Herman Bell - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Herman Bell

Herman Bell
(Steel Arm)

Born: April 18, 1915 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 27, 1970 in Birmingham, AL
(55 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 177

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Notes:

• Buried: Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens (Birmingham, AL)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1940	TIC	NAL	25	C	13	45	32	4	4	0	0	0	0	1		8			2	3			.125	.333	.125	.458	41
1943	BBB	ALC/NAL	28	C	13	40	34	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		4			0	2			.147	.237	.147	.384	22
1945	BBB	NAL	30	C	14	38	32	4	6	1	1	0	3	0		3			0	3			.188	.257	.281	.538	58
1946	BBB	NAL	31	C	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1947	BBB	NAL	32	C	5	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.100	.100	.100	.200	-47
1948	BBB	NAL/WS	33	C	21	67	58	13	17	3	0	0	7	1	0	5		0	1	3			.293	.359	.345	.704	88
6	2			C	67	204	170	25	33	4	1	0	11	2	0	20		0	3	11			.194	.290	.229	.520	50
162 Game Average						493	411	60	80	10	2	0	27	5	0	48		0	7	27			.194	.290	.229	.520	50

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	13	45	32	4	4	0	0	0	0	1		8			2	3			.125	.333	.125	.458	41
5	Birmingham Black Barons			C	54	159	138	21	29	4	1	0	11	1	0	12		0	1	8			.210	.278	.254	.532	53

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1940	TIC	NAL	45		.259	.319		17.8%	9.1%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.077
1943	BBB	ALC/NAL	40		.193	.303		10.0%				6.7%					0.0%	0.4%		.000	.071
1945	BBB	NAL	38		.239	.319		7.9%	6.9%								0.0%	0.6%		.094	.088
1946	BBB	NAL	4		.000	.331		0.0%	8.1%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.079
1947	BBB	NAL	10		.096	.356		0.0%	9.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
1948	BBB	NAL/WS	67		.329	.352		7.5%				9.0%					0.0%	0.9%		.052	.115
6	2		204		.252	.329		9.8%	8.2%								0.0%	0.7%		.035	.093

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords		45		.259	.319		17.8%	9.1%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.077
5	Birmingham Black Barons		159		.250	.331		7.5%	7.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.043	.096

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