Herman Bell

{{short description|American baseball player (1915-1970)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Herman Bell

| image = Herman Bell.jpg

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|4|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|9|27|1915|4|18|mf=y}}

| death_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1940

| debutteam = Indianapolis Crawfords

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1950

| finalteam = Birmingham Black Barons

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• Indianapolis Crawfords (1940)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1943–1950)

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Herman Bell (April 18, 1915 – September 27, 1970) was an American Negro league catcher between 1940 and 1950.

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Bell made his Negro leagues debut in 1940 with the Indianapolis Crawfords. He went on to play eight seasons with the Birmingham Black Barons, where he was selected to play in the 1949 East–West All-Star Game.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bell-01her |title=Herman Bell |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bell--002her |title=Herman Bell |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author=Margaret A. Gripshover |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/herman-bell/ |title=Herman Bell |publisher=sabr.org |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Bell died in Birmingham in 1970 at age 55.