Q:Facts: - finalteam: atlanta braves - finalyear: 1987 - statlabel: batting average at-bats games played - position: catcher - statvalue: .000 4 9 - throws: right - debutteam: kansas city royals - bats: right - debutdate: september 3 - birth date: 27 october 1962 - finaldate: september 15 - name: terry bell - birth place: dayton , ohio - debutyear: 1986 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of terry bell -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
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terence william bell -lrb- born october 27 , 1962 in dayton , ohio -rrb- is a former major league baseball catcher .he was the first round selection of the seattle mariners in the 1983 major league baseball draft , two selections ahead of roger clemens .bell was originally drafted by the oakland athletics in the sixth round of the 1980 major league baseball draft as a senior at fairmont east high school in kettering , ohio , but opted to attend old dominion university in norfolk , virginia instead .while attending old dominion , he participated in the 1982 amateur world series and the pan american games .when the monarchs won the sun belt east division championship in 1983 , he was named a '' sporting news '' all-american and the sun belt conference mvp .bell was considered the top defensive catcher in the draft when the mariners selected bell with the seventeenth overall pick in 1983 .however , he batted just .176 in his first professional season for the midwest league 's wausau timbers , and displayed very little power .in three seasons in the mariners ' organization , he batted .233 with two home runs and 64 runs batted in .on may 21 , , he was dealt to the kansas city royals for relief pitcher mark huismann .with the royals , bell received a september call-up in 1986 .he appeared in eight games , and went hitless in five plate appearances with two walks .on september 3 , , after spending the entire season in the minors with the memphis chicks , he was the player to be named later in a mid-season deal with the atlanta braves for reliever gene garber .he appeared in one game for the braves , and struck out pinch hitting for ed olwine .he continued to play minor league ball for the braves through .in seven minor league seasons , he batted .231 with eight home runs and 136 rbis .