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Cool Papa Bell 2026 Season · Homestead Grays

Career: .324/.396/.449, 62 HR, 1589 H in 1262 games.

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Cool Papa Bell

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+20.9Career NUT

+14.1 to Nutty

Career

.324AVG62HR600RBI1589H1185R310SB

S/L · 6' 0", 155 lb · b. May 17, 1903 · Starkville, MS · Signed Undrafted FA, 1922

Player Overview

Year by Year


1922	19	STA	—	18	43	40	6	15	3	1	1	5	0	2	0	1	.375	.405	.575	.200	.980	.359
1923	20	STA	-0.4	49	121	108	24	26	5	1	2	17	7	0	1	6	.241	.287	.361	.120	.648	.226
1924	21	STA	+0.1	68	276	242	52	73	12	3	1	33	20	0	12	14	.302	.355	.388	.086	.743	.299
1925	22	STA	+2.9	89	429	384	93	133	30	7	10	53	38	1	42	6	.346	.407	.539	.193	.946	.329
1926	23	STA	+2.5	91	448	386	107	129	27	7	12	58	48	4	36	10	.334	.413	.534	.200	.947	.313
1927	24	STA	+1.0	101	470	424	89	132	23	5	5	36	33	1	25	12	.311	.362	.425	.114	.787	.303
1928	25	STA	+2.0	79	378	338	81	112	21	6	6	41	32	1	19	7	.331	.391	.482	.151	.873	.319
1929	26	GIA	—	4	18	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.000	.398	.176
1929	26	STA	+1.5	97	429	375	95	122	24	5	3	38	44	2	48	8	.325	.399	.440	.115	.839	.320
1929	26	TOT	+1.4	101	447	392	98	125	24	5	3	39	45	2	48	8	.319	.392	.429	.110	.821	.314
1930	27	STA	+2.9	80	386	345	107	123	20	8	9	54	36	2	15	3	.357	.420	.539	.182	.959	.339
1931	28	STA	+0.5	34	162	137	47	39	7	2	1	18	24	0	16	1	.285	.391	.387	.102	.778	.279
1932	29	WOL	+0.5	31	142	128	32	42	6	1	1	17	13	1	8	0	.328	.394	.414	.086	.808	.323
1932	29	GRA	—	10	44	40	12	16	3	1	0	5	3	0	1	1	.400	.442	.525	.125	.967	.400
1932	29	TOT	+0.9	41	186	168	44	58	9	2	1	22	16	1	9	1	.345	.405	.440	.095	.845	.341
1933	30	CRA	+0.8	77	350	313	69	96	13	5	3	32	30	1	16	6	.307	.369	.409	.102	.778	.300
1934	31	CRA	+1.2	71	318	276	53	90	10	3	1	28	35	1	14	6	.326	.404	.395	.069	.799	.324
1935	32	CRA	+1.0	52	249	210	69	69	15	6	2	30	33	0	14	6	.329	.420	.486	.157	.906	.322
1936	33	CRA	+0.2	45	206	183	46	56	6	3	1	24	19	0	6	4	.306	.371	.388	.082	.759	.302
1937	34	CRA	—	8	39	36	9	13	2	0	2	7	3	0	1	0	.361	.410	.583	.222	.993	.324
1942	39	GIA	+1.0	39	170	141	24	44	8	3	0	11	27	0	4	2	.312	.423	.411	.099	.834	.312
1943	40	GRA	+1.1	66	307	263	63	92	12	5	0	29	39	0	12	5	.350	.434	.433	.083	.867	.350
1944	41	GRA	+0.5	58	250	213	43	66	9	3	1	27	30	1	4	6	.310	.398	.394	.084	.792	.307
1945	42	GRA	+0.5	54	217	179	38	50	6	1	1	20	35	1	10	2	.279	.400	.341	.062	.741	.275
1946	43	GRA	+1.0	41	139	121	23	48	5	2	0	16	16	0	6	2	.397	.467	.471	.074	.938	.397
Career	—	21 yrs	+20.9	1262	5591	4899	1185	1589	267	78	62	600	566	18	310	108	.324	.396	.449	.125	.845	.316

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Papa Bell's career NUT of +20.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.9

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NUT by Season

-0.4

+0.1

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+2.0

+1.4

+2.9

+0.5

+0.9

+0.8

+1.2

+1.0

+0.2

+1.0

+1.1

+0.5

+1.0

Awards

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