A former player is suing the school and seven former teammates, alleging campus officials knew about the team’s hazing tradition and did nothing to prevent an attack.
Drafted: Second round, 1987
Belle may not have left Cleveland on the greatest terms, but there’s no denying the contributions he made to the club during its iconic run in the 1990s. In eight seasons with the Tribe, he hit .295 with a .949 OPS, which is the fifth highest in club history among those who played at least 150 games.
Belle ranks second with 242 homers among all Indians players, trailing just Thome, who hit 337 in 1,880 more plate appearances. Belle was a four-time All-Star with Cleveland, winning four Silver Slugger Awards and finishing in the top three in the AL MVP Award vote three times. When he was the runner-up for the honor in 1995, he led the AL with 121 runs scored and 126 RBIs; he also led the Majors with a .690 slugging percentage, 50 homers and 52 doubles, becoming the first and only player to eclipse 50 in both categories.