Fred Fritz "Lefty" Houtz (September 4, 1875 – February 15, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.

[1] He started his professional baseball career in 1899 with the Texas League's Galveston Sand Crabs[2] and made an immediate impact.

[1] Sporting Life later wrote of that day: "All records were broken after acquisition of "Lefty" Houtz, who was hailed by the late Harry Weldon as the champion slugger of the Texas League.

The afternoon that Houtz made his debut the stands were packed and overflow meetings were held along the lines.

[2] On October 7, Sporting Life reported that Houtz ("the Texas League wonder") had been released outright from Cincinnati.

Houtz was one of the PNL's top sluggers that season, batting .343 and pacing the circuit with 33 doubles and 18 triples while finishing second in total bases.