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George Bell

George Antonio (Mathey) Bell (Liberty)

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

Born: October 21, 1959 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/WhiteSox/Cubs 1981-1993
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1993
Relatives: Brother of Juan Bell
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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
1981 TOR AL 21 OF 44 37 30 327.0 98 92 3 3 2 .969 4 14 2.61 2.16 .983 2.48 2.47 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 LF 28 23 19 200.0 65 62 1 2 1 .969 3 18 2.84 2.25 .979 2.38 2.38 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 RF 18 14 11 127.0 34 31 3 0 1 1.000 1 7 2.41 1.89 .980 2.16 2.15 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 DH 9 5 RoY-8
1983 TOR AL 23 OF 34 32 14 245.0 65 61 1 3 0 .954 2 8 2.28 1.82 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 TOR AL 23 LF 28 26 11 203.0 55 51 1 3 0 .945 1 7 2.31 1.86 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 TOR AL 23 RF 6 6 3 42.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.14 1.67 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 TOR AL 23 DH 2 2
1984 TOR AL 24 OF 147 144 122 1274.0 309 289 11 9 1 .971 -1 -1 2.12 2.04 .983 2.51 2.49 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 RF 90 81 72 717.2 176 168 3 5 1 .972 -1 -2 2.14 1.90 .979 2.23 2.21 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 LF 66 63 50 556.1 134 124 6 4 0 .970 -0 -0 2.10 1.97 .982 2.27 2.26 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 DH 7 6 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 3B 3 0 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 0.67 .950 2.70 2.73 MVP-19
1985 TOR AL 25 LF 157 157 140 1375.0 342 318 13 11 3 .968 4 4 2.17 2.11 .977 2.25 2.23 MVP-8,SS
1985 TOR AL 25 OF 157 157 140 1375.0 344 320 13 11 3 .968 4 4 2.18 2.12 .982 2.44 2.42 MVP-8,SS
1985 TOR AL 25 3B 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 3.00 0.50 .950 3.00 2.80 MVP-8,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 LF 147 147 133 1297.1 295 268 17 10 1 .966 -8 -8 1.98 1.94 .977 2.24 2.22 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 OF 147 147 133 1297.1 296 269 17 10 1 .966 -8 -8 1.98 1.95 .980 2.39 2.37 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 DH 11 11 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 3B 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70 MVP-4,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 LF 149 147 123 1267.0 275 249 15 11 2 .960 1 1 1.88 1.77 .974 2.11 2.08 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 OF 148 147 123 1267.0 273 248 14 11 1 .960 1 1 1.86 1.77 .980 2.31 2.29 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 DH 7 7 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 4.95 5.10 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 3B 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 AS,MVP-1,SS
1988 TOR AL 28 LF 149 147 119 1271.0 274 251 8 15 1 .945 -11 -11 1.83 1.74 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 TOR AL 28 OF 149 147 119 1271.0 276 253 8 15 1 .946 -11 -11 1.85 1.75 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 TOR AL 28 DH 7 7
1989 TOR AL 29 LF 134 134 117 1188.2 271 257 4 10 1 .963 -2 -2 1.98 1.95 .977 2.16 2.14 MVP-4
1989 TOR AL 29 OF 134 134 117 1188.2 272 258 4 10 1 .963 -2 -2 1.98 1.96 .980 2.42 2.39 MVP-4
1989 TOR AL 29 DH 19 19 MVP-4
1990 TOR AL 30 LF 106 106 95 922.0 232 224 3 5 1 .978 3 4 2.22 2.14 .978 2.19 2.16 AS
1990 TOR AL 30 OF 106 106 95 922.0 235 226 4 5 1 .979 3 4 2.25 2.17 .981 2.39 2.36 AS
1990 TOR AL 30 DH 36 36 AS
1991 CHC NL 31 LF 146 145 81 1191.1 265 249 6 10 0 .962 -4 -5 1.93 1.75 .983 2.18 2.17 AS
1991 CHC NL 31 OF 146 145 81 1191.1 265 249 6 10 0 .962 -4 -5 1.93 1.75 .983 2.28 2.27 AS
1992 CHW AL 32 DH 140 140 MVP-20
1992 CHW AL 32 LF 15 15 11 124.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0 -4 1.96 1.80 .981 2.29 2.28 MVP-20
1992 CHW AL 32 OF 15 15 11 124.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0 -4 1.96 1.80 .983 2.47 2.46 MVP-20
1993 CHW AL 33 DH 102 102
11 Seasons OF 1227 1211 985 10482.1 2461 2292 81 88 11 .964 -14 -2 2.04 1.93 .981 2.41 2.39
11 Seasons LF 1125 1110 899 9595.2 2236 2080 74 82 10 .963 -15 -2 2.02 1.91 .978 2.21 2.19
3 Seasons RF 114 101 86 886.2 220 209 6 5 2 .977 0 1 2.18 1.89 .979 2.22 2.20
4 Seasons 3B 8 0 0 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 0.50 .950 2.75 2.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 4.95 5.10
12 Seasons TOT 1236 1211 985 10502.1 2466 2294 84 88 11 .964 -14 -2 2.04 1.92 .981 2.41 2.39
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.
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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1981 TOR AL 21 LF 3 18 2 1 1 1
1981 TOR AL 21 RF 1 7 1 1 0 0
1983 TOR AL 23 LF 1 7 0 1 -1 1
1983 TOR AL 23 RF 1 17 -0 0 -0 1
1984 TOR AL 24 RF -1 -2 -3 -3 -0 2
