Herman Watts

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| name = Herman Watts

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| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|12|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Covington, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|9|14|1919|12|18|mf=y}}

| death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1941

| debutteam = New York Black Yankees

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| finalyear = 1942

| finalteam = Cincinnati Buckeyes

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• New York Black Yankees (1941)
• Jacksonville Red Caps (1941)
• Cincinnati Buckeyes (1942)

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Herman "Lefty" Watts (December 18, 1919 – September 14, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played in 1941 with the New York Black Yankees Jacksonville Red Caps, and in 1942 with the Cincinnati Buckeyes. Watts was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107256438/the-journal-herald/ |newspaper=The Journal Herald |date=8 September 1942|title=Clipped from the Journal Herald |page=12 }} Ulysses Brown and Smoky Owens died, while Watts, Eugene Bremmer, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were injured.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}

Watts returned to Indianapolis, becoming combination player-manager of the Indianapolis ABCs.{{cite news |title=ABC's Feature Crack Lineup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107256248/the-journal-herald/ |publisher=The Journal Herald |date=31 August 1949}}