Cool Papa Bell

Active years: 1922* to 1948*

* Years for Negro Leagues and Black baseball players are shown from the available Lahman and team timeline records.

Primary positionOF

Teams

St. Louis Stars, 1922-1928, 1929-1931
Chicago American Giants, 1929, 1942
Detroit Wolves, 1932
Homestead Grays, 1932, 1943-1946
Kansas City Monarchs, 1932
Pittsburgh Crawfords, 1932-1937

Honors

Awards, titles, and All-Star honors at a glance.

All-Star Selections

8

Season Stats

Year-by-year batting stats

FanGraphs batting data presented by season and team.

Year	Team	Age	G	PA	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	fWAR
1922	SLS	19	18	42	40	15	1	5	6	0	.375	.405	.575	.980	0.3
1923	SLS	20	49	115	108	26	2	17	24	1	.241	.287	.361	.648	-0.2
1924	SLS	21	65	262	242	73	1	33	52	12	.302	.355	.388	.743	2.1
1925	SLS	22	87	410	380	132	10	58	94	30	.347	.395	.545	.940	4.0
1926	SLS	23	91	438	386	129	12	58	107	36	.334	.413	.534	.947	3.1
1927	SLS	24	97	450	419	131	5	39	90	21	.313	.360	.427	.787	2.3
1928	SLS	25	79	371	338	112	6	41	81	19	.331	.391	.482	.873	3.7
1929	2 Tms	26	97	441	391	125	3	40	98	49	.320	.397	.435	.832	3.1
1930	SLS	27	79	379	342	121	6	56	104	11	.354	.417	.491	.908	3.4
1931	SLS	28	33	156	132	38	1	18	46	16	.288	.397	.394	.791	0.8
1932	2 Tms	29	39	174	159	54	0	18	40	9	.340	.397	.434	.831	1.4
1933	PC	30	73	324	295	89	2	28	62	16	.302	.364	.390	.754	-0.1
1934	PC	31	69	307	272	89	1	28	52	14	.327	.404	.397	.801	1.4
1935	PC	32	49	228	197	68	2	30	68	12	.345	.434	.508	.942	2.9
1936	PC	33	41	182	165	48	1	20	39	6	.291	.357	.358	.715	-0.3
1937	PC	34	8	39	36	13	2	7	9	1	.361	.410	.583	.994	0.0
1942	CAG	39	26	110	98	29	0	7	14	0	.296	.373	.378	.750	0.6
1943	HG	40	64	294	259	92	0	30	63	12	.355	.432	.436	.868	2.0
1944	HG	41	52	244	213	66	1	27	43	4	.310	.398	.394	.792	1.1
1945	HG	42	44	195	164	48	1	19	34	10	.293	.405	.360	.765	1.2
1946	HG	43	39	136	120	48	0	16	23	6	.400	.471	.475	.946	1.3
Totals			1199	5297	4756	1546	57	595	1149	285	.325	.394	.446	.840	34.1