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Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #18 George Bell
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George Bell was born October 21, 1959, in
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. His brother Juan Bell also made the majors and was a utility infielder for seven seasons for several different teams. He has two other brothers that played professional baseball. George was signed as an amateur free agent by the
Phillies in 1978. The
Blue Jays picked him up in the 1980 rule 5 draft, one of the best Rule 5 pickups ever.
Rule 5 draft pickups have to spend the season on the major league roster or get offered back their original team, so George played with the Jays in the strike-shortened 1981 season. He didn’t do terribly, though he was a little overmatched at the major league level; he got into 60 games and hit .233/.256/.350. Somehow, he got a couple of Rookie of the Year votes. The
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CHICAGO Here’s a look at the Top 5 seasons in White Sox history, along with a few White Sox teams who just missed.
1. 1917
The White Sox have won three World Series titles but have won 100 games exactly one time in franchise history a total reached via a 100-54-2 record in ’17. A team featuring catcher Ray Schalk, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson in the outfield beat the New York Giants in six games to claim baseball’s top prize. Eddie Cicotte stood No. 1 on the pitching staff with 28 wins, 29 complete games, a 1.53 ERA and seven shutouts, while Red Faber, Lefty Williams and Reb Russell also made strong mound contributions. Faber earned the wins in Games 2, 5 and 6 of the World Series and lost Game 4.