Cool Papa Bell

James Thomas Bell
(Lefty; Jay)
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			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	276	242	52	73	12	3	1	33	12		20			0	14			.302	.355	.388	.743	91
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	22	CF	94	447	409	99	140	34	6	10	58	32	0	30	1		0	8			.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	465	419	89	131	23	5	5	36	25		33			1	12			.313	.364	.427	.791	97
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	25	CF	86	410	365	88	123	21	7	6	46	20		36	1		1	8			.337	.398	.482	.880	129
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	26	CF	102	470	414	103	131	24	5	3	40	51		46	1		2	8			.316	.387	.420	.808	104
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	27	CF	86	413	369	112	131	23	8	10	57	16		39			2	3			.355	.420	.542	.962	138
1931	SLS	NNL/NVM	28	CF	35	168	140	52	41	9	2	1	19	16		26			0	2			.293	.404	.407	.811	105
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	57	255	224	61	79	14	9	0	31	15		24			3	4			.353	.422	.496	.918	153
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	30	CF	75	340	305	65	91	12	4	2	28	16	0	28	1	0	1	6		0	.298	.359	.384	.743	103
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	31	CF	70	317	275	53	89	10	3	1	28	15	0	35	1		1	6			.324	.402	.393	.795	127
1935	PC/WES	MULT	32	CF	57	266	224	72	71	14	7	2	31	12	0	36	0	0	0	6	0	0	.317	.412	.469	.880	123
1936	MULT	MULT	33	CF	50	227	199	49	64	7	2	1	25	11	1	23	0		0	5			.322	.392	.392	.784	106
1937	PC/SDS	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	42	180	151	24	47	7	3	0	11	4	0	27	1	0	0	2		0	.311	.416	.397	.813	153
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	40	LF	73	349	301	68	102	13	6	0	33	12	0	43	1		0	5			.339	.422	.422	.843	130
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	41	LF	58	280	242	44	72	9	4	1	30	6	0	30	1	0	1	7	0		.298	.377	.380	.757	106
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	42	LF	53	238	197	40	56	7	1	1	21	10		38	0	0	1	2	0		.284	.403	.345	.748	115
1946	HG	NN2	43	LF	39	139	121	23	48	5	2	0	16	6		16			0	2			.397	.467	.471	.938	160
23	15			CF	1499	6832	5987	1448	1977	331	116	77	759	359	1	701	58	0	20	124	0	0	.330	.402	.463	.865	125
162 Game Average						738	647	156	214	36	13	8	82	39	6	76	41	0	2	13	0	0	.330	.402	.463	.865	125

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				1297	5853	5135	1228	1661	278	86	61	628	311	1	584	7	0	19	115	0	0	.323	.395	.447	.841	120
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	3	0	0	4	6		7	1		0	2			.347	.429	.408	.837	141

