Albert Belle

Name Note: played 1989 and 1990 under the name Joey Belle

Positions: Leftfielder and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: August 25, 1966 in Shreveport, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Huntington HS (Shreveport, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Last Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 34-037d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Terry Belle • Previously: Arn Tellem

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Albert Jojuan Belle

Nicknames: Joey or Mr. Freeze

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5x All-Star
5x Silver Slugger
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.1

5853

1726

381

.295

974

RBI

1239

OBP

.370

SLG

.564

OPS

.933

OPS+

144

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1987	20	-2.5	Kinston	CARL	A	CLE	10	45	37	5	12	2	0	3	9	0	1	8	16	.324	.444	.622	1.066	23		0	0	0	0
1988	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	CLE	50	200	181	23	53	17	0	9	41	2	0	19	54	.293	.360	.536	.896	97	4	0	0	0	1
1988	21	-1.3	Kinston	CARL	A	CLE	41	171	153	21	46	16	0	8	39	2	0	18	45	.301	.374	.562	.936	86	4	0	0	0	1
1988	21	-0.8	Waterloo	MIDW	A	CLE	9	29	28	2	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.250	.276	.393	.669	11		0	0	0	0
1989	22	-1.5	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	89	350	312	48	88	20	0	20	69	8	4	32	82	.282	.354	.539	.893	168		4	0	2	5
1989	22	-6.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	62	234	218	22	49	8	4	7	37	2	2	12	55	.225	.269	.395	.664	86	4	2	0	2	0
1990	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	33	136	128	20	41	4	1	5	22	4	3	8	23	.320	.360	.484	.845	62		0	0	0	1
1990	23	-2.9	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	24	101	96	16	33	3	1	5	19	4	3	5	16	.344	.376	.552	.928	53		0	0	0	0
1990	23	-0.6	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	9	35	32	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.250	.314	.281	.596	9		0	0	0	1
1990	23	-5.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	25	23	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.174	.208	.304	.513	7	1	0	1	0	0
1991	24	-1.8	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	16	66	61	9	20	3	2	2	16	1	1	2	8	.328	.349	.541	.890	33	1	1	0	2	0
1991	24	-4.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	123	496	461	60	130	31	2	28	95	3	1	25	99	.282	.323	.540	.863	249	24	5	0	5	2
1992	25	-3.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	153	650	585	81	152	23	1	34	112	8	2	52	128	.260	.321	.477	.797	279	18	4	1	8	5
1993	26	-2.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	159	693	594	93	172	36	3	38	129	23	12	76	96	.290	.370	.552	.922	328	18	8	1	14	13
1994	27	-2.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	106	480	412	90	147	35	2	36	101	9	6	58	71	.357	.438	.714	1.152	294	5	5	1	4	9
1995	28	-1.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	143	629	546	121	173	52	1	50	126	5	2	73	80	.317	.401	.691	1.091	377	24	6	0	4	5
1996	29	0.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	158	715	602	124	187	38	3	48	148	11	0	99	87	.311	.410	.623	1.033	375	20	7	0	7	15
1997	30	0.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	161	701	634	90	174	45	1	30	116	4	4	53	105	.274	.332	.491	.823	311	26	6	0	8	6
1998	31	1.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	163	706	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	6	4	81	84	.328	.399	.655	1.055	399	17	1	0	15	10
1999	32	3.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	161	722	610	108	181	36	1	37	117	17	3	101	82	.297	.400	.541	.941	330	19	7	0	4	15
2000	33	3.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	141	622	559	71	157	37	1	23	103	0	5	52	68	.281	.342	.474	.817	265	17	4	0	7	11
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		1539	6673	5853	974	1726	389	21	381	1239	88	41	683	961	.295	.370	.564	.933	3300	193	55	4	78	91
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		198	797	719	105	214	46	3	39	157	15	9	69	183	.298	.361	.533	.894	383		5	0	4	7
All Levels (14 Seasons)							1737	7470	6572	1079	1940	435	24	420	1396	103	50	752	1144	.295	.369	.560	.929	3683	198	60	4	82	98

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		40	167	157	25	53	6	3	7	35	5	4	7	24	.338	.365	.548	.913	86		1	0	2	0
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		98	385	344	52	96	21	0	20	72	8	4	35	89	.279	.351	.515	.865	177		4	0	2	6
A (2 seasons)					Minors		60	245	218	28	65	19	0	12	50	2	1	27	70	.298	.376	.551	.926	120		0	0	0	1