David Bell (baseball)
| David Bell | |||
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 33 | |||
| Third baseman / Second baseman / Coach | |||
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Born: September 14, 1972 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 3, 1995, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2006, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .257 | ||
| Home runs | 123 | ||
| Runs batted in | 589 | ||
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David Michael Bell (born September 14, 1972) is an American former third baseman who currently serves as the bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). During his 12-year MLB playing career, he appeared at all four infield positions and played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers. He made his MLB debut for the Indians in 1995.
Since his playing career, Bell has served as manager of the Triple-A Louisville Bats and the former Double-A Carolina Mudcats in the Cincinnati Reds organization. The grandson of Gus Bell, son of Buddy Bell, and brother of Mike Bell, David Bell is a member of one of five families to have three generations play in the Major Leagues.
As a junior at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Bell led his team to a state baseball title. On April 15, 1998, he hit the first inside-the-park home run in Jacobs Field history, and the first for the Indians since 1989. Bell scored the 2002 NLCS winning run for the San Francisco Giants from second on Kenny Lofton's single. Bell was the runner bearing down on home plate in Game 5 of the 2002 World Series when J. T. Snow lifted 3 year old batboy Darren Baker out of harm's way. Near the end of the season, he won the 2002 Willie Mac Award for his spirit and leadership – as voted on by his teammates and coaching staff. He made Major League history on June 28, 2004, by joining his grandfather, Gus Bell, as the first grandfather-grandson combination to hit for the cycle.
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