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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   Series G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1960 LCS 4 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .445 .214 .231 .154
1962 LCS 4 19 1 8 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 2 0 .871 .450 .421 .421
1962 WS 6 27 6 9 1 0 2 5 2 3 1 1 0 .972 .379 .593 .333
1963 LCS 4 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .375 .188 .188 .188
1963 WS 7 30 4 7 0 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 0 .591 .258 .333 .233
1964 LCS 5 22 5 10 2 0 2 3 1 5 0 0 0 1.296 .478 .818 .455
1964 WS 4 18 4 3 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 .544 .211 .333 .167
1965 LCS 7 30 3 7 2 0 1 3 0 7 0 1 0 .658 .258 .400 .233
1966 LCS 6 27 7 7 2 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 .644 .310 .333 .259
1966 WS 4 17 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 .863 .333 .529 .294
1967 LCS 7 31 5 10 6 1 0 1 1 6 3 0 1 .924 .344 .581 .323
1968 LCS 6 21 4 5 0 0 1 3 6 5 2 0 0 .788 .407 .381 .238
1970 LCS 7 29 6 8 1 0 2 4 3 8 1 0 0 .861 .344 .517 .276
1970 WS 6 21 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 .558 .320 .238 .190
1971 LCS 6 21 6 7 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 1.128 .462 .667 .333
1971 WS 5 21 7 7 1 0 2 5 2 6 1 0 0 1.058 .391 .667 .333
1972 LCS 7 25 4 8 2 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 0 .814 .414 .400 .320
1972 WS 4 16 5 8 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 1.217 .529 .688 .500
1973 LCS 5 22 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 .545 .182 .364 .182
1973 WS 5 21 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 .701 .273 .429 .238
1974 LCS 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .333 .333 .333
1974 WS 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500 .500 .500
1975 LCS 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .000 .000
1975 WS 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.267 .667 .600 .600
Total 125 461 84 133 24 2 17 60 38 92 22 4 1 .805 .345 .460 .289
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.