Background
Bell was born in Kahoka, Missouri, in 1890.
Bell was born in Kahoka, Missouri, in 1890.
He appeared in three Major League Baseball games for the Chicago White Sox in 1912. Bell was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. He started his professional baseball career in 1909.
He was then purchased by the National League"s New York Giants and went to spring training with them in early 1910, but he was unable to make the team for the regular season.
Instead, Bell spent the 1910 season with the Western Association"s Joplin Miners. In 33 games for Joplin, he went 21-7 and led the league in wins.
The Miners finished the season in first place with a record of 90-34 and is considered one of the greatest minor league teams of all-time. After starting 1912 with a record of 12-8, he was purchased by the Chicago White Sox of the American League.
He made three relief appearances for the White Sox in July and allowed six earned runs in six innings.
He then returned to the minors. In 1913, while playing for the Northern League"s Winona Pirates, Bell set a career-high in wins, with 28. Number other pitcher in the league had more than 20.
Bell"s professional baseball career ended after the 1916 season.
Overall, he went 156-90 in the minor leagues for a career.634 winning percentage. Bell died in Burlington, Iowa, in 1959.
