Fred Charles Richards (November 3, 1927 – March 18, 2016),[1] nicknamed "Fuzzy", was an American professional baseball player.

Richards, a first baseman, played eleven seasons of minor league baseball and appeared in ten games played in the Major Leagues for the Chicago Cubs in the waning weeks of the 1951 season.

He threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Ironically, 1951 had been Richards' worst pro season, as he batted only .223 in 120 games split between the Class A Des Moines Bruins and the Triple-A Springfield Cubs.

[2] In his first at bat on September 15, facing Sheldon Jones, he flied out to center fielder Willie Mays of the New York Giants,[3] but overall he collected eight hits (including two doubles) in 27 at bats during his Major League audition.