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George Bell

George Antonio (Mathey) Bell (Liberty)

All-Star Player

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

Born: October 21, 1959 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981
Final Game: October 2, 1993
Relatives: Brother of Juan Bell
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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
1981 21 TOR AL 60 168 163 19 38 2 1 5 12 3 2 5 27 .233 .256 .350 .606 69 57 1 0 0 0 1 79/D RoY-8
1983 23 TOR AL 39 118 112 5 30 5 4 2 17 1 1 4 17 .268 .305 .438 .743 97 49 4 2 0 0 1 7/9D
1984 24 TOR AL 159 641 606 85 177 39 4 26 87 11 2 24 86 .292 .326 .498 .824 121 302 14 8 0 3 2 *97/D5 MVP-19
1985 25 TOR AL 157 666 607 87 167 28 6 28 95 21 6 43 90 .275 .327 .479 .807 115 291 8 8 0 8 6 *7/5 MVP-8,SS
1986 26 TOR AL 159 690 641 101 198 38 6 31 108 7 8 41 62 .309 .349 .532 .881 133 341 15 2 0 6 3 *7D/5 MVP-4,SS
1987 27 TOR AL 156 665 610 111 188 32 4 47 134 5 1 39 75 .308 .352 .605 .957 146 369 17 7 0 9 9 *7/D45 AS,MVP-1,SS
1988 28 TOR AL 156 657 614 78 165 27 5 24 97 4 2 34 66 .269 .304 .446 .751 108 274 21 1 0 8 5 *7/D
1989 29 TOR AL 153 664 613 88 182 41 2 18 104 4 3 33 60 .297 .330 .458 .788 127 281 18 4 0 14 3 *7D MVP-4
1990 30 TOR AL 142 608 562 67 149 25 0 21 86 3 2 32 80 .265 .303 .422 .724 96 237 14 3 0 11 7 7D AS
1991 31 CHC NL 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6 *7 AS
1992 32 CHW AL 155 670 627 74 160 27 0 25 112 5 2 31 97 .255 .294 .418 .712 99 262 29 6 0 6 8 *D7 MVP-20
1993 33 CHW AL 102 436 410 36 89 17 2 13 64 1 1 13 49 .217 .243 .363 .607 63 149 14 4 0 9 2 D
12 Seasons 1587 6586 6123 814 1702 308 34 265 1002 67 36 331 771 .278 .316 .469 .785 113 2873 165 49 0 83 53
162 Game Avg. 162 672 625 83 174 31 3 27 102 7 4 34 79 .278 .316 .469 .785 113 293 17 5 0 8 5
TOR (9 yrs) 1181 4877 4528 641 1294 237 32 202 740 59 27 255 563 .286 .325 .486 .811 119 2201 112 35 0 59 37
CHW (2 yrs) 257 1106 1037 110 249 44 2 38 176 6 3 44 146 .240 .274 .396 .670 84 411 43 10 0 15 10
CHC (1 yr) 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6
AL (11 yrs) 1438 5983 5565 751 1543 281 34 240 916 65 30 299 709 .277 .315 .469 .785 113 2612 155 45 0 74 47
NL (1 yr) 149 603 558 63 159 27 0 25 86 2 6 32 62 .285 .323 .468 .791 117 261 10 4 0 9 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 25 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 7 30 28 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .321 .333 .429 .762 12 0 1 0 1 0
1989 29 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 5 21 20 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .190 .350 .540 7 1 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 51 48 6 13 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 .271 .275 .396 .670 19 1 1 0 2 0
2 ALCS 12 51 48 6 13 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 .271 .275 .396 .670 19 1 1 0 2 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 TOR AL 21 OF 44 37 327.0 98 92 3 3 2 .969 3.7 13.6 2.7 1.1 1.6 1 2.61 2.16 .984 2.48 2.16 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 LF 28 23 200.0 65 62 1 2 1 .969 3.0 18.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1 2.84 2.25 .978 2.38 1.99 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 RF 18 14 127.0 34 31 3 0 1 1.000 0.7 6.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.41 1.89 .979 2.16 1.75 RoY-8
1981 TOR AL 21 DH 8 RoY-8
1983 TOR AL 23 OF 34 32 245.0 65 61 1 3 0 .954 1.7 8.3 -0.3 -1.6 1.4 2 2.28 1.82 .982 2.50 2.16
1983 TOR AL 23 LF 28 26 203.0 55 51 1 3 0 .945 1.1 6.5 0.1 -1.2 1.4 1 2.31 1.86 .978 2.32 1.90
1983 TOR AL 23 RF 6 6 42.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 17.1 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 1 2.14 1.67 .980 2.25 1.85
