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	140	34	6	10	58	32	0	30	1		0	8	0		.342	.387	.528	.915	130
1926	SLS	NNL	23	CF	88	425	371	105	126	25	7	11	53	25		45			0	9			.340	.411	.534	.945	144
1927	SLS	NNL	24	CF	97	460	419	90	131	23	5	5	39	21		31			0	10			.313	.360	.427	.787	112
1928	SLS	NNL/NNC	25	CF	86	410	365	88	123	21	7	6	46	20	0	36	2		1	8			.337	.398	.482	.880	128
1929	SLS/CAG	NNL/NvM	26	CF	102	470	413	103	131	26	5	3	41	52		50			1	6			.317	.392	.426	.818	113
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	CF	85	410	366	109	128	22	5	7	59	12		38			2	4			.350	.414	.495	.908	138
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	28	CF	35	168	140	52	41	7	2	1	19	16	0	26	0		0	2			.293	.404	.393	.796	102
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	57	255	223	61	79	14	9	0	30	15	2	24	2		3	5			.354	.424	.498	.922	148
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	CF	74	335	300	63	89	12	4	2	28	16	0	28	1	0	1	6	0	0	.297	.359	.383	.742	103
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	57	266	224	72	72	14	7	2	31	12	0	36	2	0	0	6	0	0	.321	.415	.473	.889	126
1936	MULT	MULT	33	CF	50	227	199	49	64	7	2	1	25	11		23	1		0	5	0	0	.322	.392	.392	.784	108
1937	PC/SDS	NN2/IND	34	CF	11	53	47	11	17	2	0	2	9	1		6	0		0	0			.362	.434	.532	.966	172
1940	ULT/VEZ	MEX	37	CF	89	430	382	119	167	29	15	12	79	28		45	24		0	3			.437	.496	.686	1.182	205
1941	CBM	MEX	38	CF	100	491	421	85	132	21	15	4	48	14		65	26		1	4			.314	.407	.463	.870	118
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
23	14			CF	1472	6680	5887	1423	1947	320	112	73	758	331	2	673	61	0	12	108	0	0	.331	.400	.460	.861	128
162 Game Average						735	648	157	214	35	12	8	83	40	29	74	44	0	2	12	0	0	.331	.400	.460	.861	128

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+
21	Negro Leagues				1270	5701	5035	1203	1631	269	82	57	627	283	2	556	11	0	11	99	0	0	.324	.392	.444	.836	123
2	vs Latin Leagues				189	921	803	204	299	50	30	16	127	42		110	50		1	7			.372	.449	.569	1.018	158
4	vs Major Leagues				13	58	49	16	17	1	0	0	4	6		7	0		0	2			.347	.429	.367	.796	136

