Fred Dewitt

{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Fred Dewitt | image = | position = First baseman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|10|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Elkville, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|6|11|1900|10|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | bats = | throws = | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1927 | debutteam = Kansas City Monarchs | finaldate = | finalyear = 1929 | finalteam = Memphis Red Sox | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Kansas City Monarchs (1927) * Cleveland Tigers (1928) * Memphis Red Sox (1929) }}

'''Fred Dewitt''' (October 19, 1900 – June 11, 1962) was an American Negro league baseball first baseman in the 1920s.

A native of Elkville, Illinois, Dewitt attended Wilberforce University. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs in 1927, and went on to play for the Cleveland Tigers the following season and the Memphis Red Sox in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=dewit01fre |title=Fred Dewitt |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dewitfr01.shtml |title=Fred Dewitt |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}</ref> Dewitt died in Chicago, Illinois in 1962 at age 61.

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=819778|br=d/dewitfr01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=dewit01fre Seamheads]

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