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	715	3221	2854	724	931	181	45	51	367	206	0	283	2		12	72			.326	.389	.475	.864	116
2	Chicago American Giants			CF	48	211	180	32	53	7	3	0	13	7		29	1		0	2			.294	.392	.367	.759	131
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	29	132	120	28	38	6	2	0	14	8		11			1	0			.317	.379	.400	.779	113
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	16	71	57	17	22	4	5	0	11	6		9			2	3			.386	.485	.632	1.117	215
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	250	1141	1000	238	315	43	17	8	115	49	0	117	0		2	22			.315	.388	.416	.804	116
5	Homestead Grays			LF	230	1036	888	186	291	37	14	2	104	35	0	129	1	0	2	17	0		.328	.414	.408	.822	126
5	East All Stars			CF	5	21	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	-4
2	West All Stars			-	3	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	53
1	NNL All Stars II			CF	8	38	31	9	13	2	0	0	4	4		6			0	1			.419	.514	.484	.997	212
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	4	19	16	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		3			0	0			.375	.474	.375	.849	204
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	Azules de Veracruz			-		0	0									0			0	0
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	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	.420	.346	0.0%			8.2%			2.3%	1.2%	.195	.120
1923	SLS	NNL	121	.283	.365	5.8%	8.6%					1.7%	1.3%	.120	.128
1924	SLS	NNL	276	.335	.358	7.2%	8.6%					0.4%	0.9%	.087	.112
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	447	.401	.348	6.7%		0.2%	8.8%	30.00		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	465	.356	.358	7.1%	8.0%					1.1%	1.2%	.115	.126
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	410	.395	.343	8.8%		0.2%	6.9%	36.00		1.5%	1.2%	.145	.117
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	470	.368	.352	9.8%		0.2%	7.9%	46.00		0.6%	1.5%	.104	.131
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	413	.429	.361	9.4%			8.2%			2.4%	1.3%	.187	.132
1931	SLS	NNL/NVM	168	.386	.372	15.5%			9.5%			0.6%	0.9%	.114	.110
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	255	.423	.339	9.4%			8.3%			0.0%	0.8%	.143	.098
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	340	.338	.327	8.2%		0.3%	6.6%	28.00		0.6%	1.1%	.085	.121
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	317	.376	.327	11.0%		0.3%	7.7%	35.00		0.3%	0.8%	.069	.093
1935	PC/WES	MULT	266	.395	.354	13.5%		0.0%	8.9%			0.8%	1.5%	.152	.133
1936	MULT	MULT	227	.363	.345	10.1%		0.0%	8.5%			0.4%	1.5%	.070	.122
1937	PC/SDS	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	.378	13.2%	11.2%	5.3%	8.5%	2.50	1.31	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.124
1942	MULT	MULT	180	.391	.306	15.0%		0.6%	7.0%	27.00		0.0%	0.7%	.086	.086
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	349	.406	.352	12.3%		0.3%	10.0%	43.00		0.0%	0.6%	.083	.097
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	280	.356	.344	10.7%		0.4%	8.3%	30.00		0.4%	0.9%	.083	.103
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	238	.370	.331	16.0%		0.0%	8.8%			0.4%	0.8%	.061	.095
1946	HG	NN2	139	.444	.343	11.5%	9.4%					0.0%	1.0%	.074	.098
23	15		6832	.394	.351	10.3%	8.6%	5.2%	7.2%	2.12	14.20	1.1%	1.1%	.133	.119

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
21	Negro Leagues		5853	.384	.349	10.0%	8.3%	4.3%	2.0%	1.71	52.02	1.0%	1.1%	.123	.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	.374	.321	12.1%	7.2%	4.3%	3.2%	1.00	2.59	0.0%	0.9%	.061	.127

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	St. Louis Stars I		3221	.386	.358	8.8%	8.3%	3.3%	2.1%	2.00	5.82	1.6%	1.3%	.149	.127
2	Chicago American Giants		211	.364	.310	13.7%	6.9%	4.3%	0.4%	1.00	86.78	0.0%	0.8%	.072	.095
1	Detroit Wolves		132	.375	.344	8.3%	8.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.083	.095
1	Kansas City Monarchs		71	.482	.326	12.7%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.246	.104
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1141	.369	.338	10.3%	7.8%	0.0%	2.1%		4.10	0.7%	1.2%	.101	.117
5	Homestead Grays		1036	.393	.344	12.5%	9.1%	2.4%	3.1%	2.00	4.97	0.2%	0.8%	.080	.099
5	East All Stars		21	.184	.295	4.8%	5.3%	14.3%	11.7%	0.33	0.61	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.114
2	West All Stars		12	.297	.321	16.7%	12.2%	8.3%	13.1%	2.00	1.30	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
1	NNL All Stars II		38	.454	.297	15.8%	6.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.065	.094
1	Santo Domingo Stars		19	.410	.262	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		0.0%
1	Sultanes de Monterrey		491	.405	.378	13.2%	11.2%	5.3%	8.5%	2.50	1.31	0.8%	1.1%	.150	.124
1	NAL All Stars		4	.355	.250	0.0%	10.7%					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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