Dad Ritter

Albert L. Ritter

Biographical Information[edit]

Dad Ritter was a minor league catcher and manager.

Ritter managed the Paris Parasites for part of 1905. He went 2 for 19 with a double for the 1907 Galveston Sand Crabs. In 1908, he hit .253 for the Newport Pearl Diggers. He played in 1909 for the Muskogee Navigators and Marianna Brickeys and also managed the Fort Smith Soldiers. He managed Caruthersville in the 1910 season. In 1911, he played for the Fort Worth Panthers and managed the Cleburne Railroaders; he remained skipper for Cleburne in 1912. He batted .271 for the 1913 Texarkana Tigers and managed them part of the year then hit .230 as their player-manager in 1914. In 1915, he batted a light .221 as player-manager for the Sherman Hitters.

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
1905	Paris Parasites	North Texas League	-			Succeeded E.W. Dunaway
1909	Argenta Shamrocks	Arkansas State League	26-19	NA		Team disbanded June 7
1909	Fort Smith Soldiers	Arkansas State League	-	-		Succeeded Hugo Bezdek
1910	Caruthersville	Northeast Arkansas League	68-48	1st
1911	Cleburne Railroaders	Texas-Oklahoma League	-			Succeeded Jiggs Donahue
1912	Cleburne Railroaders	South Central League	51-28	NA		Team disbanded July 17
1913	Texarkana Tigers	Texas-Oklahoma League	-			Succeeded by Dee Poindexter
1914	Texarkana Tigers	Texas-Oklahoma League	79-41	1st (tied)	League Champs
1915	Sherman Hitters	Western Association	70-65	3rd

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