- Frank Bell (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
name=Frank Bell
position=Catcher /Outfielder
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=1863
city-state|Cincinnati|Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|1891|4|14|1863|0|0
city-state|Cincinnati|Ohio
debutdate=July 7
debutyear=1885
debutteam=Brooklyn Grays
finaldate=July 31
finalyear=1885
finalteam=Brooklyn Grays
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.172
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=2
teams=
* Brooklyn Grays (by|1885)
highlights=Frank Gustav Bell (
1863 –April 14 1891 ) was a AmericanMajor League Baseball player fromCincinnati, Ohio who one season in the Majors, for the by|1885 Brooklyn Grays of the American Association. In July 1885 Bell appeared in a total of ten games as acatcher ,outfielder , andthird baseman for the Grays. He batted .172 (5-for-29) with two runs batted in and five runs scored.cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbellf101.htm|title=Frank Bell's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-09-29] He also was an umpire for three American Association games in by|1889, all in Cincinnati.He was a brother of former major league
pitcher Charlie Bell. Bell died in Cincinnati at the age of 27, after being shot by abartender following a game of cards in a saloon,cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/murders.html|title=Murders|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-09-29] and is interred at Wesleyan Cemetery.References
External links
*baseball-reference|id=b/bellfr01
* [http://bb_catchers.tripod.com/catchers/bellf.htm Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers]Persondata
NAME = Bell, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Bell, Frank Gustav
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH =1863
PLACE OF BIRTH =Cincinnati, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH =April 14 1891
PLACE OF DEATH =Cincinnati, Ohio
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