From SABR Encyclopedia
| Fred Charles Richards
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| "Fuzzy"
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| Bat/Throw:
| L/L
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| Height:
| 6' 1"
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| Weight:
| 185
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| Born:
| 1927-11-3 at Warren, OH (US)
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| Statistics: | Retrosheet
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Fred Richards was a professional player.
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Profile
- Released by Dallas (Texas League) on May 22, 1956.[1]
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Leavittsburg, Ohio in 1953.
- Took him two years to recouperate from his broken leg he got in the last playoff game in 1950.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Leavittsburg High School.
- Won 10 letters in high school in baseball, basketball and track.
- Was all-state in all sports, exept baseball, in high school.
Achievements
- Hit three successive homeruns in a game for Fayetteville, North Carolina in the Tri-State League on August 3, 1948.
- Led the 1950 Nashville team to the Southern Association playoff title; a broken finger handicapped him during the last weeks of the season and he then broke his leg sliding into a base during the last game of the playoffs against Atlanta.
Outside of baseball
- Is an apprentice pipefitter and also an arms inspector for the Army during the off-season.
Sources
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Texas League, Dunham Back with Eagles", pg 33. The Sporting News, 1956-05-30.
