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)

Similarity Scores

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	HoF	Score	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
	Cool Papa Bell	CF		1000	162	647	157	213	36	13	8	82	77	41	40	.329	.403	.462

1	Earle Combs	CF	✔	987	162	640	132	208	34	17	6	70	75	31	11	.325	.397	.462
2	Bill Lange	CF		986	162	638	138	211	27	16	8	115	70	17	80	.330	.401	.459
3	Pete Browning	CF		980	162	660	131	225	40	12	6	90	64	23	35	.342	.403	.467
4	Hugh Duffy	CF	✔	975	162	657	145	213	30	11	10	121	62	20	54	.324	.384	.449
5	Edd Roush	CF	✔	975	162	606	91	196	28	15	6	81	40	21	22	.323	.369	.446
6	Jake Stenzel	CF		974	162	640	140	217	40	15	7	113	63	15	62	.339	.408	.480
7	Riggs Stephenson	LF		973	162	557	88	187	40	7	8	96	61	31	7	.336	.407	.473
8	Paul Waner	RF	✔	973	162	601	103	200	38	12	7	83	69	24	7	.333	.404	.473
9	Mike Donlin	CF		972	162	595	103	198	27	15	8	84	48	6	33	.333	.386	.468
10	Tony Gwynn	RF	✔	972	162	617	92	209	36	6	9	76	52	29	21	.338	.388	.459
11	Jimmy Bannon	RF		971	162	634	129	203	34	11	8	112	67	45	44	.320	.390	.447
12	Kiki Cuyler	RF	✔	970	162	617	113	198	34	14	11	92	58	65	28	.321	.386	.474
13	Benny Kauff	CF		967	162	584	98	181	32	11	9	86	69	59	44	.311	.389	.450
14	Ross Youngs	RF	✔	967	162	619	109	199	32	12	6	79	74	52	20	.322	.399	.441
15	Tip O'Neill	LF		966	162	654	135	213	34	14	8	116	65	22	25	.326	.392	.458
16	Heinie Manush	LF	✔	965	162	618	104	204	40	13	9	95	41	28	9	.330	.377	.479
17	Mike Tiernan	RF		965	162	648	144	201	28	18	12	93	82	35	47	.311	.392	.463
18	Kirby Puckett	CF	✔	964	162	658	97	209	38	5	19	99	41	88	12	.318	.360	.477
19	Rod Carew	2B	✔	964	162	611	93	200	29	7	6	67	67	67	23	.328	.393	.429
20	Lip Pike	CF		964	162	756	165	243	45	20	8	127	19	21	18	.321	.338	.465
21	Wade Boggs	3B	✔	963	162	609	100	200	38	4	8	67	94	49	2	.328	.415	.443
22	Jimmy Ryan	CF		962	162	657	132	201	36	13	10	88	65	29	34	.307	.374	.444
23	Bug Holliday	CF		962	162	637	127	198	28	12	11	108	63	37	43	.311	.376	.448
24	Baby Doll Jacobson	CF		961	162	606	87	189	36	10	9	90	39	45	9	.311	.357	.450
25	George Hall	LF		960	162	742	167	239	30	24	6	111	16	12	8	.322	.337	.449
26	Ike Boone	RF		960	162	528	81	169	36	5	12	88	63	30	1	.321	.394	.475
27	Tris Speaker	CF	✔	960	162	592	109	204	46	13	7	89	80	13	25	.345	.428	.500
28	George Van Haltren	CF		960	162	655	134	207	23	13	6	83	71	25	48	.316	.385	.417
29	Sam Rice	RF	✔	958	162	625	102	201	34	12	2	73	48	19	24	.322	.374	.427
30	Roberto Clemente	RF	✔	958	162	629	94	200	29	11	16	87	41	82	6	.317	.359	.475
31	Bob Fothergill	LF		958	162	479	66	156	33	8	5	85	30	26	6	.326	.368	.459
