Richard Lee "Buddy" Booker (born May 28, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1966 and the Chicago White Sox in 1968. Booker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and earned most of his prep accolades as a William Campbell High School basketball player in Naruna, Virginia. He broke the Virginia state scoring record with 719 points during the 1960 season. Booker was one of six inductees into the Lynchburg Area Sports Hall of Fame on June 20, 2007