Fritz Dorish
[edit] Biography
Born on July 13, 1921 in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, Fritz Dorish (Harry Dorish) played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 10 year career. Dorish broke into the bigs on April 15, 1947 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.70 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Fritz Dorish's best season was 1953, when he posted a 3.40 ERA, won 10 games, notched 18 saves and struck out 69 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 9
| 7
| 8
| 4.70
| 50
| 80
| 71
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 136
| 149
| 6
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1948
| BOS
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.65
| 5
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.1
| 18
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1949
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.35
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 29
| 13
| 4
| 9
| 6.44
| 36
| 90
| 78
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 162
| 13
| 36
| 0
| 4
| 9
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 3.54
| 29
| 50
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 96.2
| 101
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 2.47
| 47
| 28
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 91
| 66
| 4
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 55
| 6
| 10
| 6
| 3.40
| 69
| 59
| 55
| 2
| 0
| 18
| 145.2
| 140
| 9
| 52
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 37
| 6
| 6
| 4
| 2.72
| 48
| 35
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 109
| 88
| 9
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1955
| CHI
| A
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.59
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 3.15
| 22
| 25
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 65.2
| 58
| 4
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| 48
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 2.83
| 28
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 82.2
| 74
| 4
| 37
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3.57
| 11
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.2
| 23
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.12
| 4
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.2
| 22
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3.83
| 15
| 20
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.1
| 45
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 323
| 40
| 45
| 43
| 3.83
| 332
| 406
| 355
| 13
| 2
| 44
| 834.1
| 850
| 57
| 301
| 4
| 26
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 27
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1948
| BOS
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| BOS
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| CHI
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 323
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 168
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 35
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .167
| .200
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1948
| BOS
| A
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 30
| 31
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .161
| .297
| .226
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 31
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .258
| .258
| .323
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .130
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 55
| 41
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .171
| .171
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 37
| 27
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| CHI
| A
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| 48
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BOS
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 324
| 204
| 16
| 32
| 0
| 4
| .157
| .189
| .191
| 7
| 0
| 8
| 43
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1941).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns (May 9, 1950).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from St. Louis Browns in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Les Moss (June 6, 1955).
- Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox (June 25, 1956).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (October 9, 1956).
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