Mike Bell (third baseman)
Mike Bell | |
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Minnesota Twins – No. 27 | |
Third baseman / Coach | |
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio | December 7, 1974|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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 |
Teams | |
As Coach
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Michael John Bell (born December 7, 1974) is an American professional baseball former third baseman and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds. He is the brother of David Bell, son of Buddy Bell and grandson of Gus Bell. He is currently the bench coach for the Minnesota Twins under manager Rocco Baldelli.
Baseball career
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.
In 2007, Bell was named the coach of the Yakima Bears, a minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He managed the Visalia Rawhide in 2008-09. Bell was most recently the Director of Player Development for the Diamondbacks.
On December 17, 2019 he was named to the Twins coaching staff for the 2020 season replacing Derek Shelton who left to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates.
See also
- Third-generation Major League Baseball families
- List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
- List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
References
https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/mike-bell-hired-as-twins-bench-coach
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cincinnati
- Baseball players from Ohio
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Major League Baseball bench coaches
- Minor league baseball managers
- Minor league baseball coaches
- Gulf Coast Rangers players
- Charleston RiverDogs players
- Charlotte Rangers players
- Tulsa Drillers players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- St. Lucie Mets players
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