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Name Team Age
Cool Papa Bell Retired (1975, Age 39) Died (2013, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16
(1954)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League 0 18 years (92 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 7/22/1936
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
6 11 15
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (---)
C  (43.6 %) C- (35.5 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1954 Minors 56.00 8 / 8 6 / 6 7 / 7 12 / 12 0 / 7 6 / 6 10 / 10 49 / 56
1955 Minors 61.00 13 / 13 8 / 8 3 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 10 8 / 10 7 / 10 43 / 61
1956 Minors 67.00 7 / 7 17 / 19 9 / 15 2 / 5 0 / 8 5 / 5 6 / 8 46 / 67
1957 Minors 45.00 6 / 8 1 / 2 3 / 5 4 / 5 0 / 11 4 / 8 6 / 6 24 / 45
1957 Majors 5.66 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 5
1958 Majors 44.59 3 / 5 3 / 7 3 / 8 3 / 7 0 / 2 4 / 8 4 / 7 20 / 44
1959 Majors 45.40 3 / 5 6 / 15 3 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 4 / 6 1 / 2 17 / 45
1960 Majors 55.86 3 / 6 5 / 10 3 / 5 4 / 7 0 / 10 4 / 10 5 / 7 24 / 55
1961 Majors 61.29 7 / 13 4 / 10 3 / 6 4 / 8 0 / 7 4 / 10 4 / 7 26 / 61
1962 Majors 67.13 1 / 7 1 / 4 2 / 10 6 / 14 0 / 14 2 / 9 0 / 9 12 / 67
1963 Majors 59.51 3 / 7 4 / 12 0 / 7 3 / 9 0 / 8 2 / 7 2 / 9 14 / 59
1964 Majors 65.97 1 / 8 1 / 7 3 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 10 1 / 10 8 / 65
1965 Majors 64.89 0 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 9 2 / 12 3 / 64
1966 Majors 58.49 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 58
1967 Majors 49.50 0 / 4 0 / 14 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 49
1968 Majors 65.89 0 / 14 0 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 65
1969 Majors 64.79 0 / 7 0 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 64
1970 Majors 64.77 162 140 0 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 64
1971 Majors 64.30 162 140 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 64
1972 Majors 64.90 162 140 0 0 / 4 1 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 15 0 / 3 1 / 64
1973 Majors 64.26 162 135 0 0 / 11 -2 / 11 -1 / 7 -3 / 10 -4 / 10 -4 / 8 -1 / 7 -15 / 64
1974 Majors 62.67 162 106 0 -1 / 11 -3 / 2 -4 / 11 -3 / 9 -3 / 11 -1 / 11 -3 / 7 -18 / 62
1975 Majors 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.