1983 TOR AL 23 DH 2
1984 TOR AL 24 OF 147 144 1274.0 309 289 11 9 1 .971 -1.1 -1.0 -3.1 0.1 -3.2 2 2.12 2.04 .983 2.51 2.17 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 RF 90 81 717.2 176 168 3 5 1 .972 -0.9 -1.5 -2.9 -0.1 -2.8 2 2.14 1.90 .979 2.23 1.88 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 LF 66 63 556.1 134 124 6 4 0 .970 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 2.10 1.97 .982 2.27 1.80 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 DH 7 MVP-19
1984 TOR AL 24 3B 3 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 0.67 .950 2.70 2.20 MVP-19
1985 TOR AL 25 LF 157 157 1375.0 342 318 13 11 3 .968 4.1 3.6 4.1 -0.6 4.7 0 2.17 2.11 .977 2.25 1.77 MVP-8,SS
1985 TOR AL 25 OF 157 157 1375.0 344 320 13 11 3 .968 4.1 3.6 4.1 -0.6 4.7 0 2.18 2.12 .982 2.44 2.10 MVP-8,SS
1985 TOR AL 25 3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 3.00 2.40 MVP-8,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 LF 147 147 1297.1 295 268 17 10 1 .966 -8.2 -7.6 -11.2 -2.5 -8.7 3 1.98 1.94 .977 2.24 1.77 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 OF 147 147 1297.1 296 269 17 10 1 .966 -8.2 -7.6 -11.2 -2.5 -8.7 3 1.98 1.95 .980 2.39 2.06 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 DH 11 MVP-4,SS
1986 TOR AL 26 3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.50 .900 2.70 2.35 MVP-4,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 LF 149 147 1267.0 275 249 15 11 2 .960 0.8 0.8 -2.2 -1.8 -0.4 3 1.88 1.77 .975 2.11 1.73 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 OF 148 147 1267.0 273 248 14 11 1 .960 0.8 0.8 -2.2 -1.8 -0.4 3 1.86 1.77 .981 2.31 2.00 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 DH 7 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.50 AS,MVP-1,SS
1987 TOR AL 27 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-1,SS
1988 TOR AL 28 LF 149 147 1271.0 274 251 8 15 1 .945 -11.3 -10.7 -9.3 -5.2 -4.1 -2 1.83 1.74 .978 2.26 1.85
1988 TOR AL 28 OF 149 147 1271.0 276 253 8 15 1 .946 -11.3 -10.7 -9.3 -5.2 -4.1 -2 1.85 1.75 .980 2.47 2.14
1988 TOR AL 28 DH 7
1989 TOR AL 29 LF 134 134 1188.2 271 257 4 10 1 .963 -2.4 -2.4 -3.4 -6.6 3.2 1 1.98 1.95 .977 2.16 1.83 MVP-4
1989 TOR AL 29 OF 134 134 1188.2 272 258 4 10 1 .963 -2.4 -2.4 -3.4 -6.6 3.2 1 1.98 1.96 .981 2.42 2.12 MVP-4
1989 TOR AL 29 DH 19 MVP-4
1990 TOR AL 30 LF 106 106 922.0 232 224 3 5 1 .978 3.2 4.2 5.2 0.9 4.3 -2 2.22 2.14 .978 2.19 1.74 AS
1990 TOR AL 30 OF 106 106 922.0 235 226 4 5 1 .979 3.2 4.2 5.2 0.9 4.3 -2 2.25 2.17 .981 2.39 2.04 AS
1990 TOR AL 30 DH 36 AS
1991 CHC NL 31 LF 146 145 1191.1 265 249 6 10 0 .962 -4.5 -4.5 -0.5 -2.2 1.7 -4 1.93 1.75 .983 2.18 1.67 AS
1991 CHC NL 31 OF 146 145 1191.1 265 249 6 10 0 .962 -4.5 -4.5 -0.5 -2.2 1.7 -4 1.93 1.75 .983 2.28 1.88 AS
1992 CHW AL 32 DH 140 MVP-20
1992 CHW AL 32 LF 15 15 124.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 1.96 1.80 .982 2.29 1.94 MVP-20
1992 CHW AL 32 OF 15 15 124.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 1.96 1.80 .982 2.47 2.17 MVP-20
1993 CHW AL 33 DH 102
11 Seasons OF 1227 1211 10482.1 2461 2292 81 88 11 .964 -14.4 -1.6 -18.4 -18.2 -0.1 4 2.04 1.93 .982 2.41 2.07
11 Seasons LF 1125 1110 9595.2 2236 2080 74 82 10 .963 -14.8 -1.9 -15.8 -17.8 2.1 1 2.02 1.91 .978 2.21 1.78
10 Seasons DH 339
3 Seasons RF 114 101 886.2 220 209 6 5 2 .977 0.4 0.5 -2.6 -0.4 -2.2 3 2.18 1.89 .979 2.22 1.86
4 Seasons 3B 8 0 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.50 .950 2.75 2.30
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.50
12 Seasons TOT 1236 1211 10502.1 2466 2294 84 88 11 .964 -13.9 -1.6 -17.9 -17.7 -0.1 4 0 2.04 1.92 .946 2.41 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (97th)

