Barnstorming
Cool Papa Bell
James Thomas Bell Born: 5/17/1903 in Starkville, MS USA      Died: 3/7/1991 in St. Louis, MO USA     Hall Of Fame: 1974
Weight: 155 lb.      Height: 6'0"
Bats: B                 Throws: L
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1922 | 19 | SLS | NNL | 18 | 40 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | .405 | .575 | .980 | ||||
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | 49 | 108 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .241 | .287 | .361 | .648 | |||||
| 1924 | 21 | SLS | NNL | 65 | 242 | 52 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .302 | .355 | .388 | .743 | |||
| 1925 | 22 | SLS | NNL | 87 | 380 | 94 | 132 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 8 | .347 | .395 | .545 | .940 | |||||
| 1926 | 23 | SLS | NNL | 91 | 386 | 107 | 129 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 36 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .334 | .413 | .534 | .947 | ||
| 1927 | 24 | SLS | NNL | 97 | 419 | 89 | 131 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .313 | .364 | .427 | .791 | ||
| 1928 | 25 | SLS | NNL | 79 | 338 | 81 | 112 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .331 | .391 | .482 | .873 | ||||
| 1929 | 26 | CAG | NNL | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | |||
| 1929 | 26 | SLS | NNL | 93 | 375 | 95 | 122 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 48 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .325 | .399 | .440 | .839 | ||
| 1930 | 27 | SLS | NNL | 80 | 345 | 107 | 123 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .357 | .420 | .539 | .959 | |
| 1931 | 28 | SLS | NNL | 33 | 132 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 | .397 | .394 | .791 | ||||
| 1932 | 29 | PC | IND | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .857 | 1.357 | |||||
| 1932 | 29 | DW | EWL | 29 | 120 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .379 | .400 | .779 | ||||
| 1932 | 29 | KCM | IND | 16 | 57 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .386 | .485 | .632 | 1.117 | ||||
| 1932 | 29 | HG | EWL | 10 | 40 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .442 | .525 | .967 | |||||
| 1933 | 30 | PC | NN2 | 74 | 300 | 64 | 91 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .303 | .365 | .390 | .755 | |||||
| 1934 | 31 | PC | NN2 | 69 | 272 | 52 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .327 | .404 | .397 | .801 | ||||
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NN2 | 49 | 197 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .345 | .434 | .508 | .942 | ||||
| 1936 | 33 | PC | NN2 | 41 | 165 | 39 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .291 | .357 | .358 | .715 | ||||
| 1937 | 34 | PC | NN2 | 8 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .361 | .410 | .583 | .994 | |||||
| 1942 | 39 | CAG | NAL | 39 | 141 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .420 | .404 | .824 | |
| 1943 | 40 | HG | NN2 | 65 | 263 | 63 | 92 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .350 | .434 | .433 | .867 | ||
| 1944 | 41 | HG | NN2 | 52 | 213 | 43 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .398 | .394 | .792 | |
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NN2 | 48 | 179 | 38 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .279 | .400 | .341 | .741 | |
| 1946 | 43 | HG | NN2 | 39 | 121 | 23 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .397 | .467 | .471 | .938 | ||||
| 21 Seasons | 1237 | 4893 | 1188 | 1592 | 270 | 82 | 60 | 606 | 302 | 1 | 559 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 113 | 1 | 2 | .325 | .397 | .451 | .847 | |||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1925 | 22 | SLS | NNC | 7 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | |||
| 1928 | 25 | SLS | NNC | 7 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 407 | .484 | .481 | .965 | ||||
| 1930 | 27 | SLS | NNC | 6 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 292 | .370 | .542 | .912 | |||||
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NLC | 7 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | .231 | .217 | .448 | |||
| 1943 | 40 | HG | NWS | 7 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 294 | .368 | .382 | .751 | |||||
| 1944 | 41 | HG | NWS | 5 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | |
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NWS | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | .313 | .286 | .598 | ||
| 7 Post Seasons | 43 | 175 | 26 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .274 | .335 | .371 | .707 | ||||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1922 | 19 | SLS | NNL | 7 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 118 | 63 | 6 | 40 | 63 | 5.02 | 0 | 4 | 486 | 4 | 71 | ||
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | 11 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 153.2 | 180 | 77 | 9 | 34 | 66 | 4.51 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 666 | 9 | 100 | |
| 1924 | 21 | SLS | NNL | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 3.83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 24 | |
