Charlie Ritter

{{short description|American baseball player (1868–1958)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Charlie Ritter

|position=Second Baseman

|image=Charlie Ritter.png

|birth_date=October 1868

|birth_place=Buffalo, New York

|death_date={{Death date and age|1958|12|13|1868|10|}}

|death_place=Fort Myers, Florida

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 21

|debutyear=1885

|debutteam= Buffalo Bisons

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam= Buffalo Bisons

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.167

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Buffalo Bisons (1885)

}}

Charles Joseph Ritter (October 1868{{snd}}December 13, 1958) was a Major League Baseball player.

Born in 1868 at Buffalo, New York, he played for the 1885 Buffalo Bisons."Who was Mr. Ritter?", in Bill Carle, ed.: Biographical Research Committee Report, SABR, November/December, 2011, p. 4. He replaced Buffalo's regular second baseman Hardy Richardson in late September 1885 when Buffalo sold its "Big Four" infield to the Detroit Wolverines. In two major-league games, Ritter had one hit in six at bats and struck out twice.{{cite web|title=Charlie Ritter|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=October 6, 2022|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rittech01.shtml}}{{cite news|title=The New Yorks Whip the Buffalos by 10 to 0 -- Other Items|newspaper=The Buffalo Times|date=September 22, 1885|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110868699/ritter/|via=Newspapers.com}} He played 17 innings at second base with eight putouts, five assists, three errors, and one double play in 16 chances.

After his professional baseball career, Ritter worked as a payroll teller for the Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. from 1916 to 1932. He then went into the automobile business, as the owner and operator of Westcott Motors Inc. He moved to Florida in 1954.{{cite news|title=Charles J. Ritter|newspaper=The Buffalo News|date=December 17, 1958|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110869422/ritter/|via=Newspapers.com}} Ritter died in 1958 in Fort Myers, Florida.{{cite book|title=The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball|author=David Nemec|publisher=McFarland|year=2012|page=169|isbn=0786468904}} He was the final surviving member of the Buffalo Bisons.