# Dick Adkins

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**Richard Earl Adkins** (March 3, 1920 – September 12, 1955) was an American professional [baseball player](/source/Baseball_player). He was a [shortstop](/source/Shortstop) for one season (1942) with the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics). For his career, he compiled a .143 [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) in 7 [at-bats](/source/At-bat).[1]

He was born and later died in [Electra, Texas](/source/Electra,_Texas) at the age of 35 after a short battle with brain cancer.

## References

1. ["Dick Adkins"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adkindi01.shtml). *Baseball Reference*. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2022.

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