Alfred Frederick Joseph Platte (April 13, 1890 – August 29, 1976), was an American baseball player.
[1] Platte began his professional baseball career playing for the Cadillac Chiefs in the Michigan State League from 1910 to 1912.
He appeared in nine games, five as the backup left fielder, and the rest as a pinch-hitter and pinch-runner, and compiled a .111 career batting average.
[2] Platte continued to play in the minor leagues until 1926, including stints with the Louisville Colonels (1915-1917),[3] Chattanooga Lookouts (1917),[4] Kansas City Blues (1918),[5] Omaha Rourkes (1920), and Peoria Tractors (1921-1926).
[2] His best season was 1922 when he appeared in 124 games for Peoria in the Three-Eye League and compiled a .369 batting average with 59 extra base hits, including 23 triples.