Mike Bell (third baseman)
Michael John Bell is an American professional baseball former third baseman and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball 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.
