:Mike Bell (first baseman)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Bell

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|4|22}}

|birth_place=Lewiston, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 2

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam=Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 6

|finalyear=1991

|finalteam=Atlanta Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.200

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=6

|teams=

• Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1991}})

}}

Michael Allen Bell (born April 22, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves and a number of minor league teams. He attended Georgia Tech in the off-season.

Bell, who was playing for the Durham Bulls when the film Bull Durham was released, wrote the name of the main character, Crash, on his bat during the 1988 season.{{cite news |last1=Ferraro |first1=Thomas |title=These Durham Bulls Are The Real Thing |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/02/These-Durham-Bulls-Are-The-Real-Thing/6686583819200/ |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=United Press International |date=July 2, 1988 |language=en}}