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James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 – March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have ...
James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award – "Stolen Base" leaders in the NL and AL; Charles Isham "C. I." Taylor Legacy Award – "Managers of the Year" in the NL and AL; Andrew "Rube" Foster Legacy Award – "Executives of the Year" in the NL and AL; Kansas City Mondards Award - Royals player and pitcher of the year
1.58 NLBM James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award (NL stolen-base leader) 1.59 Fielding Bible Award. 1.60 Players Choice Awards NL Comeback Player.
The team was founded in Harlem as the Harlem Stars in 1931 by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. By 1932, the club was renamed the New York Black Yankees. [4] The team's left fielder Fats Jenkins was chosen by fans to play in the East team for the first East-West All-Star Game in 1933. A succession of ...
The following is the list of players on the Chicago American Giants all-time roster.These are Chicago American Giants players who appeared in at least one game for the American Giants from 1910 to 1956.
The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962.
He is credited with giving Negro leagues great James Cool Papa Bell his famous nickname, [19] and for convincing him to learn to switch hit in order to take advantage of his speed. Gatewood is also credited with teaching Satchel Paige his "hesitation pitch" while managing him in Birmingham.
The Wolves posted the best record in the league, behind the play of stars like Willie Wells, Cool Papa Bell, Mule Suttles, ... Riley, James A. (1994).