Buffalo Boy's Blog

George Bell is my favorite Blue Jay of all time and his team record of 47 home runs barring injury or a big time slump is probably going to fall sometime in early to mid September.

George Bell in 1987 had the following numbers:

.308 batting average, 111 runs, 47 home runs and 134 RBIs, the single greatest offensive season in Blue Jays history arguably in terms of power. Though Paul Molitor probably had a better season in 1993 overall.  

Jose Bautista is 8 home runs away from breaking the record George Bell set in 1987. He hit two more tonight to give him 40 on the year. So far Bautista's season looks like this:

40 home runs, 83 runs scored, 95 RBIs. At the pace hes going Im wondering if the RBI mark Carlos Delgado set of 145 might not get a run. Bautista could come close but hes definitely on pace to crush the home run mark.

Im targeting the weekend of September 11th/12th, Im going to try as best I can to find myself sitting in the stands watching the Jays live that weekend to either watch Bautista hit the 48th or his 50th. At the pace hes going it may be 50 he gets to, if so thats fine. But I want to see him break my favorite players record. Its been a fun year watching this team again, seeing either of those two feats would cap off a year that has turned a lot of attention back on this team.