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 The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recrea ...

. 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 The East–West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to emulate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, usi ...

. Bell died in Birmingham in 1970 at age 55.

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