Tag: Chicago White Sox
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1999 Topps Finest Milestones – Doubles (#M32 /500)
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In 1995, Belle became the first player in history to slug 50 homers and 50 doubles in the same season. He nearly did it again last year, with 49 and 48, respectively. Now with 321 big flys and 316 two-baggers, he could reach 500 of each by 2003 (age 36/37). Only five men have turned…
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1996 Upper Deck Showcase Run Producers (#RP1)
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Over the past two seasons, Belle has hit .334 with 320 hits, 86 home runs, 227 RBI and 211 runs scored. Each one of those marks leads the American League during that span. In 1995, he became the 12th player ever to sock 50 or more roundtrippers in a single season.
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1998 Pinnacle Artist’s Proof All-Star (#AP2)
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A feared slugger, Albert has led the American League in RBIs three times, total bases twice, and runs, doubles, home runs, and slugging once each. The only man to produce 50 doubles and 50 homers in the same season, Albert has also hit three home runs in a game twice. In 1997, his first season…
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1998 Upper Deck Retro Retrospectives #19 Albert Belle /30
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In the offense-oriented 1990s, few sluggers have been able to match the production of Chicago’s Albert Belle — a three-time AL RBI champion who is also the only Major Leaguer ever to collect 50 doubles and 50 homers in the same season (1995).
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1998 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Crash the Game – (CG11)
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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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1997 Upper Deck SPx Star Attractions – SA9
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In his first season with the White Sox, Belle continued his slugging ways, hitting the century mark in RBI for the sixth consecutive season. He also made White Sox history when he embarked on a career-high 27-game hitting streak in May and June, tying the club record set by Hall-of-Famer Luke Appling in ’36.
Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man 