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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
Cool Papa Bell Left Field
Retired (1975, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .295 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .854 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
H 2774 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 07-22-1936
HR 423 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1954)		 Majors Svc Time 18 years
(92 games)
RBI 1454
SB 528
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt B- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 6
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A  WS Appearances 11
2B --- CF C- (35.5%)   Health C  LCS Appearances 15
3B --- RF C  (43.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1954 Minors 18 56.00 8 / 8 6 / 6 7 / 7 12 / 12 0 / 7 6 / 6 10 / 10 49 / 56
1955 Minors 19 61.00 13 / 13 8 / 8 3 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 10 8 / 10 7 / 10 43 / 61
1956 Minors 20 67.00 7 / 7 17 / 19 9 / 15 2 / 5 0 / 8 5 / 5 6 / 8 46 / 67
1957 Minors 21 45.00 6 / 8 1 / 2 3 / 5 4 / 5 0 / 11 4 / 8 6 / 6 24 / 45
1957 Majors 21 5.66 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 5
1958 Majors 22 44.59 3 / 5 3 / 7 3 / 8 3 / 7 0 / 2 4 / 8 4 / 7 20 / 44
1959 Majors 23 45.40 3 / 5 6 / 15 3 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 4 / 6 1 / 2 17 / 45
1960 Majors 24 55.86 3 / 6 5 / 10 3 / 5 4 / 7 0 / 10 4 / 10 5 / 7 24 / 55
1961 Majors 25 61.29 7 / 13 4 / 10 3 / 6 4 / 8 0 / 7 4 / 10 4 / 7 26 / 61
1962 Majors 26 67.13 1 / 7 1 / 4 2 / 10 6 / 14 0 / 14 2 / 9 0 / 9 12 / 67
1963 Majors 27 59.51 3 / 7 4 / 12 0 / 7 3 / 9 0 / 8 2 / 7 2 / 9 14 / 59
1964 Majors 28 65.97 1 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 10 1 / 10 8 / 65
1965 Majors 29 64.89 0 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 9 2 / 12 3 / 64
1966 Majors 30 58.49 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 58
1967 Majors 31 49.50 0 / 4 0 / 14 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 49
1968 Majors 32 65.89 0 / 14 0 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 65
1969 Majors 33 64.79 0 / 7 0 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 64
1970 Majors 34 64.77 162 140 0 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 64
1971 Majors 35 64.30 162 140 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 64
1972 Majors 36 64.90 162 140 0 0 / 4 1 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 15 0 / 3 1 / 64
1973 Majors 37 64.26 162 135 0 0 / 11 -2 / 11 -1 / 7 -3 / 10 -4 / 10 -4 / 8 -1 / 7 -15 / 64
1974 Majors 38 62.67 162 106 0 -1 / 11 -3 / 2 -4 / 11 -3 / 9 -3 / 11 -1 / 11 -3 / 7 -18 / 62
1975 Majors 39 39.90 146 46 16 -3 / 6 -6 / 2 -1 / 2 -1 / 7 -9 / 3 -3 / 7 -3 / 12 -26 / 39
Total 956 707 16 51 / 182 47 / 198 37 / 175 34 / 174 -15 / 188 37 / 196 41 / 174 232 / 1287
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Cool Papa Bell has retired from the Brooklyn Black Dodgers
1975-05-25Cool Papa Bell of the Brooklyn Black Dodgers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1970-04-20A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks and the Brooklyn Black Dodgers. The Brooklyn Black Dodgers receive Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige, Lefty LaMarque, Cristobal Torriente from the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks in exchange for Mercury Morris, Tennessee Williams.
1967-04-14Cool Papa Bell of the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1966-06-21Cool Papa Bell of the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1965-10-12Cool Papa Bell of the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1957-08-01The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Cool Papa Bell to the major league team.
1957-07-09The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Chris Krug to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Cool Papa Bell to the minors.
1957-07-06The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Cool Papa Bell to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Chris Krug to the minors.
1957-06-10The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Rick Morgan to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Cool Papa Bell to the minors.
1957-06-08The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have promoted Cool Papa Bell to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have sent Rick Morgan to the minors.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks have renamed Shad Herring to Cool Papa Bell.
1956-04-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit domiNATEors and the Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks. The Pittsburgh Meandering Cricks receive Harry Twitchell, Shad Herring from the Detroit domiNATEors in exchange for Boom Boom Wheeler.