Richard Elde Hyde (August 3, 1928 – April 15, 2020) was an American relief pitcher in professional baseball who played in the Major Leagues for six seasons from 1955 to 1961 for the Washington Senators (1955, 1957–1960) and Baltimore Orioles (1961).

Born in Hindsboro, Illinois, he was the father of professional baseball pitcher Rich Hyde.

After going to tryout camps for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in 1947, Hyde was signed by the Washington Senators in 1949, pitching for their D level (then lowest) minor league team that year and the next before military service in Korea,[1] followed by two more seasons of minor league ball for Washington.

One day after watching him throw, Calvin Griffith suggested Hyde might become more effective if he came down a little in his pitching motion when he threw.

While he made three appearances with the Senators in 1955, Hyde spent all of 1956 in the minors and it was only in 1957 that he established himself in the major leagues.