1984 TOR AL 24 LF -0 -0 -0 -0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 24 3B 0 40 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 25 LF 4 4 4 5 -1 0
1985 TOR AL 25 3B 0 120 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 26 LF -8 -8 -11 -9 -2 3
1986 TOR AL 26 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 27 LF 1 1 -2 -0 -2 3
1987 TOR AL 27 2B 0 180 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 27 3B -0 -90 -0 -0 0
1988 TOR AL 28 LF -11 -11 -9 -4 -5 -2
1989 TOR AL 29 LF -2 -2 -3 3 -7 1
1990 TOR AL 30 LF 3 4 5 4 1 -2
1991 CHC NL 31 LF -4 -5 -0 2 -2 -4
1992 CHW AL 32 LF -0 -4 -0 -1 0 0
11 Seasons LF -15 -2 -16 2 -18 1
3 Seasons RF 0 1 -3 -2 -0 3
4 Seasons 3B 0 13 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2B 0 180 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT -14 -2 -18 -0 -18 0 4
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 TOR AL 21 60 42 60 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 18 46 9 6 8
1983 TOR AL 23 39 34 39 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 6 34 2 3 1
1984 TOR AL 24 159 150 159 147 0 0 0 0 3 0 66 0 90 156 7 8 0
1985 TOR AL 25 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 2 0 157 0 0 157 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 26 159 158 159 147 0 0 0 0 2 0 147 0 0 147 11 1 0
1987 TOR AL 27 156 154 156 149 0 0 0 1 1 0 149 0 0 149 7 2 0
1988 TOR AL 28 156 154 156 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 7 2 0
1989 TOR AL 29 153 153 153 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 134 19 0 0
1990 TOR AL 30 142 142 142 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 106 36 0 0
1991 CHC NL 31 149 145 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 146 0 4 0
1992 CHW AL 32 155 155 155 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 140 0 0
1993 CHW AL 33 102 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0
12 Seasons 1587 1546 1587 1229 0 0 0 1 8 0 1125 0 114 1239 340 26 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 TOR AL 21 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14 11 0 11 3 0 6 4 0 5 3 0 5 4 1 41 25 61.0% 15 1 2.4% 0 868 54% 84% 31% 124 48%
1983 TOR AL 23 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 13 0 4 1 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 29 23 79.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 855 49% 83% 30% 102 52%
1984 TOR AL 24 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 9 8 0 18 11 61.1% 7 0 0.0% 6 2300 53% 80% 30% 129 96%
1985 TOR AL 25 11 0 10 1 4 13 0 4 0 4 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 14 5 0 29 26 0 50 33 66.0% 16 1 2.0% 12 5695 54% 81% 28% 334 96%
1986 TOR AL 26 10 0 9 1 3 17 0 5 5 5 68 55 3 43 9 3 28 16 0 18 5 1 29 27 0 186 112 60.2% 67 7 3.8% 10 5532 57% 79% 33% 561 50%
1987 TOR AL 27 11 0 7 4 1 15 0 8 2 5 44 31 0 31 10 2 24 18 1 16 6 1 25 23 1 140 88 62.9% 47 5 3.6% 10 5315 61% 77% 28% 500 51%
1988 TOR AL 28 15 0 14 1 3 8 0 2 1 5 70 52 1 35 10 4 28 16 0 13 6 1 29 25 0 175 109 62.3% 60 6 3.4% 2 5408 64% 80% 39% 603 43%
1989 TOR AL 29 10 0 8 2 3 4 0 1 1 2 62 52 0 40 16 2 30 21 0 19 2 0 19 18 1 170 109 64.1% 59 3 1.8% 1 4981 69% 82% 41% 607 43%
1990 TOR AL 30 5 0 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 62 47 0 33 9 0 23 16 0 9 2 0 19 17 1 146 91 62.3% 54 1 0.7% 2 3883 64% 81% 42% 483 47%
1991 CHC NL 31 10 0 10 0 3 6 0 3 1 2 34 22 0 25 7 1 16 10 0 14 3 0 29 26 0 118 68 57.6% 49 1 0.8% 5 5068 48% 81% 39% 435 58%
1992 CHW AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 503 61% 85% 43% 41 66%
11 Seasons 82 0 72 10 20 74 0 31 10 25 376 288 4 227 66 13 162 106 1 116 35 3 198 179 4 1079 674 62.5% 381 25 2.3% 49 40408 59% 80% 35% 3919 54%
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.8% 59% 81% 34% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 17 5 29.4% 9 3 17.6% 0 536 55% 85% 31% 61 54%
1983 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 204 48% 87% 23% 19 53%
1984 TOR AL 24 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 11 2 1 10 9 0 30 14 46.7% 12 4 13.3% -1 3129 48% 79% 27% 181 94%
3 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 6 0 1 0 3 9 4 1 12 4 3 4 1 1 13 3 1 16 13 1 54 25 46.3% 22 7 13.0% -1 3869 49% 81% 28% 261 82%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.8% 59% 81% 34% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 TOR AL 24 24 71% 92% 54% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 25 13 62% 62% 15% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 26 19 11% 68% 37% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 27 19 42% 74% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 75 47% 76% 35% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 81% 30% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 TOR AL 27 8 100% 88% 63% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 100% 88% 63% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 81% 30% 92%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

