Dick Carter

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{similar names|Richard Carter (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Carter}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dick Carter

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|position=Coach

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|8|31}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1969|9|11|1916|8|31}}

|death_place=Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.

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• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1959}}–{{mlby|1960}})

}}Richard Joseph Carter (August 31, 1916 – September 11, 1969)[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcartd801.htm Retrosheet] was an American professional baseball pitcher, outfielder, coach, and manager. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a graduate of Olney High School.Baseball Digest, April 1999, page 7 He threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb|kg}}.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carter002ric Baseball Reference]

Carter's minor league playing career occurred during the World War II manpower shortage, and immediately after the war as a playing manager. He spent 1959 and part of 1960 in Major League Baseball as a coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, resigning on May 30, 1960, because of poor health.[https://archive.today/20130125032628/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19600531&id=73hJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VAsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4155,5711563 Newspaper article], The Associated Press, May 31, 1960

Carter managed in the Phils' minor league system from 1947–52 and 1956–58, and also served as a scout for the team. His 1956 Schenectady Blue Jays won the championship of the Class A Eastern League.

He died in Ocean City, New Jersey, at the age of 53.