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)

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	149
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	49	121	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	1		7			0	6			.241	.287	.361	.648	59
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	65	276	242	52	73	12	3	1	33	12		20			0	14			.302	.355	.388	.743	90
1925	SLS	NNL/NNC	22	CF	94	447	409	99	140	34	6	10	58	32		30			0	8	0		.342	.387	.528	.915	132
1926	SLS	NNL	23	CF	91	448	386	107	129	27	7	12	58	36		48			4	10			.334	.413	.534	.947	124
1927	SLS	NNL	24	CF	97	460	419	90	131	23	5	5	39	21		31			0	10			.313	.360	.427	.787	98
1928	SLS	NNC/NNL	25	CF	86	410	365	88	123	21	7	6	46	20		36			1	8			.337	.398	.482	.880	129
1929	SLS/CAG	NNL/NvM	26	CF	102	470	413	103	131	26	5	3	41	52		50			1	6			.317	.392	.426	.818	107
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	27	CF	85	410	366	109	128	22	5	7	59	12		38			2	4			.350	.414	.495	.908	128
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	28	CF	35	168	140	52	41	7	2	1	19	16		26			0	2			.293	.404	.393	.796	103
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	57	255	223	61	79	14	9	0	30	15		24			3	5			.354	.424	.498	.922	154
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	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	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	31	CF	70	317	275	53	89	10	3	1	28	15	0	35	1		1	6	0	0	.324	.402	.393	.795	127
1935	WES/PC	MULT	32	CF	57	266	224	72	72	14	7	2	31	12	0	36	0	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	0		0	5	0	0	.322	.392	.392	.784	108
1937	SDS/PC	IND/NN2	34	CF	12	58	52	13	19	2	0	2	9	1		6			0	0			.365	.431	.519	.950	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	202
1941	CBM	MEX	38	CF	100	491	421	85	132	21	15	4	48	14		65	26		1	4			.314	.407	.463	.870	116
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	138
1943	EAS/HG	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	EAS/HG	MULT	41	LF	58	280	242	44	72	9	4	1	30	6		30	0	1	1	7	0	0	.298	.377	.380	.757	104
1945	NOS/HG	MULT	42	LF	52	233	193	39	56	7	1	1	21	10		38		0	0	2			.290	.407	.352	.759	118
1946	HG	NN2	43	LF	39	139	120	23	48	5	2	0	16	6		16		0	0	3			.400	.471	.475	.946	164
23	15			CF	1482	6747	5925	1433	1958	326	112	74	761	348	0	683	53	1	17	122	0	0	.330	.401	.461	.862	124
162 Game Average						738	648	157	214	36	12	8	83	43	0	75	43	1	2	13	0	0	.330	.401	.461	.862	124

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				1280	5768	5073	1213	1642	275	82	58	630	300	0	566	3	1	16	113	0	0	.324	.393	.445	.838	119
2	vs Latin Leagues				189	921	803	204	299	50	30	16	127	42		110	50		1	7			.372	.449	.569	1.018	156
4	vs Major Leagues				13	58	49	16	17	1	0	0	4	6		7	0		0	2			.347	.429	.367	.796	139

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	714	3213	2850	722	928	180	42	48	373	199		284	0		10	69	0		.326	.389	.469	.857	115
2	Chicago American Giants			CF	35	153	137	22	38	4	2	0	9	3		14			0	2			.277	.344	.336	.680	112
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	16	71	57	17	22	4	5	0	11	6		9			2	3			.386	.485	.632	1.117	218
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	29	132	119	28	38	6	2	0	13	8		11			1	1			.319	.382	.403	.785	114
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	249	1136	995	236	313	43	17	8	115	49	0	117			2	22			.315	.388	.416	.804	116
5	Homestead Grays			LF	228	1022	879	185	291	36	14	2	105	35		125		1	1	17	0	0	.331	.415	.411	.826	127
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	-4
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	101
1	NNL All Stars II			CF	8	38	31	9	13	2	0	0	4	4		6			0	1			.419	.514	.484	.997	223
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	4	19	16	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.375	.474	.375	.849	203
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	202
1	Sultanes de Monterrey			CF	100	491	421	85	132	21	15	4	48	14		65	26		1	4			.314	.407	.463	.870	116
1	NAL All Stars			LF	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.250	.250	.250	.500	288
1	North All Stars			LF	1	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	0	0			.750	.800	.750	1.550	370

