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One of the first relief specialists in the post-WWII era, Dorish recorded 44 lifetime saves. He led the league in 1952 with 11 saves for the 1952 White Sox. He bettered that in 1953, when he won 10 and saved 18, but Ellis Kinder led with 27. (DQV)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 22, 1947: The Yankees beat Boston, 9–0, as Allie Reynolds fires his 2nd two-hit shutout over the Red Sox in a month. Harry Dorish is the loser. » May 8, 1950: The Senators send Clyde Vollmer to Boston for SS Merrill Combs and OF Tom O'Brien. Tomorrow the Sox well sell P Harry Dorish to the Browns. » June 2, 1950: The last-place Browns sweep two from the 5th place Senators, 10–5 and 9–3. Hank Arft is 5-for-5 in the opener, while Harry Dorish is the winning pitcher in game 2. Dorish swipes home on the front end of a double steal with Ray Coleman. He is the last AL pitcher this century to steal home. » May 15, 1951: The game that followed the ceremony featured dramatic home runs as Ted Williams hits the 300th of his career in the 4th inning against Chicago's Howie Judson. With Williams up in the 8th inning, White Sox manager Paul Richards moves reliever Harry Dorish to 3B and brings in Billy Pierce to pitch to Ted. Williams pops up against the lefty, and Dorish then returns to the mound. Boston ties the game against Dorish at 7–7, but little Nellie Fox, playing in his 6th season, cracks his first major league homer in the 11th to give Dorish a 9–7 victory. Ray Scarborough is the loser. The Sox will win their next 13 games. » June 25, 1953: White Sox manager Paul Richards uses five firstbasemen in beating the Yankees 4-2. He brings in Harry Dorish to face two batters, moving Billy Pierce to 1B. The Sox 3-game sweep still leaves New York nine games up on the Indians and 91Ž2 on Chicago. » June 6, 1955: The White Sox trade veteran P Harry Dorish to the Orioles for C Les Moss. » May 15, 1957: When Ted Williams comes up to bat for the Red Sox, manager Paul Richards moves White Sox P Harry Dorish to 3B. After reliever Billy Pierce retires the slugger, Dorish returns to the mound to relieve himself, and goes on to finish the game for a 9–7 win in 11 innings. » September 1, 1963: P Curt Simmons of the Cardinals drives in a run with a triple in the second and then steals home on an aborted squeeze play. He also knocks in another run and beats the Phils 7–3. Simmons, who in his 20-year career will steal just two bases, is on 3rd base when a squeeze play goes awry, and beats a wide throw to home from P Chris Short. It is the last steal of home by a pitcher until 1983, and just the 4th in the NL in the last 40 years. Harry Dorish in 1950 stole home, the last time an AL pitcher did pull off a theft.