32	Elmer Flick	RF	✔	957	162	611	104	191	29	18	5	83	65	0	36	.313	.389	.445
33	Jesse Burkett	LF	✔	956	162	660	135	223	25	14	6	75	81	18	31	.338	.415	.446
34	Tuck Turner	RF		956	162	643	126	205	29	16	3	92	55	30	23	.320	.377	.429
35	Billy Hamilton	CF	✔	955	162	638	172	220	25	10	4	75	121	22	93	.344	.455	.432
36	Bing Miller	RF		955	162	553	84	172	35	9	10	88	34	30	11	.311	.359	.461
37	Joe Kelley	LF	✔	955	162	613	124	194	31	17	6	104	80	14	39	.317	.402	.451
38	Freddie Lindstrom	3B	✔	955	162	632	101	197	34	9	12	88	38	31	9	.311	.351	.449
39	Johnny Frederick	CF		955	162	624	100	192	40	7	17	76	42	35	5	.308	.357	.477
40	Lew Fonseca	1B		954	162	589	90	186	35	9	5	84	32	34	11	.316	.355	.432
41	Sam Thompson	RF	✔	954	162	689	145	228	39	18	15	150	52	26	26	.331	.384	.505
42	John Stone	LF		953	162	607	100	188	36	14	10	95	63	48	6	.310	.376	.467
43	Paul Molitor	DH	✔	953	162	654	108	200	37	7	14	79	66	75	30	.306	.369	.448
44	Roy Carlyle	RF		951	162	460	57	146	29	6	8	71	22	52	1	.318	.354	.460
45	Ben Chapman	CF		950	162	611	108	185	38	10	8	92	78	52	27	.302	.383	.440
46	Lyman Bostock	CF		950	162	617	94	192	31	9	7	77	53	54	14	.311	.365	.427
47	Cap Anson	1B	✔	950	162	660	128	219	37	9	6	133	63	19	18	.333	.393	.445
48	Sam Crawford	RF	✔	950	162	616	90	191	29	20	6	98	49	7	24	.309	.362	.452
49	Cliff Lee	LF		950	162	492	67	148	27	9	12	67	32	58	4	.300	.344	.462
50	Jim O'Rourke	LF	✔	949	162	689	140	214	38	12	5	97	41	29	18	.311	.352	.423
51	Carl Reynolds	RF		948	162	596	89	180	33	14	11	93	34	41	15	.302	.346	.458
52	Zack Wheat	LF	✔	948	162	612	87	194	32	12	9	84	44	38	14	.317	.367	.450
53	Willie Keeler	RF	✔	947	162	656	131	224	18	11	3	62	40	3	38	.341	.388	.415
54	Irish Meusel	LF		947	162	616	88	191	31	12	13	103	34	25	14	.310	.348	.464
55	Denny Lyons	3B		946	162	621	135	193	35	10	9	109	90	31	32	.310	.407	.443
56	John O'Rourke	CF		945	162	666	104	197	41	17	8	69	33	45	0	.295	.329	.442
57	Johnny Mostil	CF		945	162	585	103	176	35	14	4	63	69	56	29	.301	.386	.427
58	George Brett	3B	✔	945	162	619	95	189	40	8	19	95	66	54	12	.305	.369	.487
59	Ed Delahanty	LF	✔	945	162	663	141	229	46	16	9	129	65	22	40	.346	.411	.505
60	Oyster Burns	RF		944	162	633	119	190	31	18	9	114	63	25	36	.300	.368	.446
61	Johnny Moore	RF		944	162	577	84	177	30	5	14	87	37	34	4	.307	.352	.449
62	Kenny Lofton	CF		943	162	626	118	187	30	9	10	60	73	78	48	.299	.372	.423
63	Bibb Falk	LF		943	162	557	78	175	36	7	8	94	49	33	6	.315	.372	.449
64	George Gore	CF		943	162	662	164	199	32	12	6	76	89	41	21	.301	.386	.411
65	Dixie Walker	RF		943	162	573	88	176	32	8	9	87	69	28	5	.306	.383	.437
66	Pie Traynor	3B	✔	942	162	631	99	202	31	14	5	106	39	23	13	.320	.362	.435