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	.345	0.0%		0.0%	8.2%			2.3%	1.1%	.195	.117
1923	SLS	NNL	121	.283	.363	5.8%	8.5%					1.7%	1.3%	.120	.127
1924	SLS	NNL	276	.335	.359	7.2%	8.6%					0.4%	0.9%	.087	.112
1925	SLS	NNL/NNC	447	.401	.348	6.7%			8.9%			2.2%	1.3%	.186	.131
1926	SLS	NNL	448	.417	.376	10.7%	8.8%					2.7%	1.4%	.199	.138
1927	SLS	NNL	460	.354	.356	6.7%	8.4%					1.1%	1.2%	.115	.124
1928	SLS	NNC/NNL	410	.395	.344	8.8%			6.9%			1.5%	1.2%	.145	.117
1929	SLS/CAG	NNL/NvM	470	.375	.352	10.6%			8.6%			0.6%	1.5%	.109	.131
1930	SLS	NNL/NNC	410	.412	.359	9.3%			8.5%			1.7%	1.2%	.145	.126
1931	SLS	NNL/NvM	168	.383	.369	15.5%			9.4%			0.6%	0.9%	.100	.108
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	255	.423	.338	9.4%			8.2%			0.0%	0.8%	.143	.097
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	335	.338	.327	8.4%		0.3%	6.5%	28.00		0.6%	1.1%	.087	.120
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	317	.376	.327	11.0%		0.3%	7.7%	35.00		0.3%	0.8%	.069	.093
1935	WES/PC	MULT	266	.399	.353	13.5%		0.0%	8.9%			0.8%	1.5%	.152	.132
1936	MULT	MULT	227	.363	.342	10.1%		0.0%	8.4%			0.4%	1.5%	.070	.122
1937	SDS/PC	IND/NN2	58	.427	.312	10.3%			7.3%			3.4%	1.3%	.154	.116
1940	ULT/VEZ	MEX	430	.520	.356	10.5%	10.1%	5.6%	9.5%	1.88	0.93	2.8%	1.2%	.249	.129
1941	CBM	MEX	491	.405	.377	13.2%	11.2%	5.3%	8.6%	2.50	1.31	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.124
1942	MULT	MULT	122	.355	.298	9.8%		0.0%	7.4%			0.0%	0.7%	.074	.072
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	340	.405	.351	11.5%		0.3%	9.7%	39.00		0.0%	0.6%	.081	.097
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	280	.353	.346	10.7%		0.0%	8.4%			0.4%	0.9%	.083	.103
1945	NOS/HG	MULT	233	.374	.330	16.3%			8.8%			0.4%	0.8%	.062	.095
1946	HG	NN2	139	.444	.340	11.5%	9.3%					0.0%	1.0%	.075	.097
23	15		6747	.393	.351	10.1%	8.7%	5.5%	8.5%	2.13	3.40	1.1%	1.1%	.130	.118

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		5768	.383	.348	9.8%	8.4%	9.1%	3.3%	1.00	22.32	1.0%	1.1%	.121	.117
2	vs Latin Leagues		921	.459	.367	11.9%	10.4%	5.4%	9.3%	2.20	1.13	1.7%	1.1%	.197	.126
4	vs Major Leagues		58	.366	.317	12.1%	7.1%	0.0%	3.5%		2.60	0.0%	0.9%	.020	.121

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	St. Louis Stars I		3213	.385	.357	8.8%	8.5%	0.0%	6.4%		1.52	1.5%	1.3%	.143	.126
2	Chicago American Giants		153	.325	.305	9.2%	7.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.058	.088
1	Detroit Wolves		132	.375	.344	8.3%	8.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.084	.095
1	Kansas City Monarchs		71	.483	.324	12.7%	7.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.246	.102
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1136	.369	.338	10.3%	7.8%					0.7%	1.2%	.102	.117
5	Homestead Grays		1022	.393	.344	12.2%	9.1%					0.2%	0.8%	.080	.099
5	East All Stars		21	.183	.303	4.8%	5.3%	14.3%	11.7%	0.33	0.61	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.111
2	West All Stars		12	.385	.336	16.7%	13.0%	0.0%	9.0%		1.58	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.066
1	NNL All Stars II		38	.454	.287	15.8%	6.3%					0.0%	0.6%	.065	.095
1	Santo Domingo Stars		19	.410	.261	15.8%	6.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.086
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		430	.520	.356	10.5%	9.5%	5.6%	10.1%	1.88	0.93	2.8%	1.2%	.249	.129
1	Azules de Veracruz		0		.000
1	Sultanes de Monterrey		491	.405	.377	13.2%	11.2%	5.3%	8.6%	2.50	1.31	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.124
1	NAL All Stars		4	.366	.250	0.0%	17.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.000
1	North All Stars		5	.754	.330	20.0%	10.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.043

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