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

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL  .309 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1986 AL  .532 (4th)
1987 AL  .605 (2nd)
Career  .469 (233rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1986 AL  .881 (6th)
1987 AL  .957 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL  159 (7th)
1986 AL  159 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1986 AL  641 (5th)
1987 AL  610 (9th)
1988 AL  614 (6th)
1992 AL  627 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1986 AL  690 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL  101 (9th)
1987 AL  111 (2nd)
1989 AL  88 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  198 (7th)
1987 AL  188 (6th)
1989 AL  182 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 AL  302 (8th)
1986 AL  341 (3rd)
1987 AL  369 (1st)
1989 AL  281 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1984 AL  39 (3rd)
1986 AL  38 (6th)
1989 AL  41 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  31 (6th)
1987 AL  47 (2nd)
Career  265 (169th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1986 AL  108 (5th)
1987 AL  134 (1st)
1988 AL  97 (10th)
1989 AL  104 (6th)
1992 AL  112 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1986 AL  133 (8th)
1987 AL  146 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 AL  113 (7th)
1987 AL  125 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  28 (8th)
1987 AL  38 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (8th)
1987 AL  3.5 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  69 (4th)
1986 AL  75 (3rd)
1987 AL  83 (1st)
1989 AL  61 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1987 AL  .676 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1985 AL  8 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1989 AL  14 (1st)
1990 AL  11 (3rd)
1991 NL  9 (7th)
1993 AL  9 (7th)
Career  83 (70th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 AL  21 (2nd)
1992 AL  29 (1st)
Career  165 (184th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL  15.5 (5th)
1985 AL  24.0 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1991 NL  9.0 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL  13.0 (2nd)
Career  23.1 (218th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1988 AL  480 (4th)
1989 AL  466 (8th)
1992 AL  504 (2nd)

Salary s c a p y
1988 AL  $1,900,000 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 68 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (355), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (784), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Frank Thomas (920)
  4. Ben Oglivie (919)
  5. Rudy York (913)
  6. Raul Mondesi (913)
  7. Ryan Klesko (912)
  8. Raul Ibanez (911)
  9. Torii Hunter (910)
  10. Eric Karros (908)
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  1. Austin Kearns (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Walker (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jermaine Dye (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Raul Mondesi (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carlos Lee (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carlos Lee (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Carlos Lee (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Clark (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Perez (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Perez (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 Ken Patterson and Sammy Sosa.

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

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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Name and misspellings: George Antonio jorge goerge George (Mathey) gearge Liberty belle Bell

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