The backs of Albert Belle’s Baseball cards tell a story of Intimidation, Fear, and Power — One of the most dominating hitters of the 90s, regularly compared to the game’s all-time greats. And still The Baseball hall of fame ignores him.
Check out the cards and the story they tell.
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1997 Upper Deck Long Distance Connection (#LD4)
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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)
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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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1999 Topps Gold Label Race to Aaron (#RA5)
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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)
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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)
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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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2001 Pacific Decade’s Best – 1995 HR Champ (#7)
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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.
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1996 SP Baseball Heroes (#83)
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Coming up with the bases loaded, his team two runs behind and Angels reliever Lee Smith on the mound, Albert belted a ninth-inning grand slam to give the Indians a 7-5 comeback win 7-18-95.
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1996 Topps Profiles – Kirby Puckett (#AL-03)
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Watch this guy. I can’t believe it. He doesn’t miss over his head, it doesn’t matter. He must have been watching a game last year, was an amateur and dreamed of hitting balls over his head, and he crushes it to right field, to center field, straight away — unbelievable. You can’t get him out…
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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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1996 Fleer Zone
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Once just a wild-swinging longball threat, Albert Belle has compacted his Paul Bunyan strength swing and become more selective at the plate… with devastating results. The 1st man in MLB history to collect 50 homers and 50 doubles in the same season is also just the 8th player to rack up 100-or-more (103) extra-base hits…
Albert Belle: The Original 50/50 Man 