Fred Lear

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1955)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Lear

|position=Third baseman

|image=Fred Lear.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|4|7}}

|birth_place=New York City

|death_date={{death date and age|1955|10|13|1894|4|7}}

|death_place=East Orange, New Jersey

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 7

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1915}}

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 22

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1920}}

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.235

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=18

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1915)
• Chicago Cubs (1918–1919)
• New York Giants (1920)

}}

Frederick Francis Lear (April 7, 1894 – October 13, 1955) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between {{Baseball year|1915}} and {{Baseball year|1920}} for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants.