Herman "Lefty" Watts (December 18, 1919 – September 14, 1960) was an American

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...

. He played in 1941 with the

New York Black Yankees The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 an ...

Jacksonville Red Caps The Jacksonville Red Caps were a Negro league baseball team based primarily in Jacksonville, Florida. They played the Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. History The team was based in Jacksonville, Florida playing at Durkee Field in ...

, and in 1942 with the Cincinnati Buckeyes. Watts was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942.

Ulysses Brown Ulysses "Joe" "Buster" Brown (1920 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1942 with the Newark Eagles, Chicago American Giants, and the Cincinnati Clowns. Brown died in a car accident ...

and

Smoky Owens Raymond "Smoky" Owens (1912 – September 7, 1942) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. He played from 1939 to 1942 with the Cleveland Bears, St. Louis Stars (baseball), St. Louis Stars, and the Cincinnati ...

died, while Watts, Eugene Bremmer,

Alonzo Boone Alonzo D. "Buster" Boone (January 13, 1908 – April 8, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams. Boone was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses ...

, and

Wilbur Hayes Wilbur Hayes (August 25, 1898 – February 9, 1957) was an American sports executive. He owned the Cleveland Buckeyes Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African America ...

were injured. Watts returned to Indianapolis, becoming combination player-manager of the

Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fin ...

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