67	Pepper Martin	CF		942	162	561	103	167	37	10	8	68	50	60	20	.298	.358	.443
68	Freddy Leach	LF		942	162	610	89	188	32	9	12	83	27	31	5	.307	.341	.446
69	Curt Walker	RF		941	162	579	86	176	28	14	8	82	64	30	11	.304	.374	.440
70	Earl Webb	RF		941	162	539	81	165	39	6	14	83	65	50	2	.306	.381	.479
71	Dom DiMaggio	CF		941	162	653	121	195	36	7	10	72	87	66	12	.298	.383	.419
72	Dick Cox	RF		941	162	548	80	172	26	9	5	72	55	32	7	.314	.379	.424
73	Carl Furillo	RF		940	162	572	80	171	29	5	17	95	46	39	4	.300	.355	.458
74	Ray Blades	LF		940	162	510	99	153	28	11	11	72	70	65	7	.301	.395	.460
75	A. J. Pollock	CF		940	162	576	95	165	38	7	16	62	48	95	28	.287	.343	.464
76	George Harper	RF		940	162	513	76	156	24	6	14	80	59	31	9	.303	.380	.455
77	Chick Stahl	CF		940	162	630	107	192	27	15	4	77	58	0	23	.305	.369	.416
78	Bernie Williams	CF		939	162	614	107	182	35	4	22	98	83	95	11	.297	.381	.477
79	Pete Reiser	CF		939	162	501	89	148	29	8	11	69	65	69	16	.295	.380	.450
80	Charlie Blackmon	CF		939	162	613	102	187	33	7	24	75	42	110	24	.305	.360	.497
81	Paul Hines	CF		939	162	690	119	208	39	9	6	83	36	30	16	.302	.340	.409
82	Tom Parrott	SP		939	162	575	91	174	23	15	9	95	23	30	15	.303	.331	.442
83	Tommy Holmes	RF		938	162	613	86	185	36	6	11	71	59	15	5	.302	.366	.432
84	Bill Joyce	3B		938	162	592	147	174	27	19	13	109	129	50	47	.294	.435	.467
85	Enos Slaughter	RF	✔	938	162	541	85	162	28	10	12	89	69	37	5	.300	.382	.453
86	Mike Smith	LF		938	162	615	120	191	26	18	5	87	83	18	30	.310	.398	.434
87	Sam West	CF		938	162	568	86	170	32	9	7	77	64	50	5	.299	.371	.425
88	Harry Rice	CF		937	162	586	97	175	29	10	8	79	59	30	9	.299	.368	.421
89	Charley Jones	LF		937	162	677	133	202	31	18	10	100	43	24	4	.298	.345	.444
90	Hack Miller	LF		937	162	557	76	180	30	5	18	95	30	48	5	.323	.361	.490
91	Fred Clarke	LF	✔	937	162	619	117	193	26	16	5	73	63	10	37	.312	.386	.429
92	Earl Averill	CF	✔	937	162	617	119	196	39	12	23	113	75	50	7	.318	.395	.534
93	Home Run Baker	3B	✔	936	162	615	91	189	32	11	10	102	49	19	24	.307	.363	.442
94	George Grantham	2B		936	162	560	102	169	33	10	12	80	80	59	15	.302	.392	.461
95	Mike Griffin	CF		936	162	634	151	188	34	12	5	77	87	22	51	.296	.388	.407
96	Ray Grimes	1B		936	162	575	101	189	38	9	10	98	76	50	8	.329	.413	.480
97	Pete Rose	LF		936	162	639	98	194	34	6	7	60	71	52	9	.303	.375	.409
98	Lloyd Waner	CF	✔	936	162	632	98	200	23	10	2	49	34	14	5	.316	.353	.393
99	Cy Williams	CF		936	162	549	83	160	25	6	20	81	56	58	9	.292	.365	.470
100	Fred Nicholson	LF		936	162	425	60	132	18	11	6	57	35	52	11	.311	.367	.452

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