Frank Bell (baseball)

Frank Bell
Frank Bell
	The only known depiction of Bell is this drawing of him being shot by the bartender, from the April 14, 1891 edition of the Cincinnati Post
	Catcher/Outfielder
	Born: 1863; Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
	Died: April 14, 1891 (aged 27–28); Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
	July 7, 1885, for the Brooklyn Grays
Last MLB appearance
	July 31, 1885, for the Brooklyn Grays
MLB statistics
Batting average	.172
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	2
Teams
	Brooklyn Grays (1885);

Frank Gustav Bell (1863 – April 14, 1891) was an American Major League Baseball player from Cincinnati who played one season in the Majors, for the 1885 Brooklyn Grays of the American Association. In July 1885 Bell appeared in a total of ten games as a catcher, outfielder, and third baseman for the Grays. He batted .172 (5-for-29) with two runs batted in and five runs scored.^[1] He also was an umpire for three American Association games in 1889, all in Cincinnati.^[1]

He was a brother of former major league pitcher Charlie Bell.^[1] After his baseball career, Bell became a private police officer.^[2] On April 14, 1891, he was shot and killed by a bartender in a saloon after attempting to attack him following his loss at a card game called Freeze-Out.^[3] He is interred at Wesleyan Cemetery.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Frank Bell's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ "Frank Bell Murdered". St. Paul Globe. April 15, 1891.
^ "Sporting News". Pittsburgh Dispatch. April 16, 1891.

This biographical article relating to a United States baseball catcher born in the 1860s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.