Albert Belle
Albert Belle was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States on August 25th, 1966 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 57, Albert Belle biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Major League career summary
Belle was the fourth player to reach eight seasons with 100 RBIs, alongside Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig (a feat not equaled by Albert Pujols, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez). Despite hip problems, he was an excellent baserunner, with a career-high 23 steals in 1993 and 17 steals in 1999. He led the league three times in RBIs, three times in total bases, three times in extra-base hits, and twice in slugging. From 1993 to 1997, he was a five-time All-Star. He had a natural throwing arm and was a natural pitcher in high school. His range factor by games played was consistently higher than the major league average; however, he maintained his 63 Total Zone Runs during 12 major league seasons.
Belle's career highs in home runs, RBIs, batting average, runs scored, and walks all happened in five separate seasons. The Hardball Times published a study comparing Belle's career trajectory with that of 60 of his current and former colleagues in 2006. According to the article, he was ranked in career "value," behind current Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner and recent inductee Frank Thomas.
Belle would have been one of the first five players to reach a home run over Detroit's left-field roof (joining Harmon Killebrew, Frank Howard, Cecil Fielder, and Mark McGwire). The ball nevertheless crashed into the ground after striking a light tower on the roof and crashing back into the stands.
Belle lost the batting championship to New York Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill in 1994,.359 to.357. Belle made history by winning 50 home runs and 50 doubles in the same season in 1995; Willie Stargell was the last player to reach as many as 40 in both categories. Belle's season was especially impressive because the season was shortened by the previous year's player strike.
Belle's name and disdain of the media earned him votes for the 1995 MVP Award. Despite finishing second in the Boston Red Sox's voting, Mo Vaughn led the American League in runs scored, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage, and total bases, and beat Vaughn head to head in every critical offensive category other than RBIs, both men's teams advanced to the playoffs. This was the third year of a three-year streak in which Belle finished 3rd, 2nd, and 3rd for the American League MVP. In 1993 (7th) and 1998 (8th), Belle had two other top-ten MVP finishes, with 1993 (7th) and 1998 (8th).
Belle signed a 5-year, $55 million (equivalent to $92,841,003 today) contract with the Chicago White Sox as a free agent in the winter of 1996. For a short time, he was the highest-paid player in baseball, and the first player in baseball to make $10 million in a season. He had two great seasons in Chicago, including a streak of 27 games in May 1997, and came close to another 50/50 season in 1998 with 49 home runs (a White Sox team record that still stands) and 48 doubles. In 1936, he hit Zeke Bonura's single-season franchise record of 138 runs (today, the RBI total remains unchanged as a White Sox single-season record). In addition, Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-breaking game streak ended at 2,632 on September 1998, the Belle who took over as the premier leagues' top player in the sport was over (his streak of 392 was ended by his boss) when the next year was halted (to a perceived lack of hustle).
Belle's deal with the White Sox contained an unusual clause that permitted him to request that he remain one of the top-paid players in baseball. He invoked the term in October 1998, and after the White Sox refused to give him a raise, he became a free agent. He was the game's highest-paid player after signing a five-year, $65 million ($105,732,121 today) contract with the Baltimore Orioles. But his career came to an end just two years after he was forced to work because of degenerative hip osteoarthritis at age 34. He was, however, on Baltimore's active 40-man roster for the next three years as a result of the insurance policy, which mostly compensated the Orioles for the remainder of his contract.
Belle played in his last at-bate of his major-league career at Camden Yards on October 1, 2000.
Belle had a.295 batting average (1726-for-5853), 389 doubles, 381 home runs, 683 bases on balls,.369 on-base percentage, and.564 slugging percentage in 1,539 games over 12 years (1626-for-5853). He had a 976% fielding percentage in both left and right field, which was defensive. He hit.230 (14-for-61), 6 home runs, 14 RBI, 1 stolen base, and 14 walks in 18 postseason games.