Al Richter
| Al Richter | |||
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: February 7, 1927 Norfolk, Virginia | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 23, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 21, 1953, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .091 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
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Allen Gordon Richter (born February 7, 1927) is an American former professional baseball player. A shortstop, he was listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg). He batted and threw right-handed.
Richter played ten seasons (1945; 1947–1955) in minor league baseball and appeared in six Major League games for the Boston Red Sox in the 1951 and 1953 seasons, hitting a single in 11 at bats for a .091 batting average while scoring one run. In four fielding appearances, he made clean plays on his 20 chances and posted a 1.000 fielding percentage. His lone hit came off Spec Shea at Yankee Stadium on September 30, 1951.[1]
Richter's finest minor league season came in 1951, when he batted .321 with 164 hits in 129 games played at the Triple-A level.[2]
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References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Retrosheet
- Nowlin, Bill, "Al Richter," SABR Biography Project