Al Richter

Al Richter
Al Richter
	Shortstop
	Born: February 7, 1927 (age 97); Norfolk, Virginia
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
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
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Boston Red Sox (1951; 1953);

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]

References

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference
Retrosheet
Nowlin, Bill, "Al Richter," SABR Biography Project

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[1] 1951-9-30 box score from retrosheet

[2] Minor league record from Baseball Reference

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