Cool Papa Bell

CF/LF · B/L · NEGRO LEAGUES · ACTIVE: 1924–1948 BORN: STARKVILLE, USA

All-Star ×8 Hall of Fame

Career

1592 H · 60 HR · 606 RBI · 302 SB

.325 AVG · .847 OPS · 1237 G

1946 Season

.397 AVG · 0 HR · 16 RBI · 6 SB

.467 OBP · .471 SLG · .938 OPS

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Cool Papa Bell was a center fielder in MLB history. Across 1237 career games, with a .325 batting average and 60 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1922	SLS	18	40	6	15	3	1	1	5	0	0	1	.375	.405	.575	.980
1923	SLS	49	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	1	7		.241	.287	.361	.648
1924	SLS	65	242	52	73	12	3	1	33	12	20	1	.302	.355	.388	.743
1925	SLS	87	380	94	132	33	6	10	58	30	30		.347	.395	.545	.940
1926	SLS	91	386	107	129	27	7	12	58	36	48	4	.334	.413	.534	.947
1927	SLS	97	419	89	131	23	5	5	36	25	33		.313	.364	.427	.791
1928	SLS	79	338	81	112	21	6	6	41	19	32	1	.331	.391	.482	.873
1929	CAG	4	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.176	.222	.176	.399
1929	SLS	93	375	95	122	24	5	3	38	48	44	1	.325	.399	.440	.839
1930	SLS	80	345	107	123	20	8	9	54	15	36	3	.357	.420	.539	.959
1931	SLS	33	132	46	38	7	2	1	18	16	24	0	.288	.397	.394	.791
1932	DW	29	120	28	38	6	2	0	14	8	11	0	.317	.379	.400	.779
1932	HG	10	40	12	16	3	1	0	5	1	3		.400	.442	.525	.967
1932	KCM	16	57	17	22	4	5	0	11	6	9	2	.386	.485	.632	1.117
1932	PC	2	7	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1		.429	.500	.857	1.357
1933	PC	74	300	64	91	12	4	2	28	16	28		.303	.365	.390	.755
1934	PC	69	272	52	89	10	3	1	28	14	34	3	.327	.404	.397	.801
1935	PC	49	197	68	68	14	6	2	30	12	31	2	.345	.434	.508	.942
1936	PC	41	165	39	48	4	2	1	20	6	17	0	.291	.357	.358	.715
1937	PC	8	36	9	13	2	0	2	7	1	3		.361	.410	.583	.994
1942	CAG	39	141	24	44	7	3	0	11	4	27	1	.312	.420	.404	.824
1943	HG	65	263	63	92	12	5	0	29	12	39	1	.350	.434	.433	.867
1944	HG	52	213	43	66	9	3	1	27	4	30	0	.310	.398	.394	.792
1945	HG	48	179	38	50	6	1	1	20	10	35	1	.279	.400	.341	.741
1946	HG	39	121	23	48	5	2	0	16	6	16	0	.397	.467	.471	.938
Career Totals	—	1237	4893	1188	1592	270	82	60	606	302	559	21	.325	.397	.451	.847

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1922	SLS	7	7	5.02	16	12	0	113.0	118	63	40	63	1.40
1923	SLS	11	7	4.51	25	14	0	153.2	180	77	34	66	1.39
1924	SLS	2	1	3.83	6	4	0	40.0	37	17	19	17	1.40
1929	SLS	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	2.00
Career Totals	—	20	15	4.64	49	30	0	308.2	338	159	94	146	1.40

All-Star Selections

1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.