Tag: Albert Belle
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1997 Upper Deck Long Distance Connection (#LD4)
Home Run Power Stats Career: 242 HR At Home: 115 HR On the Road: 127 HR Albert’s grand slam 10-4-96 gave the Indians a 9-4 win over the Orioles in Game 3 of the Division Series.
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1998 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Crash the Game – Win (#CG11)
Turning in one of the most prolific offensive campaigns in White Sox history, Albert Belle concluded his first season on the South Side of Chicago ranking in the club’s all-time single-season top ten in extra-base hits, doubles, total bases and RBI. Furthermore, the former American League MVP runner-up set a single-season franchise standard in 1997…
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1999 Topps Gold Label Race to Aaron (#RA5)
Race to 755: Belle needs to average 44 homers to age 42 to reach Aaron’s record of 755. That’s not unattainable considering he’s now playing in slugger-friendly Camden Yards, and he’s normed just that many over the last four years.
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1999 Topps Finest Milestones – Home Runs (#M17 /500)
After one of the greatest second halves in history in 1998 (.387–31–86), Belle moved to Baltimore and cozy Camden Yards. Prior to ’99, experts predicted 50, 60, even 70 home runs from the brawny slugger. Even if he clubs “just” 44 per year (his pace since 1995), he’d reach 500 in early ’03. Milestone: 500…
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1997 Pinnacle Inside Forty Something (#6 of 16)
Albert, who had led the majors with 50 homers in the year before the “Year of the Home Run,” hit 48 more in 1996 to complete one of the more incredible two-year power binges in recent memory. The Indians’ intense slugger hit homers at a pace of one every 11.7 at-bats over that span.
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2001 Pacific Decade’s Best – 1995 HR Champ (#7)
Despite a season shortened to just 144 games, Belle became just the 12th man in the history of the game to hit 50 home runs in a season in 1995. Along with his 50 long balls, Albert also drove in 126 runs and scored another 121.
Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man 