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Fritz Dorish

Harry Dorish (Fritz)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: July 13, 1921 in Swoyersville, PA
High School: Swoyersville HS (Swoyersville, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox/Orioles/Browns 1947-1956

Final Game: September 28, 1956
Died: December 31, 2000 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Buried: St. Mary's Annunciation Church Parrish Cemetery, Pringle, PA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 25 BOS AL 41 40 35 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .143 .167 .200 .367 -1 7 2 0 4 1
1948 26 BOS AL 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 1 0 0 0 /1
1949 27 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1950 28 SLB AL 30 38 31 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 8 .161 .297 .226 .523 33 7 1 0 1 1
1951 29 CHW AL 32 31 31 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258 .258 .323 .581 58 10 1 0 0 1/5
1952 30 CHW AL 39 25 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .130 .136 .267 -26 3 1 0 2 1
1953 31 CHW AL 55 44 41 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .171 .171 .171 .341 -9 7 1 0 3 1
1954 32 CHW AL 37 29 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 3 1 0 2 0 1
1955 33 TOT AL 48 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1955 33 CHW AL 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 33 BAL AL 35 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 34 TOT AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 34 BAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 34 BOS AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 324 225 204 16 32 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 43 .157 .189 .191 .380 2 39 7 0 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 113 102 8 16 4 0 0 2 1 0 4 22 .157 .189 .191 .380 2 20 4 0 7
CHW (5 yrs) 176 132 124 11 21 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .169 .176 .194 .370 -0 24 4 0 7 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 70 44 39 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .154 .175 .205 .380 2 8 2 0 4 0 0
BAL (3 yrs) 78 49 41 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 11 .122 .234 .171 .405 6 7 1 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 41 40 -6 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1948 26 BOS AL 9 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1949 27 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1950 28 SLB AL 30 38 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1951 29 CHW AL 32 31 -2 0 -0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1/5
1952 30 CHW AL 39 25 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1953 31 CHW AL 55 44 -7 -0 -0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .495 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1954 32 CHW AL 37 29 -6 -0 -0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1955 33 CHW AL 13 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1955 33 BAL AL 35 11 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1956 34 BAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1956 34 BOS AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
10 Seasons 324 225 -31 -0 -0 0 24 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.8 .498 .500 -0.8 0.1 -1 $
CHW (5 yrs) 176 132 -18 -1 -0 0 14 -5 -0.6 4 -2 -0.6 .497 .499 -0.6 0.0 -2 $
BOS (4 yrs) 70 44 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $
BAL (3 yrs) 78 49 -6 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 25 BOS AL 40 36 1 0.7 102 .238 .143 .271 .167 .352 .200 .389 .367 .741 -1 .040 -5.0 -0.5 .250 .086 .057
1948 26 BOS AL 4 3 0 0.0 110 .333 .250 .279 .250 .365 .250 .403 .500 .768 30 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1950 28 SLB AL 38 28 2 1.9 117 .217 .161 .283 .297 .371 .226 .425 .523 .796 33 .146 -3.1 -0.3 .519 .290 .065 .0
1951 29 CHW AL 31 24 3 3.4 100 .286 .258 .265 .258 .346 .323 .389 .581 .735 58 .368 -1.9 -0.2 .417 .065 .065
1952 30 CHW AL 25 23 0 0.0 97 .111 .091 .261 .130 .341 .136 .381 .267 .723 -26 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .190 .091 .045
1953 31 CHW AL 44 38 1 0.7 105 .194 .171 .273 .171 .350 .171 .402 .341 .752 -9 .034 -6.5 -0.7 .200 .000 .000
1954 32 CHW AL 29 27 0 0.0 102 .136 .111 .270 .111 .346 .111 .395 .222 .741 -40 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .120 .000 .000
1955 33 TOT AL 14 13 0 0.0 98 .100 .077 .259 .077 .338 .077 .387 .154 .725 -57 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1955 33 CHW AL 3 2 0 0.0 104 .333 .333 .269 .333 .349 .333 .400 .667 .749 79 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1955 33 BAL AL 11 11 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .257 .000 .335 .000 .382 .000 .717 -100 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 225 192 7 1.0 104 .199 .157 .271 .189 .352 .191 .397 .380 .749 2 .059 -29.1 -3.0 .268 .078 .034 .0
162 Game Avg. 113 96 4 1.0 104 .199 .157 .271 .189 .352 .191 .397 .380 .749 2 .059 -29.1 -3.0 .268 .078 .034
CHW (5 yrs) 132 114 4 0.9 102 .196 .169 .268 .176 .347 .194 .393 .370 .740 -0 .057 -17.8 -1.8 .234 .032 .024
BOS (4 yrs) 44 39 1 0.7 103 .250 .154 .272 .175 .353 .205 .391 .380 .744 2 .035 -5.5 -0.6 .257 .077 .051
BAL (3 yrs) 49 39 2 1.4 112 .167 .122 .277 .234 .363 .171 .414 .405 .778 6 .088 -5.8 -0.6 .378 .220 .049 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 25 BOS AL 40 0.0% 35.0% 2.5% 5.0% 40% 14.00 2.5 35.0 53%
1948 26 BOS AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 1.00 75%
1950 28 SLB AL 38 0.0% 21.1% 15.8% 5.3% 40% 1.33 3.9 15.5 1.33 61%
1951 29 CHW AL 31 0.0% 9.7% 0.0% 6.5% 25% 10.3 1.86 90%
1952 30 CHW AL 25 0.0% 16.0% 4.0% 4.0% 50% 4.00 5.5 1.83 72%
1953 31 CHW AL 44 0.0% 11.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.2 41.0 1.46 82%
