th)
Runs Created s c a p y 1993 AL 119 (8th) 1994 AL 131 (2nd) 1995 AL 144 (2nd) 1996 AL 156 (3rd) 1998 AL 158 (1st) 1999 AL 135 (10th) Career 1,206 (191st)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1993 AL 39 (9th) 1994 AL 59 (2nd) 1995 AL 62 (3rd) 1996 AL 56 (6th) 1998 AL 67 (1st) 1999 AL 43 (8th) Career 376 (83rd)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1993 AL 3.7 (9th) 1994 AL 5.3 (2nd) 1995 AL 5.6 (3rd) 1996 AL 4.9 (6th) 1998 AL 6.1 (1st) 1999 AL 3.9 (8th) Career 34.2 (98th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1993 AL 77 (5th) 1994 AL 73 (1st) 1995 AL 103 (1st) 1996 AL 89 (3rd) 1997 AL 76 (4th) 1998 AL 99 (1st) 1999 AL 74 (8th) Career 791 (116th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1993 AL 256 (10th) 1994 AL 210 (5th) 1995 AL 252 (7th) 1996 AL 293 (5th) 1998 AL 282 (3rd) 1999 AL 289 (4th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1994 AL .825 (2nd) 1995 AL .751 (5th) 1996 AL .723 (8th) 1998 AL .750 (1st) Career .656 (182nd)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1993 AL 14 (1st) 1998 AL 15 (1st) Career 78 (96th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1996 AL 15 (4th) 1998 AL 10 (5th) 1999 AL 15 (3rd) 2000 AL 11 (5th) Career 91 (144th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1991 AL 24 (2nd) 1992 AL 18 (9th) 1993 AL 18 (6th) 1995 AL 24 (2nd) 1996 AL 20 (6th) 1997 AL 26 (1st) 1999 AL 19 (9th) Career 193 (109th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1993 AL 12 (10th)	SB % s c a p y 1999 AL 85.00 (4th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1993 AL 28.7 (2nd) 1994 AL 14.4 (9th) 1996 AL 17.9 (9th) 1999 AL 23.3 (9th) Career 143.0 (207th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1991 AL 16.5 (6th)** 1992 AL 17.2 (8th) 1993 AL 15.6 (5th) 1994 AL 11.4 (3rd) 1995 AL 10.9 (2nd) 1996 AL 12.5 (5th) 1998 AL 12.4 (2nd) Career 15.4 (21st)	Outs Made s c a p y 1993 AL 467 (8th) 1997 AL 498 (5th)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1994 AL 54.75 (2nd) 1995 AL 45.27 (5th) 1996 AL 65.10 (3rd) 1998 AL 60.76 (1st) Career 334.46 (91st)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1993 AL 5.2 (4th) 1994 AL 4.4 (2nd) 1995 AL 4.1 (5th) 1996 AL 4.5 (3rd) 1998 AL 4.5 (2nd) 1999 AL 3.1 (10th) Career 26.6 (121st)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1993 AL 4.2 (8th) 1994 AL 5.3 (2nd) 1995 AL 5.1 (4th) 1996 AL 4.8 (6th) 1998 AL 6.2 (1st) Career 30.5 (95th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1994 AL 4.9 (2nd) 1995 AL 4.1 (5th) 1996 AL 5.7 (2nd) 1998 AL 5.6 (1st) Career 30.7 (105th)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1993 AL 150 (1st) 1994 AL 104 (2nd) 1995 AL 142 (1st) 1996 AL 152 (1st) 1997 AL 154 (1st) 1998 AL 159 (1st) Career 1,017 (60th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1993 AL 336 (1st) 1994 AL 206 (3rd) 1995 AL 304 (2nd) 1996 AL 310 (3rd) 1997 AL 352 (1st) 1998 AL 316 (1st) Career 2,107 (44th)
Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1991 AL 8 (5th) 1993 AL 16 (1st) 1994 AL 8 (5th) 1995 AL 7 (5th) 1996 AL 10 (2nd) 1998 AL 11 (2nd) Career 63 (74th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1991 AL 9 (1st) 1993 AL 5 (2nd) 1994 AL 6 (3rd) 1995 AL 6 (2nd) 1996 AL 10 (1st) 1997 AL 10 (2nd) 1998 AL 8 (1st) Career 58 (40th)	Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1991 AL 1 (5th) 1993 AL 7 (1st) 1994 AL 1 (5th) 1995 AL 1 (4th) 1998 AL 3 (1st) Career 13 (53rd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1999 AL 154 (2nd)
Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1999 AL 17 (1st) 2000 AL 8 (5th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1993 AL 150 (4th) 1995 AL 142 (3rd) 1996 AL 152 (2nd) 1997 AL 154 (2nd) 1998 AL 159 (1st) 1999 AL 154 (5th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1993 AL 16 (2nd) 1999 AL 17 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1991 AL 9 (1st) 1995 AL 6 (4th) 1996 AL 10 (2nd) 1997 AL 10 (3rd) 1998 AL 8 (1st)
Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y 1993 AL 7 (1st) 1998 AL 3 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1993 AL 2.39 (2nd) 1995 AL 2.21 (4th) 1997 AL 2.38 (1st) Career 2.21 (20th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1991 AL 2.00 (5th) 1993 AL 2.35 (1st) 1995 AL 2.19 (3rd) 1996 AL 2.11 (5th) 1997 AL 2.29 (1st) 1998 AL 2.06 (3rd) Career 2.13 (43rd)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1995 AL .981 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2000 AL 2.00 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1999 AL .985 (4th) 2000 AL .987 (5th)	Salary s c a p y 1997 AL $10,000,000 (1st) 1998 AL $10,000,000 (1st) 1999 AL $11,949,794 (1st) 2000 AL $12,868,670 (1st) 2001 AL $12,049,040 (8th) 2002 AL $12,368,790 (6th) 2003 AL $13,000,000 (6th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 28 (65), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 137 (122), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 135 (99), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 36 (203), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Left Field (35th), 36.9 career WAR/34.0 7yr-peak WAR/35.4 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

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Willie Stargell (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Stargell (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Richie Sexson (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Richie Sexson (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Delgado (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Delgado (916) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lance Berkman (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Thome (908) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lance Berkman (900) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Delgado (913) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1987.
October 28, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 19, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 27, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1989	22	Cleveland Indians	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	23	Cleveland Indians	$117,000	USA Today
1991	24	Cleveland Indians	$130,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1992	25	Cleveland Indians	$175,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1993	26	Cleveland Indians	$1,675,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl. $100,000 signing bonus, $75K earned bonus
1994	27	Cleveland Indians	$2,775,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl. $100,000 signing bonus, $175K earned bonus
1995	28	Cleveland Indians	$4,500,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl. $100,000 signing bonus, $200K earned bonus
1996	29	Cleveland Indians	$5,700,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $200,000 earned bonus
1997	30	Chicago White Sox	$10,000,000	1997 AP survey
1998	31	Chicago White Sox	$10,000,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	32	Baltimore Orioles	$11,949,794	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	33	Baltimore Orioles	$12,868,670	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	34	Baltimore Orioles	$12,049,040	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2002	35	Baltimore Orioles	$12,368,790	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2003	36	Baltimore Orioles	$13,000,000*

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$97,376,294

Disputed Salaries
*2003 - $12,448,894 - 4/3/03 AP -

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
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Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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