| Fritz Dorish | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 15 |
| Debutyear: | 1947 |
| Debutteam: | Boston Red Sox |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 28 |
| Finalyear: | 1956 |
| Finalteam: | Boston Red Sox |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 45–43 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 3.83 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 332 |
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Harry "Fritz" Dorish (July 13, 1921 – December 31, 2000) 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 (1947–56) 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.[1]
Dorish was listed as 5feet 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 (1963) and the Atlanta Braves (1968–71) after his 16-year (1941–42; 1946–59) playing career. He died in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at the age of 79.
