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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1959-10-21 · Played 1981–1993 · Career WAR 20.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=bellge02, LAHMAN=bellge02, MLBAM=110823, RETROSHEET=bellg001

Photo: Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1981	TOR	AL	60	163	19	38	2	1	5	12	3	2	5	27	.233	.256	.350	.606	0.2
1983	TOR	AL	39	112	5	30	5	4	2	17	1	1	4	17	.268	.305	.438	.743	0.2
1984	TOR	AL	159	606	85	177	39	4	26	87	11	2	24	86	.292	.326	.498	.824	3.1
1985	TOR	AL	157	607	87	167	28	6	28	95	21	6	43	90	.275	.327	.479	.806	4.1
1986	TOR	AL	159	641	101	198	38	6	31	108	7	8	41	62	.309	.349	.532	.881	3.8
1987	TOR	AL	156	610	111	188	32	4	47	134	5	1	39	75	.308	.352	.605	.957	5.0
1988	TOR	AL	156	614	78	165	27	5	24	97	4	2	34	66	.269	.304	.446	.750	0.8
1989	TOR	AL	153	613	88	182	41	2	18	104	4	3	33	60	.297	.330	.458	.788	3.0
1990	TOR	AL	142	562	67	149	25	0	21	86	3	2	32	80	.265	.303	.422	.725	1.1
1991	CHN	NL	149	558	63	159	27	0	25	86	2	6	32	62	.285	.323	.468	.791	1.4
1992	CHA	AL	155	627	74	160	27	0	25	112	5	2	31	97	.255	.294	.418	.712	-0.2
1993	CHA	AL	102	410	36	89	17	2	13	64	1	1	13	49	.217	.243	.363	.606	-2.5
Total			1587	6123	814	1702	308	34	265	1002	67	36	331	771	.278	.315	.469	.784	20.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1981	TOR	AL	OF	44	37	327.0	92	3	3	2
1983	TOR	AL	OF	34	32	245.0	61	1	3	0
1984	TOR	AL	3B	3	0	6.0	0	2	0	0
1984	TOR	AL	OF	147	144	1274.0	289	11	9	1
1985	TOR	AL	3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0
1985	TOR	AL	OF	157	157	1375.0	320	13	11	3
1986	TOR	AL	3B	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	0
1986	TOR	AL	OF	147	147	1297.1	269	17	10	1
1987	TOR	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1987	TOR	AL	3B	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
1987	TOR	AL	OF	148	147	1267.0	248	14	11	1
1988	TOR	AL	OF	149	147	1271.0	253	8	15	1
1989	TOR	AL	OF	134	134	1188.2	258	4	10	1
1990	TOR	AL	OF	106	106	922.0	226	4	5	1
1991	CHN	NL	OF	146	145	1191.1	249	6	10	0
1992	CHA	AL	OF	15	15	124.0	27	0	1	0
Total				1236	1211	10502.1	2294	84	88	11

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1985	Silver Slugger	AL
1986	TSN All-Star	AL
1986	Silver Slugger	AL
1986	Player of the Week	AL
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL
1987	TSN All-Star	AL
1987	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1987	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1987	Silver Slugger	AL
1987	Player of the Week	AL
1988	Player of the Week	AL
1989	Player of the Week	AL
1989	Player of the Month	AL
1990	Player of the Week	AL
1992	Player of the Week	AL
1993	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1999	BBWAA	6	373	No

Ejections (14)

Date	As	Reason
1984-09-23	Player	Balls and strikes
1985-06-23	Player	Charging mound after HBP
1986-07-27	Player	Called third strike
1987-04-08	Player	Balls and strikes
1987-05-22	Player	Balls and strikes
1988-04-22	Player	Checked swing for strike three
1988-08-27	Player	Arguing failure to receive time out
1989-05-02	Player	Fight
1989-06-24	Player	Called third strike
1989-09-09	Player	Called third strike
1992-04-13	Player	Called third strike
1992-06-20	Player	Called third strike
1992-07-08	Player	Called third strike (Threw helmet)
1993-09-06	Player	Charging mound after HBP

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