1954 32 CHW AL 29 0.0% 17.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.4 2.29 76%
1955 33 TOT AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 1.00 71%
1955 33 CHW AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
1955 33 BAL AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3 1.67 64%
10 Yrs 225 0.0% 19.1% 3.6% 3.1% 22% 5.38 4.7 51.0 1.62 72%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 25 BOS AL -5.0 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BOS AL -0.4 -0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.11 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.98 -0.6 0
1949 27 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 28 SLB AL -3.1 -0.3 31 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 .82 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 1.11 -1.4 0
1951 29 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 31 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .86 -0.3 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.84 -3.6 0
1952 30 CHW AL -3.8 -0.4 25 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.46 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.89 -3.1 0
1953 31 CHW AL -6.5 -0.7 44 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .96 -0.6 -0.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.88 -7.2 0
1954 32 CHW AL -5.4 -0.6 29 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 .63 -0.5 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.82 -6.4 0
1955 33 TOT AL -2.9 -0.3 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .76 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.90 -2.9 0
1955 33 CHW AL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .77 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.09 -0.1 0
1955 33 BAL AL -2.8 -0.3 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .76 -0.3 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.84 -2.8 0
1956 34 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1956 34 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1956 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -29.0 -2.9 176 -2.4 1.1 -3.6 .92 -2.1 -0.5 -25.7 -2.6 0.91 -25.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 26 BOS AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 28 SLB AL 1 0 27% 11 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 29 CHW AL 1 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 30 CHW AL 2 0 67% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 31 CHW AL 0 0 57% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1954 32 CHW AL 0 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1955 33 TOT AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 CHW AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 4 0 40% 55 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 8% 7 7 0 1 1 0 4 3 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 26 BOS AL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 28 SLB AL 38 34% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 6 1 17% 28 4 14% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1951 29 CHW AL 31 23% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 18 1 6% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1952 30 CHW AL 25 16% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 7 1 14% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1953 31 CHW AL 44 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 1 14% 8 2 25% 25 1 4% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1954 32 CHW AL 29 31% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1955 33 TOT AL 14 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 CHW AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 33 BAL AL 11 64% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 185 28% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 118% 29 7 24% 34 6 18% 111 6 5% 8 1 13% 9 4 44% 0
MLB Averages 50% 104% 13% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 25 41 40 35 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .143 .167 .200 .367 -1 7 2 0 4
1948 26 50 44 39 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .154 .175 .205 .380 2 8 2 0 4
1949 27 55 44 39 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .154 .175 .205 .380 2 8 2 0 4
1950 28 85 82 70 5 11 4 0 0 3 1 0 7 23 .157 .234 .214 .448 17 15 3 0 5
1951 29 117 113 101 7 19 6 0 0 3 1 0 7 26 .188 .241 .248 .488 29 25 4 0 5
1952 30 156 138 123 9 21 7 0 0 3 1 0 8 30 .171 .221 .228 .449 20 28 5 0 7
1953 31 211 182 164 13 28 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 35 .171 .209 .213 .423 13 35 6 0 10
1954 32 248 211 191 16 31 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 40 .162 .196 .199 .395 6 38 7 0 12 0
1955 33 296 225 204 16 32 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 43 .157 .189 .191 .380 2 39 7 0 13 0 0
1956 34 324 225 204 16 32 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 43 .157 .189 .191 .380 2 39 7 0 13 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 25 43 41 36 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 15 .139 .162 .194 .357 1 41
1948 26 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1950 28 31 39 32 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 6 8 .156 .289 .219 .508 2 30
1951 29 34 33 33 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .333 .606 3 32
1952 30 41 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 39
1953 31 57 46 43 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .163 .163 .163 .326 1 55
1954 32 39 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
1955 33 50 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 48
8 Yrs 304 234 213 10 26 6 0 0 4 1 8 44 .122 .154 .150 .304 7 291
162 Game Avg. 162 125 114 5 14 3 0 0 2 1 4 23 .122 .154 .150 .304 4 291

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