Tag: Chicago White Sox
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2025 Leaf 50 Home Run Club /5
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An ultra-rare /5 bat relic card celebrating baseball’s 50 Home Run Club, featuring Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr., Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Albert Belle. A curated power-era checklist that quietly reframes Belle’s legacy alongside the game’s greatest sluggers.
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1994 Topps Stadium Club – Members Only
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When Albert Belle hit 34 homers in 1992, many considered that an upper limit. Not so. He blasted 38 in ’93, led the majors with 129 RBI, boosted his average 30 points to .290 and cut his strikeouts by 32. He also rounded out his game by posting career highs in assists (16) and stolen…
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1992 Upper Deck Ted Williams Best Hitters of the Future #T13 Albert Belle
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“Big, strong, aggressive and will get better. Hitting is the ability to adjust to change, and this is one of Belle’s strong points. Prefers fastballs but hits all pitches with success. Has a good idea of the strike zone.” —Ted Williams
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1994 Upper Deck – Mickey Mantle’s Long Shots
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“Belle is a dead pull hitter, and if you make a mistake pitch, you might as well just turn around and watch the ball leave the yard. When this slugger gets hold of one, you can usually tell; he doesn’t hit many dink shots. He’s just entering his prime power years.” — Mickey Mantle
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1996 Fleer Golden Memories
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Albert doesn’t hit singles anymore,” Cleveland Indians Manager Mike Hargrove observed, “he only hits bombs.” 1995 saw Albert Belle make history by becoming the first ballplayer ever to collect 50 home runs and 50 doubles in the same season. Carlos Baerga recounts the 50th dinger: “When I saw Albert in the dugout before that at-bat…he…
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1998 Topps
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I’ve been in baseball for 25 years and I don’t know of any ballplayer with a better focus than Albert,” says former White Sox manager Terry Bevington. “I think that Albert steps up to all challenges, whatever they are.”
Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man 