Cliff Bell

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cliff Bell

|image=Cliff Bell 1924.jpg

|caption=Bell at the 1924 Colored World Series

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|7|2}}

|birth_place=Kildare, Texas

|death_date={{Death date and age|1952|04|13|1896|7|2}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California

|debutyear=1921

|debutteam=Kansas City Monarchs

|finalyear=1931

|finalteam=Cleveland Cubs

|statleague=Negro National League

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=39-44

|stat2label=Run average

|stat2value=4.83

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=286

|teams=

• Kansas City Monarchs (1921–1927)[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdZWh3U1ZuTnFpbUE "Champion Monarchs Open Season With Victory" The Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, Kansas, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Columns 1 to 5]
• Memphis Red Sox (1927–1928, 1930)
• Cleveland Cubs (1931)

| highlights =

}}

Clifford W. Bell (July 2, 1896 – April 13, 1952) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, and Cleveland Cubs from 1921 to 1931.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/player.cgi?id=bell--002cli "Cliff Bell Negro League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

Bell was described as a "quiet" man, who rarely spoke to his teammates.{{cite book|last=Lester|first=Larry|title=Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants And Kansas City Monarchs|year=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0786426179|pages=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6r6ownl3ywQC&dq=cliff+bell+baseball&pg=PA50}} His best pitch was reportedly the screwball, and he was normally used as a middle reliever.