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)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1922	SLS	NNL/NVM	19	SP	44	113.0	2.3	0.4	0.0	1.9	0.0
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	121	153.2	3.2	0.1	0.0	3.1	0.0
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	276	40.0	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.6	-0.1
1925	SLS	NNC/NNL	22	CF	458		5.2	3.3	2.0	0.0	-0.2
1926	SLS	NNL	23	CF	448		1.8	2.7	-0.7	0.0	-0.2
1927	SLS	NNL	24	CF	470		0.1	1.4	-1.1	0.0	-0.2
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	25	CF	410		3.1	2.8	0.5	0.0	-0.2
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	26	CF	470	2.0	1.9	2.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
1930	SLS	NNC/NNL	27	CF	413		3.1	2.8	0.4	0.0	-0.1
1931	SLS	NNL/NVM	28	CF	173		0.6	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0
1932	MULT	EWL/IND	29	CF	260		2.7	2.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	30	CF	350		0.0	1.6	-1.5	0.0	-0.1
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	31	CF	322		1.4	2.5	-1.0	0.0	-0.1
1935	MULT	MULT	32	CF	286		1.9	1.6	0.4	0.0	-0.1
1936	MULT	MULT	33	CF	247		1.2	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1937	PC/SDS	IND/NN2	34	CF	58		0.4	0.6	-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		2.5	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1942	MULT	MULT	39	CF	180		1.2	1.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.6
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	40	LF	349		1.4	2.4	-0.7	0.0	-0.3
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	41	LF	280		0.9	1.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	42	LF	238		1.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	-0.2
1946	HG	NN2	43	LF	139		1.2	1.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
23	15			CF	6913	308.2	46.1	45.6	-2.2	5.6	-3.3
162 Game Average					677	30.0	4.5	4.5	-0.2	0.5	-0.3

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
2	vs Latin Leagues				921		9.3	9.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
21	Negro Leagues				5934	308.2	35.9	35.5	-2.6	5.6	-3.1
4	vs Major Leagues				58		0.9	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0

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	211		0.5	1.5	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
1	Detroit Wolves			CF	137		0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
5	East All Stars			CF	21		-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
5	Homestead Grays			LF	1036		5.7	7.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.8
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	71		1.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	Carta Blanca de Monterrey			CF	491		2.5	2.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
1	NNL All Stars			CF	38		1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
2	North All Stars			LF	10		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			CF	1191		4.0	6.9	-2.6	0.0	-0.3
1	Santo Domingo Stars			CF	19		0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	St. Louis Stars			CF	3242	308.2	23.5	17.5	1.7	5.6	-1.3
1	Azules de Veracruz			-			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	West All Stars			-	12		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

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