Cal Dorsett

{{Short description|American baseball player (1913–1970)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Cal Dorsett |position=Pitcher |image= |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1913|6|10}} |birth_place=Lone Oak, Texas |death_date={{death date and age|1970|10|22|1913|6|10}} |death_place=Elk City, Oklahoma |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 19 |debutyear=1940 |debutteam=Cleveland Indians |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 14 |finalyear=1947 |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=11.85 |stat3label=Innings pitched |stat3value={{frac|13|2|3}} |teams= *Cleveland Indians (1940–1941; 1947)}} '''Calvin Leavelle Dorsett''' (June 10, 1913 – October 22, 1970), nicknamed "Preacher", was an American professional baseball player. The native of Lone Oak, Texas, was a {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}} right-handed pitcher whose career lasted for nine seasons (1937–1941; 1946–1949). He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations,<ref>[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime]</ref> and missed the 1942–1945 baseball seasons.

Dorsett worked in eight games pitched, two as a starter, in the Major Leagues for the Cleveland Indians in {{baseball year|1940}}–{{baseball year|1941}} and {{baseball year|1947}}. In {{frac|13|2|3}} innings pitched, he allowed 25 hits, 13 bases on balls and 18 earned runs. He struck out six.

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=d/dorseca01}} *{{Find a Grave}}

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