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Cool Papa Bell
	James Thomas Bell

	Born James Thomas Nichols
	Born: May 17, 1903 in Starkville, MS
	Died: March 7, 1991 - 87 years old in St. Louis, MO
	Bats: B	Throws: L	Ht: 5'9"	Wt: 157

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Notes:
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Player in 1974
- Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery; Hillsdale, MO
Relatives: Brother of Fred Bell

Overall

Batting Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	R/27	wOBA
1922	SLS	NNL	19.1	SP	18	43	40	6	15	3	1	1	5	0		0			2	1			.375	.405	.575	.980	180	9.8	.424
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	SP	49	121	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	1		7			0	6			.241	.287	.361	.648	73	4.1	.282
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	CF	65	272	246	49	71	13	3	1	37	9		21			0	5			.289	.345	.378	.723	86	6.2	.339
1928	SLS	-	25.1	CF	84	401	357	87	120	21	7	6	46	19	0	35	0	0	1	8	0	0	.336	.397	.485	.882	147	8.5	.400
1933	PC	NN2	30.1	CF	59	268	242	52	74	9	4	2	22	11		19			1	6			.306	.359	.401	.760	114	6.7	.346
5	2			CF	275	1105	993	218	306	51	16	12	127	40	0	82	0	0	4	26	0	0	.308	.363	.428	.791	117	7.0	.360

Years	Team			Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	R/27	wOBA
4	SLS			CF	216	837	751	166	232	42	12	10	105	29	0	63	0	0	3	20	0	0	.309	.365	.437	.802	118	7.1	.365
1	PC			CF	59	268	242	52	74	9	4	2	22	11	0	19	0	0	1	6	0	0	.306	.359	.401	.760	114	6.7	.346

Pitching Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	R	ER	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	WP	HBP	BFP	ERA	ERA+	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB
1922	SLS	NNL	19.1	SP	7	7	.500	16	12	9	1	114.0	71	60	118	12	12	6	40	63	0	4	488	4.74	104	1.386	12.9	8.2	1.58
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	SP	11	7	.611	25	14	9	0	153.7	100	77	180	0	0	9	34	66	4	7	666	4.51	98	1.393	9.9	5.1	1.94
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	SP	3	1	.750	7	4	3	0	40.7	25	17	38	0	0	0	16	17	0	1	177	3.76	107	1.328	9.6	9.0	1.06
3	1				21	15	.583	48	30	21	1	308.3	196	154	336	12	12	15	90	146	4	12	1331	4.50	101	1.382	11.0	6.8	1.62

Outfield Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF	lgRF
1922	SLS	NNL	19.1	OF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		.953	0.00	1.86
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	OF	15	107.3	28	27	0	1	0	.964	.952	2.26	1.81
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	OF	61	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	0.00	0.00
1928	SLS	-	25.1	OF	84	748.3	241	216	16	9	3	.963	.956	2.79	1.96
1933	PC	NN2	30.1	OF	59	510.0	93	89	1	3	1	.968	.956	1.59	1.90
5	2			OF	220	1366.7	362	332	17	13	4	.964	.956	2.30	1.93

Center Field Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF	lgRF
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	CF	14	101.7	27	26	0	1	0	.963	.953	2.30	2.07
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	CF	57	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	0.00	0.00
1928	SLS	-	25.1	CF	84	748.3	241	216	16	9	3	.963	.964	2.79	2.58
1933	PC	NN2	30.1	CF	59	510.0	93	89	1	3	1	.968	.960	1.59	2.26
4	2			CF	214	1360.0	361	331	17	13	4	.964	.962	2.30	2.42

Pitcher Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF	lgRF
1922	SLS	NNL	19.1	P	16	114.0	58	1	56	1	3	.983	.948	4.50	3.26
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	P	25	151.7	83	12	69	2	1	.976	.949	4.81	3.41
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	P	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	0.00	0.00
3	1			P	47	265.7	141	13	125	3	4	.979	.949	4.68	3.35

First Base Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF	lgRF
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	1B	2	6.0	7	6	1	1	.857	.980	9.00	11.92
1924	sls	nnl	21.1	1B	1	0.0	0	0	0	0		.000	0.00	0.00
2	1			1B	3	6.0	7	6	1	1	.857	.980	9.00	11.92

Left Field Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	Fld%	lgFld%	RF	lgRF
1922	SLS	NNL	19.1	LF	1	1.0	0	0		.943	0.00	1.65
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	LF	1	5.7	1	1	1.000	.945	1.59	1.72
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	LF	1	0.0	0	0		.000	0.00	0.00
3	1			LF	3	6.7	1	1	1.000	.945	1.35	1.71

Right Field Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	lgFld%		RF	lgRF
1924	SLS	NNL	21.1	RF		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		0.00	0.00
1	1			RF		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000		0.00	0.00

Second Base Stats

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	lgFld%		RF	lgRF
1923	SLS	NNL	20.1	2B		1	9.0	5	1	4	0	0		1.000	.938		5.00	5.56
1	1			2B		1	9.0	5	1	4	0	0		1.000	.938		5.00	5.56