# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cool-papa-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:37:12.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cool-papa-bell"
name: "Cool Papa Bell"
slug: "cool-papa-bell"
description: "James Thomas \"Cool Papa\" Bell was an American center fielder and pitcher in Negro league baseball and the Mexican League from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He ranked 66th on a list of the greatest baseball players published by The Sporting News in 1999."
tagline: "American Hall of Fame baseball player (1903–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bellcoolpapa1987.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1903-05-17"
deathDate: "1991-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.572152000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell"
    title: "Cool Papa Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كول بابا بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كول بابا بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell"
    title: "Cool Papa Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell"
    title: "Cool Papa Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell"
    title: "Cool Papa Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell"
    title: "Cool Papa Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%91%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB"
    title: "クール・パパ・ベル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q425884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump