Frank Gustav Bell (1863 – April 14, 1891) was a American Major League Baseball player from Cincinnati, Ohio 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] Bell died in Cincinnati at the age of 28, after being shot by a bartender following a game of cards in a saloon,^[2] and is interred at Wesleyan Cemetery.^[1]

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• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

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