Herman Roth

{{short description|American baseball player (1896-1988)}}

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| name = Herman Roth

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| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|3|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|4|8|1896|3|6|mf=y}}

| death_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1923

| debutteam = Milwaukee Bears

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1925

| finalteam = Birmingham Black Barons

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| teams =

• Milwaukee Bears (1923)
• Chicago American Giants (1923–1925)
• Detroit Stars (1924)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1925)

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Herman Jacob Roth (March 6, 1896 – April 8, 1988), nicknamed "Bobby", was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Roth made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 with the Milwaukee Bears and Chicago American Giants. He went on to play for the Detroit Stars and Birmingham Black Barons in the following two seasons.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=roth-01her |title=Herman Roth |publisher= |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=roth--000bob |title=Bobby Roth |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Roth died in New Orleans in 1988 at age 92.