All-Star Games
1987 (LF)
1990 *
1991 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1987 ML Major League Player of the Year
1987 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (19, 1%)
1985 AL (8, 21%)
1986 AL (4, 32%)
1987 AL (1, 85%)
1989 AL (4, 52%)
1992 AL (20, 1%)
1 MVP
1.92 Career Shares (100th)

Silver Sluggers
1985 AL (OF)
1986 AL (OF)
1987 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  157 (1st)
1986 AL  147 (2nd)
1987 AL  149 (2nd)
1988 AL  149 (1st)
1989 AL  134 (5th)
1991 NL  146 (2nd)
Career  1,125 (44th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  318 (1st)
1986 AL  268 (2nd)
1987 AL  249 (5th)
1988 AL  251 (5th)
1989 AL  257 (4th)
1991 NL  249 (4th)
Career  2,080 (44th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  13 (1st)
1986 AL  17 (1st)
1987 AL  15 (1st)
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1991 NL  6 (4th)
Career  74 (46th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  11 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (1st)
1987 AL  11 (2nd)
1988 AL  15 (1st)
1989 AL  10 (1st)
1991 NL  10 (1st)
Career  82 (15th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  157 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  13 (5th)
1986 AL  17 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1984 AL  9 (5th)
1985 AL  11 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (4th)
1987 AL  11 (3rd)
1988 AL  15 (2nd)
1989 AL  10 (1st)
1991 NL  10 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Career  2.02 (56th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 AL  2.11 (3rd)
1986 AL  1.94 (5th)
1990 AL  2.14 (3rd)
Career  1.91 (95th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1990 AL  .978 (5th)

Salary s c a p y
1988 AL  $1,900,000 (8th)

                                         

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