Tag: Memorabilia
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1993 Score Gold Rush (#7)
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In only his second full season in the major leagues, Albert has developed into the American League’s most dangerous run producer. Tremendous skyrocket power from left field to the plate, Belle can hit the ball out of the park anywhere. But he puts the bat on mistake pitches, too. Belle can make a pitcher pay…
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1997 Pinnacle Inside Forty Something
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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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1999 Upper Deck Choice Yard Work – Albert Belle #Y8
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The Belle is Tolling Once More: Just when you thought Albert Belle was ready to disappear from the ranks of the game’s best power hitters, here he comes with a July that was unlike any other. His home run in a 10-2 White Sox victory over the Rangers gave him 16 for the month, the…
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1996 Leaf Limited Staremasters Albert Belle
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Awesome strength, a superb eye, extraordinary bat speed, great intensity and remarkable work habits have made Albert one of the most feared hitters in the game today. In ’95, he became the first ever to smack 50 HRs and 50 doubles in the same season, both major-league highs.
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1997 Topps Chrome
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There are some things for which Albert gets too much attention — but others for which he gets not enough. Did you know, for example, that he ranked sixth in his HS class of 300 in Shreveport, and that his scholarship to LSU was partially academic? And though his feats have been well-documented, did you…
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1999 Upper Deck Choice
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In his second season with the White Sox, Belle returned to his slugging ways in ’98, as he shattered the club’s single-season records for home runs and RBI. He really set himself on the path to another monster season with a hot July, setting a Major League record for that month with 16 homers, adding…
Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man 