| 1929 | 26 | SLS | NNL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 Seasons | 20 | 15 | 49 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 308.2 | 338 | 159 | 17 | 94 | 146 | 4.64 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1336 | 15 | 197 | ||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1922 | 19 | SLS | NNL | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1922 | 19 | SLS | NNL | P | 16 | 12 | 113 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0.983 | |
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | 1B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.857 | |
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | OF | 15 | 13 | 107.1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.964 | |
| 1923 | 20 | SLS | NNL | P | 25 | 14 | 153.2 | 12 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0.976 | |
| 1924 | 21 | SLS | NNL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1924 | 21 | SLS | NNL | OF | 61 | 58 | 490 | 131 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.986 | |
| 1924 | 21 | SLS | NNL | P | 6 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.857 | |
| 1925 | 22 | SLS | NNL | 1B | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1925 | 22 | SLS | NNL | OF | 87 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1926 | 23 | SLS | NNL | OF | 91 | 91 | 808 | 206 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0.978 | |
| 1927 | 24 | SLS | NNL | 1B | 5 | 2 | 33 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1927 | 24 | SLS | NNL | OF | 95 | 95 | 826.2 | 186 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.961 |
| 1928 | 25 | SLS | NNL | OF | 79 | 79 | 705.1 | 201 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.964 |
| 1929 | 26 | SLS | NNL | 1B | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1929 | 26 | CAG | NNL | OF | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1929 | 26 | SLS | NNL | OF | 93 | 92 | 787 | 204 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.978 |
| 1929 | 26 | SLS | NNL | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1930 | 27 | SLS | NNL | OF | 80 | 80 | 691 | 175 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0.970 | |
| 1931 | 28 | SLS | NNL | OF | 33 | 32 | 283 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.983 | |
| 1932 | 29 | DW | EWL | OF | 29 | 29 | 253.2 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.985 | |
| 1932 | 29 | HG | EWL | OF | 10 | 10 | 86.1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1932 | 29 | PC | IND | OF | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1932 | 29 | KCM | IND | OF | 16 | 16 | 134 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.938 | |
| 1933 | 30 | PC | NN2 | OF | 74 | 74 | 638 | 109 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.957 | |
| 1934 | 31 | PC | NN2 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.938 | |
| 1934 | 31 | PC | NN2 | OF | 67 | 67 | 576.2 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.968 | |
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NN2 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NN2 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NN2 | OF | 44 | 44 | 393 | 111 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.959 | |
| 1936 | 33 | PC | NN2 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | |
| 1936 | 33 | PC | NN2 | OF | 40 | 40 | 345.1 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.974 | |
| 1937 | 34 | PC | NN2 | OF | 8 | 8 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1942 | 39 | CAG | NAL | 1B | 10 | 10 | 81 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.967 | |
| 1942 | 39 | CAG | NAL | OF | 28 | 28 | 233.2 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.970 | |
| 1943 | 40 | HG | NN2 | OF | 64 | 63 | 529.1 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.990 | |
| 1944 | 41 | HG | NN2 | OF | 57 | 51 | 450.1 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NN2 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NN2 | OF | 52 | 46 | 405.2 | 69 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.924 | |
| 1946 | 43 | HG | NN2 | 1B | 5 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.929 | |
| 1946 | 43 | HG | NN2 | OF | 34 | 27 | 242 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.978 | |
| 21 Seasons | 1249 | 1104 | 9656 | 2320 | 268 | 78 | 26 | 0 | 0.971 | ||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1925 | 22 | SLS | NNC | CF | 7 | 7 | 58.2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.960 |
| 1928 | 25 | SLS | NNC | CF | 7 | 7 | 61 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.957 |
| 1930 | 27 | SLS | NNC | CF | 6 | 6 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NLC | CF | 6 | 6 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 | |
| 1943 | 40 | HG | NWS | LF | 7 | 7 | 69.2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1944 | 41 | HG | NWS | LF | 5 | 5 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | |
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NWS | LF | 4 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 7 Post Seasons | 42 | 42 | 372.1 | 93 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.961 | ||||
| Year | Age | Team | League | Salary |
| Year | Age | League | Award | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Voters | Ballots | Required | Votes | Pct. | Inducted | Category |
| 1974 | 71 | Negro League | Y | Player |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Div | # | G | W | L | Pct. | Div Rank | Ply/Mgr |
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