Cool Papa Bell

James Thomas Bell

Born James Thomas Nichols
Born: May 17, 1903 in Starkville, MS
Died: March 7, 1991 in St. Louis, MO
(87 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: L

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 157

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974
• Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery (Normandy, MO)
• Relatives: Fred Bell (Brother)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1922	SLS	NNL/NvM	19	SP	19	44	41	6	15	3	1	1	5	0		0	0		2	1			.366	.395	.561	.956	147
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	49	121	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	1		7			0	6			.241	.287	.361	.648	58
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	65	272	246	49	71	13	3	1	37	9		21				5			.289	.345	.378	.723	88
1925	SLS	NNL/NNC	22	CF	94	447	409	99	141	34	6	10	60	32		30				8			.345	.390	.531	.920	131
1928	SLS	NNL/NNC	25	CF	84	401	357	87	120	21	7	6	46	19	0	35	2		1	8			.336	.397	.485	.882	128
1929	CAG	NvM	26	CF	5	23	22	5	6	0	0	0	1	3		1			0	0			.273	.304	.273	.577	51
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	41	181	158	42	51	7	4	0	16	11		18	2		2	3			.323	.399	.418	.817	120
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	CF	67	304	275	59	81	10	4	2	25	11	0	22	1	0	1	6	0	0	.295	.349	.382	.731	99
1934	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	31	CF	70	317	275	53	89	10	3	1	28	15	0	35	1		1	6	0	0	.324	.402	.393	.795	126
1935	PC/WES	MULT	32	CF	53	246	213	64	68	12	6	2	29	10	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.319	.403	.460	.863	119
1936	MULT	MULT	33	CF	33	147	125	29	37	5	2	0	12	3		17	0		0	5	0	0	.296	.380	.368	.748	94
1937	PC/SDS	NN2/IND	34	CF	11	53	47	11	17	2	0	2	9	1		6			0	0			.362	.434	.532	.966	175
1942	MULT	MULT	39	CF	29	122	108	14	32	4	2	0	7	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	.296	.367	.370	.737	136
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	40	LF	72	340	297	68	102	12	6	0	34	12		39	1		0	4	0	0	.343	.420	.424	.844	130
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	41	LF	58	280	240	44	74	8	4	1	27	6		36	0		0	4	0	0	.308	.399	.388	.786	115
1945	HG	NN2/WS	42	LF	46	200	171	35	50	5	1	1	21	7		27			0	2			.292	.389	.351	.740	116
1946	HG	NN2	43	LF	39	137	122	24	48	3	2	0	17	6		13			0	2			.393	.452	.451	.903	160
17	11			CF	835	3635	3214	713	1028	154	52	29	391	146	0	349	7	0	7	65	0	0	.320	.388	.427	.815	119
162 Game Average						705	624	138	199	30	10	6	76	32	0	68	63	0	2	13	0	0	.320	.388	.427	.815	119

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				829	3611	3191	708	1022	154	52	29	390	143	0	348	7	0	7	65	0	0	.320	.388	.428	.817	119
2	vs Major Leagues				6	24	23	5	6	0	0	0	1	3		1	0		0	0			.261	.292	.261	.553	44

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
5	St. Louis Stars I			CF	311	1285	1161	265	373	76	18	20	165	61	0	93	2		3	28			.321	.373	.469	.843	115
2	Chicago American Giants			CF	31	135	120	19	35	4	2	0	8	3		13			0	2			.292	.361	.358	.719	122
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	24	110	97	21	28	2	1	0	9	7		11			1	1			.289	.367	.330	.697	88
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	5	19	14	5	4	1	1	0	1	3		3	2		1	1			.286	.444	.500	.944	146
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	228	1039	912	213	286	39	16	7	101	38		105			2	20			.314	.386	.414	.800	115
5	Homestead Grays			LF	223	992	861	183	290	31	14	2	104	32		118			0	13	0		.337	.417	.412	.829	131
5	East All Stars			CF	5	21	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	-5
2	West All Stars			CF	3	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	98
1	NNL All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	53
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	3	14	11	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.364	.500	.364	.864	223
1	NAL All Stars			LF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.250	.250	.250	.500	288

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1922	SLS	NNL/NvM	44	.422	.347	0.0%		0.0%	8.3%			2.3%	1.1%	.195	.118
1923	SLS	NNL	121	.283	.366	5.8%	8.6%					1.7%	1.3%	.120	.128
1924	SLS	NNL	272	.335	.353	7.7%	9.0%					0.4%	0.9%	.089	.112
1925	SLS	NNL/NNC	447	.403	.349	6.7%			8.9%			2.2%	1.3%	.186	.133
1928	SLS	NNL/NNC	401	.395	.345	8.7%	0.4%	0.5%	7.0%	17.50	19.22	1.5%	1.2%	.148	.118
1929	CAG	NvM	23	.274	.340	4.3%	7.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.129
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	181	.385	.347	9.9%	0.2%	1.1%	8.5%	9.00	68.00	0.0%	0.8%	.095	.098
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	304	.330	.326	7.2%		0.3%	6.3%	22.00		0.7%	1.1%	.087	.121
1934	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	317	.376	.329	11.0%		0.3%	7.7%	35.00		0.3%	0.8%	.069	.093
1935	PC/WES	MULT	246	.393	.354	12.2%		0.0%	9.0%			0.8%	1.5%	.141	.132
1936	MULT	MULT	147	.348	.351	11.6%		0.0%	8.8%			0.0%	1.6%	.072	.121
1937	PC/SDS	NN2/IND	53	.435	.313	11.3%			7.4%			3.8%	1.3%	.170	.115
1942	MULT	MULT	122	.355	.299	9.8%		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%	.074	.073
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	340	.405	.351	11.5%		0.3%	9.7%	39.00		0.0%	0.6%	.081	.097
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	280	.373	.341	12.9%		0.0%	8.5%			0.4%	0.9%	.079	.101
1945	HG	NN2/WS	200	.363	.327	13.5%			8.6%			0.5%	0.8%	.058	.086
1946	HG	NN2	137	.429	.332	9.5%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.057	.088
17	11		3635	.376	.342	9.6%	8.3%	1.5%	0.7%	5.86	101.08	0.8%	1.0%	.107	.111

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		3611	.376	.342	9.6%	8.3%	1.5%	0.7%	5.86	101.20	0.8%	1.0%	.108	.110
2	vs Major Leagues		24	.263	.341	4.2%	7.6%	0.0%	2.6%		3.36	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.128

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
5	St. Louis Stars I		1285	.375	.350	7.2%	8.3%	0.5%	0.4%	17.50	19.18	1.6%	1.2%	.148	.123
2	Chicago American Giants		135	.342	.308	9.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.7%	.067	.086
1	Detroit Wolves		110	.343	.349	10.0%	8.7%					0.0%	0.8%	.041	.095
1	Kansas City Monarchs		19	.410	.345	15.8%	7.8%	10.5%	0.8%	1.50	9.31	0.0%	1.2%	.214	.124
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1039	.367	.337	10.1%	7.8%					0.7%	1.2%	.101	.116
5	Homestead Grays		992	.396	.341	11.9%	9.0%					0.2%	0.8%	.075	.095
5	East All Stars		21	.183	.304	4.8%	5.3%	14.3%	11.7%	0.33	0.61	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.111
2	West All Stars		12	.385	.341	16.7%	13.2%	0.0%	9.0%		1.61	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.066
1	NNL All Stars		4	.238	.300	0.0%	6.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.095
1	Santo Domingo Stars		14	.425	.252	21.4%	5.8%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.081
1	NAL All Stars		4	.366	.250	0.0%	17.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.000

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