Terry Bell (baseball)
| Terry Bell | ||
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At-bats | 4 | |
| Games played | 9 | |
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Terence William Bell (born October 27, 1962) is an American former
Bell was originally drafted by the
Bell was considered the top defensive catcher in the draft when the Mariners selected Bell with the seventeenth overall pick in 1983. However, he batted just .176 in his first professional season for the
With the Royals, Bell received a September call-up in 1986. He appeared in eight games, and went hitless in five plate appearances with two walks. On September 3, 1987, after spending the entire 1987 season in the minors with the Memphis Chicks, he was the player to be named later in a mid-season deal with the Atlanta Braves for reliever Gene Garber. He appeared in one game for the Braves, and struck out pinch hitting for Ed Olwine.[4]
He continued to play minor league ball for the Braves through 1989. In seven minor league seasons, he batted .231 with eight home runs and 136 RBIs.
Sources
- ^ "Mariners Select Battery of the Future". The Spokesman-Review. June 7, 1983. p. 17.
- ^ "Monarch Baseball History & Records" (PDF). Old Dominion University. 2013. pp. 4, 11.
- ^ "White Sox Put Bannister on DL". The Gazette (Montreal). May 22, 1986.
- ^ "Cincinnati Reds 21, Atlanta Braves 6". Baseball-Reference.com. September 15, 1987.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)