Herman Bell - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Herman Bell



Herman Bell
(Steel Arm)

Born: April 18, 1915 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 27, 1970 in Birmingham, AL
          (55 years old)

Bats: R
Throws: R
Ht: 5'11"
Wt: 177
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Notes:


• Buried: Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens (Birmingham, AL)


Batting

Multi-Stint Seasons:

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+
TIC
NAL
25
C
9
30
21
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
7
2
.143
.357
.143
.500
56
BBB
28
C
12
36
31
2
5
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
.161
.235
.161
.397
28
BBB
NAL
30
C
13
34
28
4
5
1
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
3
.179
.258
.286
.544
62
BBB
NAL
31
C
1
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
-100
BBB
NAL
32
C
5
11
11
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.091
.091
.091
.182
-51
BBB
NAL
33
C
19
61
54
12
15
2
0
0
6
1
5
0
2
.278
.339
.315
.654
75
6
2
C
59
176
149
21
29
3
1
0
10
2
18
0
0
9
0
.195
.281
.228
.510
49
162 Game Average
483
409
58
80
8
3
0
27
6
49
0
0
25
0
.195
.281
.228
.510
49
 
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+
1
Pittsburgh Crawfords
C
9
30
21
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
7
2
.143
.357
.143
.500
56
5
Birmingham Black Barons
C
50
146
128
19
26
3
1
0
10
1
11
0
0
7
0
.203
.266
.242
.508
48



Advanced Batting
Year
Team Lg
PA
wOBA
LG
BB%
LG
K%
LG
BB/K
LG
HR%
LG
ISO
LG
TIC
NAL
30
.275
.313
23.3%
9.0%
0.0%
0.6%
.000
.073
BBB
36
.194
.299
8.3%
6.5%
0.0%
0.4%
.000
.070
BBB
NAL
34
.238
.314
8.8%
6.8%
0.0%
0.6%
.107
.089
BBB
NAL
4
.000
.330
0.0%
8.1%
0.0%
0.5%
.000
.079
BBB
NAL
11
.088
.355
0.0%
9.5%
0.0%
0.9%
.000
.105
BBB
NAL
61
.310
.352
8.2%
9.0%
0.0%
0.9%
.037
.116
6
2
176
.245
.327
10.2%
8.1%
0.0%
0.7%
.034
.093
 
Year
Team Lg
PA
wOBA
LG
BB%
LG
K%
LG
BB/K
LG
HR%
LG
ISO
LG
1
Pittsburgh Crawfords
30
.275
.313
23.3%
9.0%
0.0%
0.6%
.000
.073
5
Birmingham Black Barons
146
.239
.330
7.5%
7.9%
0.0%
0.7%
.039
.097

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James