Richard James Ricketts Jr. (December 4, 1933 – March 6, 1988) was an American professional basketball and baseball player.

The brothers Dick and Dave Ricketts and future Philadelphia Phillies player Howie Bedell played on the Pottstown baseball team that won 48 games in a row.

A plaque honoring that team is displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, according to Mercury archives.

The tandem led Duquesne as the Dukes went 26–3 in 1954–1955 under Coach Dudey Moore, losing in the Final of the 1954 National Invitation Tournament.

[3] In 1954–1955, Ricketts averaged 20.1 points and 17.3 rebounds in his senior season as the Duquesne finished 22–4, and won the 1955 National Invitation Tournament.

[4][5] On March 20, 1955, Duquesne beat the Dayton Flyers 70–58 before a sellout crowd of 18,496 at Madison Square Garden in the Final, as Green had 33 points and Ricketts had 23.

[8] In 1957–1958, Rochester had moved to Cincinnati and the Royals' Ricketts averaged 7.8 points and 5.7 rebounds playing alongside Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Clyde Lovellette, Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman.

[12][13] Ricketts signed as an amateur free agent pitcher by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1955 and pitched 10 seasons professionally, from 1955 to 1964.

[16] On September 20, 1960, the St. Louis Cardinals sent Ricketts, Jim Frey, Billy Harrell and Wally Shannon to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete a deal made on September 19, 1960, when the Cardinals sent players to be named later and Bob Sadowski to the Phillies for Don Landrum.

[17] The 13 are: Danny Ainge, Frank Baumholtz, Hank Biasatti, Gene Conley, Chuck Connors, Dave DeBusschere, Dick Groat, Steve Hamilton, Mark Hendrickson, Cotton Nash, Ron Reed, Ricketts and Howie Schultz.