Harry Dorish
Harry "Fritz" Dorish was an American professional baseball player. Born in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, he was a right-handed pitcher over all or parts of ten Major League seasons with the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, where he served in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
Dorish was listed as tall and. For his big-league career, he compiled a 45–43 record in 323 appearances, mostly as a relief pitcher, with 48 saves, a 3.83 earned run average and 332 strikeouts. He allowed 850 hits and 301 bases on balls in 834 innings pitched. Dorish led the American League in saves in as a member of the White Sox. He stole home plate on the front end of a double steal on June 2, 1950, and is the last American League pitcher to steal home.
Dorish was a scout for the Red Sox, Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians, a minor-league manager, and the pitching coach for the Bosox and the Atlanta Braves after his 16-year playing career. He died in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at the age of 79.
