For other people named James Bell, see James Bell (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Cool Papa Bell
Center fielder
Born:(1903-05-17)May 17, 1903 Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: March 7, 1991(1991-03-07) (aged 87) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Left
Negro leagues debut
1922, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
1946, for the Homestead Grays
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average
.325
Hits
1,548
Home runs
57
Runs batted in
596
Teams
St. Louis Stars (1922–1931)
Detroit Wolves (1932)
Kansas City Monarchs (1932–1934)
Santo Domingo (1937)
Homestead Grays (1932, 1943–1946)
Pittsburgh Crawfords (1933–1938)
Alijadores de Tampico (1938–1939)
Algodoneros de Unión Laguna (1940)
Rojos del Águila de Veracruz (1940)
Sultanes de Monterrey (1941)
Memphis Red Sox (1942)
Chicago American Giants (1942)
Career highlights and awards
2x Negro World Series champ (1943, 1944)
8x All-Star (1933–1936, 1942 (2)-1944)
Lifetime batting average: .337 (Negro leagues)
Washington Nationals Ring of Honor
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1974
Election method
Negro Leagues Committee
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 – March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He ranked 66th on a list of the greatest baseball players published by The Sporting News in 1999.
James Thomas "CoolPapa" Bell (May 17, 1903 – March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946. He is considered...
CoolPapa is a nickname. Notable people who have used the nickname include: CoolPapaBell (1903–1991), American center fielder in Negro league baseball...
baseball. By the end of the season, Greenlee had signed to contracts CoolPapaBell, John Henry Russell, Leroy Matlock, Jake Stephens, "Boojum" Wilson,...
befriend a sports reporter, Frankie (Emilie de Ravin), and groundskeeper CoolPapaBell (Louis Gossett Jr.), who then assist the boys in reaching the final...
shortstop, while Ray Dandridge holds down third base. In the outfield are CoolPapaBell, Oscar Charleston, and Leon Day. On the mound is perhaps the most famous...
the year due in large part to their pitcher turned center fielder, CoolPapaBell, and their shortstop, Willie Wells. A gas leak in his home nearly asphyxiated...
geologist, writer and company director CoolPapaBell (James Thomas Bell, 1903–1991), American baseball player James Bell (Australian footballer) (born 1999)...
contemporary Ted Radcliffe opined that even "CoolPapaBell couldn't field with Turkey Stearnes. [Bell] was faster, but Turkey Stearnes was one of the...
in the Negro leagues. (The others were Satchel Paige, Buck Leonard, CoolPapaBell and Oscar Charleston.) He was nominated as a finalist for the Major...
of Famers Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, and CoolPapaBell, along with other notable players such as William Bell, Jimmie Crutchfield, Rap Dixon, Sam Bankhead...
misses the catch or it is a bad throw. Richie Ashburn Earl Averill CoolPapaBell Willard Brown Max Carey Oscar Charleston Ty Cobb Earle Combs Joe DiMaggio...
following day. James "CoolPapa" Bell related a story to baseball historian John Holway of another confrontation involving Charleston. Bell told Holway that...
biography on Negro league star and Hall of Famer CoolPapaBell, entitled The Bona Fide Legend of CoolPapaBell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues, and has...
Gallos de Santa Rosa franchise and joined the league. CoolPapaBell (Torreón / Azules): Bell became the first player in the Mexican League history to...
Crawford was co-winner of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum James "CoolPapa" Bell Legacy Award for 2003. In 2004, Crawford stole 59 bases, again leading...
Thompson. The Negro Leagues Committee also met in person and selected CoolPapaBell. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August...
Johnson, George Carr, and Hurley McNair; and pitchers Rube Currie and Cliff Bell. Immediate contenders, the Monarchs became bitter rivals to black baseball's...
in 1946, winning the tournament. The great black stars, Josh Gibson, CoolPapaBell and many others often opposed the Bushwicks. The team appeared on New...
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