| Al Richter | |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: February 7, 1927 Norfolk, Virginia |
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| 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 | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .091 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
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Allen Gordon Richter (born February 7, 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a retired American 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]