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+
10	St. Louis Stars I			CF	711	3186	2839	717	923	179	42	47	372	185	0	282	3		6	59	0		.325	.387	.467	.855	121
2	Chicago American Giants			CF	35	153	137	22	38	4	2	0	9	3		14			0	2			.277	.344	.336	.680	108
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	16	71	57	17	22	4	5	0	11	6		9	2		2	3			.386	.485	.632	1.117	199
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	29	132	119	28	38	6	2	0	13	8	2	11	0		1	1			.319	.382	.403	.785	111
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	249	1136	995	236	313	43	17	8	115	49	0	117	2		2	22			.315	.388	.416	.804	116
5	Homestead Grays			LF	223	992	861	183	290	31	14	2	104	32		118	0		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 II			CF	8	38	31	9	13	2	0	0	4	4		6	1		0	1			.419	.514	.484	.997	227
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	3	14	11	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.364	.500	.364	.864	222
1	Azules de Veracruz			-		0
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			CF	89	430	382	119	167	29	15	12	79	28		45	24		0	3			.437	.496	.686	1.182	205
1	Sultanes de Monterrey			CF	100	491	421	85	132	21	15	4	48	14		65	26		1	4			.314	.407	.463	.870	118
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	.421	.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	.401	.350	6.7%		0.2%	8.9%	30.00		2.2%	1.3%	.186	.133
1926	SLS	NNL	425	.414	.342	10.6%	8.5%					2.6%	1.4%	.194	.127
1927	SLS	NNL	460	.354	.332	6.7%	7.8%					1.1%	1.3%	.115	.115
1928	SLS	NNL/NNC	410	.395	.345	8.8%	0.4%	0.5%	6.9%	18.00	19.31	1.5%	1.2%	.145	.118
1929	SLS/CAG	NNL/NvM	470	.375	.342	10.6%			8.4%			0.6%	1.5%	.109	.127
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	410	.412	.345	9.3%			8.2%			1.7%	1.2%	.145	.121
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	168	.383	.370	15.5%	0.8%	0.0%	9.5%		22.58	0.6%	0.9%	.100	.108
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	255	.423	.346	9.4%	0.4%	0.8%	8.4%	12.00	28.13	0.0%	0.8%	.143	.099
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	335	.338	.327	8.4%		0.3%	6.5%	28.00		0.6%	1.1%	.087	.120
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	266	.399	.353	13.5%	1.1%	0.8%	8.9%	18.00	9.24	0.8%	1.5%	.152	.132
1936	MULT	MULT	227	.363	.342	10.1%	0.6%	0.4%	8.4%	23.00	27.50	0.4%	1.5%	.070	.122
1937	PC/SDS	NN2/IND	53	.433	.316	11.3%	1.0%	0.0%	7.4%		45.71	3.8%	1.3%	.170	.118
1940	ULT/VEZ	MEX	430	.520	.353	10.5%	10.2%	5.6%	9.4%	1.88	0.92	2.8%	1.2%	.249	.127
1941	CBM	MEX	491	.405	.375	13.2%	11.1%	5.3%	8.6%	2.50	1.30	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.123
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
23	14		6680	.393	.345	10.1%	8.6%	2.6%	3.4%	4.15	36.28	1.1%	1.1%	.130	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		5701	.382	.342	9.8%	8.3%	0.8%	0.6%	13.00	57.49	1.0%	1.1%	.120	.114
2	vs Latin Leagues		921	.459	.365	11.9%	10.3%	5.4%	9.3%	2.20	1.12	1.7%	1.1%	.197	.125
4	vs Major Leagues		58	.366	.325	12.1%	7.4%	0.0%	3.5%		2.60	0.0%	0.9%	.020	.124

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	St. Louis Stars I		3186	.384	.346	8.9%	8.3%	0.5%	0.3%	20.00	19.59	1.5%	1.3%	.142	.122
2	Chicago American Giants		153	.325	.312	9.2%	7.2%					0.0%	0.8%	.058	.091
1	Detroit Wolves		132	.375	.348	8.3%	8.6%	0.0%	0.2%		35.75	0.0%	0.7%	.084	.096
1	Kansas City Monarchs		71	.483	.344	12.7%	8.0%	2.8%	0.7%	4.50	11.63	0.0%	0.9%	.246	.109
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1136	.369	.338	10.3%	7.8%	0.4%	0.6%	27.50	22.31	0.7%	1.2%	.102	.117
5	Homestead Grays		992	.396	.341	11.9%	9.0%	0.0%	0.1%		273.46	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 II		38	.454	.284	15.8%	6.3%	6.7%	1.6%	2.00	4.68	0.0%	0.6%	.065	.092
1	Santo Domingo Stars		14	.425	.253	21.4%	5.8%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.081
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		430	.520	.353	10.5%	9.4%	5.6%	10.2%	1.88	0.92	2.8%	1.2%	.249	.127
1	Azules de Veracruz		0		.000
1	Sultanes de Monterrey		491	.405	.375	13.2%	11.1%	5.3%	8.6%	2.50	1.30	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.123
1	NAL All Stars		4	.366	.250	0.0%	17.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.000

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