:Tex Pruiett

{{Short description|American baseball player (1883–1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tex Pruiett

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1883|4|10}}

|birth_place=Osgood, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1953|3|6|1883|4|10}}

|death_place=Ventura, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 26

|debutyear= 1907

|debutteam=Boston Americans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 18

|finalyear=1908

|finalteam= Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–18

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.83

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=82

|teams=

• Boston Americans/Red Sox ({{by|1907}}–{{by|1908}})

}}

Charles Leroy Pruiett (April 10, 1883 – March 6, 1953) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1907 through 1908 for the Boston Americans and Red Sox. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=8}}, {{convert|176|lb}}, Pruiett batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Osgood, Indiana.

In a two-season career, Pruiett posted a 4–18 record with 54 strikeouts and a 2.83 ERA in 48 appearances, including 23 starts, seven complete games, three shutouts, five saves, and {{frac|232|1|3}} innings of work.

Pruiett died in Ventura, California at age 69.