| Josh Bell | |
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| Baltimore Orioles – No. 25 | |
| Third Baseman | |
| Born: November 13, 1986 Rockford, Illinois |
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| Bats: Switch | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 1, 2010 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Batting average | .200 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 18 |
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Joshua L. Bell (born November 13, 1986) is a third baseman who plays for the Baltimore Orioles.
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Bell was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santaluces High School in Florida. After spending a year with the Gulf Coast Dodgers, he spent 2006 with the Ogden Raptors, where he batted .308 and was selected to the Pioneer League Post-Season All-Star team after he was third in the league in home runs, fourth in extra-base hits and fifth in RBIs. He split 2007 between the Great Lakes Loons and Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino.
Bell began 2008 with Inland Empire and played in 51 games for them before missing the rest of the season after undergoing preventative knee surgery in June. In 2009 he was promoted to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts where he was selected to the mid-season Southern League All-Star team. In the All-Star game, Bell was 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBIs and was voted the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.[1]
On July 30, 2009, he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles (along with Chattanooga teammate Steve Johnson) in exchange for relief pitcher George Sherrill.
On July 1, 2010, he was called up to replace Luke Scott, who hurt his left hamstring rounding the bases after a home run. Upon the trade of Miguel Tejada to the San Diego Padres on July 29, 2010, Bell took over the starting third basemen duties for the remainder of the 2010 season.[2] In the spring of 2011, Bell was optioned to the Orioles Triple-A team in Norfolk.