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

About Graph

Biographical
Wikipedia	BR Bullpen	SABR Bio Project	SABR Index

Photos & Videos
Google Photos / + Baseball	Yahoo Photos / + Baseball	MLB.com	YouTube

Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974
• Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery (Normandy, MO)
• Relatives: Fred Bell (Brother)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1922	SLS	NNL/NVM	19	SP	7	7	.500	16	12	9	1	113.0	71	63	118	6	40	63	0	4	486	5.02	100
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	11	7	.611	25	14	9	0	153.2	100	77	180	9	34	66	4	7	666	4.51	104
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	2	1	.667	6	4	3	0	40.0	24	17	37	2	19	17	0	2	174	3.83	122
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	26	CF	0	0		2	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	9.00	53
4	1			CF	20	15	.571	49	30	21	1	308.2	197	159	338	17	94	146	4	13	1336	4.64	104
162 Game Average					17	13	.571	42	26	18	1	265.2	170	137	291	15	81	126	3	11	1150	4.64	104

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1922	SLS	NNL/NVM	19	SP	113.0	1.40	1.46	13.0%	11.0%	8.2%	7.7%	1.58	1.43	1.2%	1.1%
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	153.2	1.39	1.51	9.9%	9.0%	5.1%	8.2%	1.94	1.09	1.4%	1.3%
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	40.0	1.40	1.48	9.8%	10.5%	10.9%	8.2%	0.89	1.29	1.1%	0.8%
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	26	CF	2.0	2.00	1.46	0.0%	10.5%	10.0%	7.5%	0.00	1.39	0.0%	1.4%
4	1			CF	308.2	1.40	1.49	10.9%	9.9%	7.0%	8.0%	1.55	1.24	1.3%	1.2%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1922	SLS	NNL/NVM	19	SP	16	486	422	71	118	12	12	6	15	40	63	4	20	12	.280	.348	.408	.755
1923	SLS	NNL	20	SP	25	666	598	100	180	28	8	9	0	34	66	7	27	10	.301	.346	.420	.766
1924	SLS	NNL	21	CF	6	174	146	24	37	5	3	2	4	19	17	2	7	6	.253	.347	.370	.717
1929	CAG/SLS	NNL/NVM	26	CF	2	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844
4	1			CF	49	1336	1175	197	338	46	23	17	19	94	146	13	54	28	.288	.347	.409	.756

Choose a Metric

Cool Papa Bell

Notes:

Multi-Stint Seasons: