MLB / Players

George Bell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb

BornOctober 21, 1959 · San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

MLB debutApril 9, 1981

Final gameOctober 2, 1993

Seasons12 (1981–1993)

Toronto Blue Jays 1981; Toronto Blue Jays 1983–1990; Chicago Cubs 1991; Chicago White Sox 1992–1993

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified batters

155

71.9

670

73.6

627

91.7

49.6

160

63.6

50.4

85.1

RBI

112

96.7

9.9

29.8

32.2

.255

OBP

.294

9.9

SLG

.418

52.9

OPS

.712

30.6

wRC+

94.2

19.8

OPS+

99.9

26.4

wOBA

.317

18.2

sWAR

0.0

2.5

of 122 qualified 1992 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.9

63.5

OPS+

114.0

70.1

sWAR

20.7

93.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	60	168	163	19	38	2	1	5	12	5	27	3	2	.233	.256	.350	.606	62.9	69.9	.275	-0.5
1983	39	118	112	5	30	5	4	2	17	4	17	1	1	.268	.305	.438	.743	95.5	98.0	.328	0.1
1984	159	641	606	85	177	39	4	26	87	24	86	11	2	.292	.326	.498	.824	123.0	123.0	.363	3.1
1985	157	666	607	87	167	28	6	28	95	43	90	21	6	.275	.327	.479	.807	114.6	117.0	.351	2.7
1986	159	690	641	101	198	38	6	31	108	41	62	7	8	.309	.349	.532	.881	134.8	135.6	.382	4.4
1987	156	665	610	111	188	32	4	47	134	39	75	5	1	.308	.352	.605	.957	142.3	146.8	.400	4.9
1988	156	657	614	78	165	27	5	24	97	34	66	4	2	.269	.304	.446	.751	106.7	110.5	.331	2.0
1989	153	664	613	88	182	41	2	18	104	33	60	4	3	.297	.330	.458	.788	119.7	122.6	.352	3.0
1990	142	608	562	67	149	25	0	21	86	32	80	3	2	.265	.303	.422	.724	95.0	100.9	.321	0.8
1991	149	603	558	63	159	27	0	25	86	32	62	2	6	.285	.323	.468	.791	112.8	115.6	.351	2.2
1992	155	670	627	74	160	27	0	25	112	31	97	5	2	.255	.294	.418	.712	94.2	99.9	.317	0.0
1993	102	436	410	36	89	17	2	13	64	13	49	1	1	.217	.243	.363	.607	56.7	63.6	.267	-2.0

Career totals

1,587

6,586

6,123

482nd-most career AB

814

1,702

482nd-most career H

308

455th-most career 2B

265

227th-most career HR

RBI

1,002

307th-most career RBI

331

771

.2780

OBP

.3161

SLG

.4692

300th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.7853

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1988-04-04	TOR @ KC Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	4	12
1992-04-30	TEX @ CWS Gameday	5	4	5	2	1	2	10
1987-05-09	TOR @ TEX Gameday	6	2	3	1	2	7	10
1987-08-30	ATH @ TOR Gameday	5	2	3	1	2	4	10
1987-06-11	TOR @ BAL Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	6	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× Silver Slugger1× Most Valuable Player3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.