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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1957 LHP 8 18 4 0 0 1 2 3 5 .722 .333 .389 .222
1957 RHP 20 46 14 0 0 1 7 5 7 .742 .373 .370 .304
1958 LHP 59 138 39 4 3 2 13 10 27 .727 .329 .399 .283
1958 RHP 112 358 99 14 5 9 39 30 63 .751 .332 .419 .277
1959 LHP 60 166 42 5 3 5 17 7 34 .694 .284 .410 .253
1959 RHP 103 273 70 9 5 4 32 22 57 .681 .311 .370 .256
1960 LHP 60 145 40 5 5 5 24 7 28 .796 .314 .483 .276
1960 RHP 126 392 85 15 3 9 39 25 81 .605 .266 .339 .217
1961 LHP 64 165 50 4 2 9 22 15 36 .880 .365 .515 .303
1961 RHP 127 381 98 25 5 9 36 32 92 .739 .319 .420 .257
1962 LHP 63 171 42 5 1 6 20 12 33 .691 .299 .392 .246
1962 RHP 128 425 136 28 4 17 51 44 79 .911 .386 .525 .320
1963 LHP 61 173 45 8 1 4 18 10 37 .688 .301 .387 .260
1963 RHP 114 339 105 14 5 14 53 38 65 .890 .386 .504 .310
1964 LHP 54 123 46 5 1 8 27 15 16 1.065 .439 .626 .374
1964 RHP 131 459 140 19 9 17 65 46 95 .867 .370 .497 .305
1965 LHP 50 117 36 4 2 9 15 8 17 .961 .354 .607 .308
1965 RHP 134 476 137 27 4 22 60 43 88 .847 .347 .500 .288
1966 LHP 59 140 40 6 4 9 31 10 40 .912 .333 .579 .286
1966 RHP 125 394 113 14 4 16 52 35 75 .814 .350 .464 .287
1967 LHP 55 111 34 6 2 5 19 10 26 .897 .366 .532 .306
1967 RHP 101 343 118 23 5 25 54 26 56 1.051 .392 .659 .344
1968 LHP 72 165 53 7 2 11 26 15 27 .972 .385 .588 .321
1968 RHP 128 444 144 17 10 30 74 31 76 .979 .369 .610 .324
1969 LHP 70 185 60 8 2 15 59 15 36 1.007 .374 .632 .324
1969 RHP 126 395 142 22 1 25 67 46 72 1.037 .427 .610 .359
1970 LHP 80 205 64 5 1 13 39 21 41 .914 .377 .537 .312
1970 RHP 117 365 124 19 16 27 98 35 58 1.097 .396 .701 .340
1971 LHP 88 209 71 8 3 11 48 14 33 .951 .387 .565 .340
1971 RHP 123 383 117 18 3 21 68 33 81 .895 .362 .533 .305
1972 LHP 87 187 51 10 0 9 33 16 49 .802 .332 .471 .273
1972 RHP 123 343 95 14 10 11 54 32 58 .808 .336 .472 .277
1973 LHP 75 168 37 8 1 3 30 11 42 .604 .271 .333 .220
1973 RHP 120 348 97 15 2 16 50 31 78 .808 .337 .471 .279
1974 LHP 41 57 12 1 0 2 6 9 9 .652 .318 .333 .211
1974 RHP 115 371 119 15 5 13 69 40 70 .883 .389 .493 .321
1975 LHP 28 65 19 2 1 3 8 5 14 .835 .343 .492 .292
1975 RHP 94 162 36 4 1 7 29 11 37 .662 .273 .389 .222
Total LHP 1134 2708 785 101 34 130 457 213 550 .840 .344 .496 .290
Total RHP 2167 6697 1989 312 97 293 997 605 1288 .860 .357 .504 .297
Total 2464 9405 2774 413 131 423 1454 818 1838 .854 .353 .502 .295
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.