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: 5'11"

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)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1922	SLS	NNL/NvM	19	SP	44	114.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	2.0	0.0
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	121	153.2	3.0	0.0	0.1	3.0	0.0
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	276	40.0	1.9	0.5	0.9	0.6	-0.1
1925	SLS	NNL/NNC	22	CF	447		3.1	3.0	0.3	0.0	-0.2
1926	SLS	NNL	23	CF	448		1.7	2.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.2
1927	SLS	NNL	24	CF	460		1.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	-0.2
1928	SLS	NNL/NNC	25	CF	410		3.0	2.7	0.5	0.0	-0.2
1929	SLS/CAG	NNL/NvM	26	CF	470	2.0	2.4	2.7	0.0	0.0	-0.2
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	CF	410		2.3	2.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	28	CF	168		0.5	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	255		2.9	2.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	CF	335		-0.1	1.4	-1.5	0.0	-0.1
1934	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	31	CF	317		1.4	2.4	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
1935	PC/WES	MULT	32	CF	266		2.2	1.7	0.6	0.0	-0.1
1936	MULT	MULT	33	CF	227		1.0	1.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1937	PC/SDS	NN2/IND	34	CF	58		0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.0
1940	ULT/VEZ	MEX	37	CF	430		6.8	6.9	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1941	CBM	MEX	38	CF	491		2.6	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1942	MULT	MULT	39	CF	122		0.8	0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.6
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	40	LF	340		1.4	2.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.3
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	41	LF	280		0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	42	LF	233		1.4	1.5	0.1	0.0	-0.2
1946	HG	NN2	43	LF	139		1.3	1.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
23	15			CF	6747	309.2	44.5	43.6	-1.9	5.6	-3.3
162 Game Average					674	30.2	4.5	4.4	-0.2	0.6	-0.3

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
21	Negro Leagues				5768	309.2	34.2	33.5	-2.3	5.6	-3.1
4	vs Major Leagues				58		1.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
2	vs Latin Leagues				921		9.4	9.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	NAL All Stars			LF	4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.5
1	Unión Laguna de Torreón			CF	430		6.8	6.9	0.0	0.0	-0.1
2	Chicago American Giants			CF	153		0.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	132		0.8	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
5	East All Stars			CF	21		-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
5	Homestead Grays			LF	1022		5.8	7.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.8
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	71		1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	Carta Blanca de Monterrey			CF	491		2.6	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1	NNL All Stars			CF	38		1.1	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
1	North All Stars			LF	5		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	1136		3.7	6.4	-2.4	0.0	-0.3
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	19		0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
10	St. Louis Stars			CF	3213	309.2	21.6	16.5	0.7	5.6	-1.3
1	Azules de Veracruz			-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	West All Stars			CF	12		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

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