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George Bell played 12 major-league seasons (1981-1993) as a OF (1,227), 3B (8), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22 | TOR | 60 | 163 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 27 | .233 | .606 | 74 |
| 1983 | 24 | TOR | 39 | 112 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .268 | .743 | 102 |
| 1984 | 25 | TOR | 159 | 606 | 85 | 177 | 26 | 87 | 11 | 24 | 86 | .292 | .824 | 125 |
| 1985 | 26 | TOR | 157 | 607 | 87 | 167 | 28 | 95 | 21 | 43 | 90 | .275 | .807 | 118 |
| 1986 | 27 | TOR | 159 | 641 | 101 | 198 | 31 | 108 | 7 | 41 | 62 | .309 | .881 | 136 |
| 1987 | 28 | TOR | 156 | 610 | 111 | 188 | 47 | 134 | 5 | 39 | 75 | .308 | .957 | 148 |
| 1988 | 29 | TOR | 156 | 614 | 78 | 165 | 24 | 97 | 4 | 34 | 66 | .269 | .751 | 108 |
| 1989 | 30 | TOR | 153 | 613 | 88 | 182 | 18 | 104 | 4 | 33 | 60 | .297 | .788 | 121 |
| 1990 | 31 | TOR | 142 | 562 | 67 | 149 | 21 | 86 | 3 | 32 | 80 | .265 | .724 | 101 |
| 1991 | 32 | CHN | 149 | 558 | 63 | 159 | 25 | 86 | 2 | 32 | 62 | .285 | .791 | 128 |
| 1992 | 33 | CHA | 155 | 627 | 74 | 160 | 25 | 112 | 5 | 31 | 97 | .255 | .712 | 98 |
| 1993 | 34 | CHA | 102 | 410 | 36 | 89 | 13 | 64 | 1 | 13 | 49 | .217 | .607 | 61 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | OF | 44 | 37 | 92 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1983 | OF | 34 | 32 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 147 | 144 | 289 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 1984 | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | OF | 157 | 157 | 320 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 147 | 147 | 269 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| 1986 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 148 | 147 | 248 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 149 | 147 | 253 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| 1989 | OF | 134 | 134 | 258 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 1990 | OF | 106 | 106 | 226 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 146 | 145 | 249 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 15 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
George Bell won: Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1986 (AL), TSN All-Star 1986 (AL), MVP 1987 (AL), Silver Slugger 1987 (AL), TSN All-Star 1987 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1992, 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1981.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 8 | 2 / 140 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 84 / 392 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 125 / 392 | 0 |
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 332 / 392 | 16 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 205 / 392 | 4 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.