Charlie Letchas

{{short description|American baseball player (1915-1995)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Charlie Letchas

|position=Infielder

|image=Charlie Letchas.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1915|10|3}}

|birth_place=Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1995|3|14|1915|10|3}}

|death_place=Tampa, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 16

|debutyear=1939

|debutteam= Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1946

|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.234

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=37

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1939}}, {{baseball year|1944}}, {{baseball year|1946}})
• Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1941}})

|highlights=

}}

Charlie Letchas (October 3, 1915 – March 14, 1995) was an American professional baseball player. He was a second baseman, third baseman and shortstop for parts of four seasons (1939, 1941, 1944, 1946) with the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators. For his career, he compiled a .234 batting average, with one home run and 37 runs batted in. In addition, Letchas played 16 seasons for 13 teams in the minor leagues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=letcha001cha|title = Charlie Letchas Minor Leagues Statistics & History}}

He was born in Thomasville, Georgia and later died in Tampa, Florida at the age of 79.