Mike Bell (third baseman)
| Mike Bell | |||
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: December 7, 1974 Cincinnati |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 20, 2000, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2000, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .222 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 4 | ||
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Michael John Bell (born December 7, 1974) is a Class-A minor league baseball coach for the Visalia Rawhide, former coach of the Yakima Bears, and former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds in the 2000 season. He is the brother of David Bell, son of Buddy Bell and grandson of Gus Bell. Bell is a graduate of Moeller High School.
Mike Bell was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round of the 1993 amateur draft. He spent the next seven years playing in the minor leagues for affiliates of the Rangers and New York Mets.
In 1999, he was signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Reds and made his major league debut with the team on July 20, 2000. He played his final major league game on October 1, 2000. In his one-year MLB career, Bell was a .222 hitter with two home runs and four RBI in 19 games.
After the 2000 season, Bell returned to the minor leagues playing on affiliates of the Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and retired on April 28, 2005 after a short tenure with the Memphis Redbirds, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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