# Herman Watts

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**Herman "Lefty" Watts** (December 18, 1919 – September 14, 1960) was an American [baseball](/source/Baseball) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) in the [Negro leagues](/source/Negro_league_baseball). He played in 1941 with the [New York Black Yankees](/source/New_York_Black_Yankees) [Jacksonville Red Caps](/source/Jacksonville_Red_Caps), and in 1942 with the [Cincinnati Buckeyes](/source/Cleveland_Buckeyes). Watts was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942.[1] [Ulysses Brown](/source/Ulysses_Brown) and [Smoky Owens](/source/Smoky_Owens) died, while Watts, [Eugene Bremmer](/source/Eugene_Bremmer), [Alonzo Boone](/source/Alonzo_Boone), and [Wilbur Hayes](/source/Wilbur_Hayes) were injured.[2]

Watts returned to Indianapolis, becoming combination player-manager of the [Indianapolis ABCs](/source/Indianapolis_ABCs).[3]

## References

1. ["Clipped from the Journal Herald"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107256438/the-journal-herald/). *The Journal Herald*. 8 September 1942. p. 12.

1. Riley, James A. (1994). *The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues*. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

1. ["ABC's Feature Crack Lineup"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107256248/the-journal-herald/). The Journal Herald. 31 August 1949.

## External links

and [Seamheads](https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=watts01her)

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