# Cal Dorsett

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1913–1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Cal Dorsett
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=
|caption=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|6|10}}
|birth_place=[Lone Oak, Texas](/source/Lone_Oak%2C_Texas)
|death_date={{death date and age|1970|10|22|1913|6|10}}
|death_place=[Elk City, Oklahoma](/source/Elk_City%2C_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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0–1
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=11.85
|stat3label=[Innings pitched](/source/Innings_pitched)
|stat3value={{frac|13|2|3}}
|teams=
*[Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) (1940–1941; 1947)}}
'''Calvin Leavelle Dorsett''' (June 10, 1913 – October 22, 1970), nicknamed "Preacher", was an [American](/source/Americans) professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. The native of [Lone Oak, Texas](/source/Lone_Oak%2C_Texas), was a {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}} [right-handed](/source/right-handed) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) whose career lasted for nine seasons (1937–1941; 1946–1949). He served in the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in the [Pacific Theater of Operations](/source/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater),<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](/source/games_pitched), two as a [starter](/source/starting_pitcher), in the [Major Leagues](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) in {{baseball year|1940}}–{{baseball year|1941}} and {{baseball year|1947}}. In {{frac|13|2|3}} [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched), he allowed 25 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)), 13 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls) and 18 [earned run](/source/earned_run)s. He [struck out](/source/strikeout) six.

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

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Category:1913 births
Category:1970 deaths
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
Category:Baseball players from Hunt County, Texas
Category:Cleveland Indians players
Category:Fort Worth Cats players
Category:Lake Charles Skippers players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:Oklahoma City Indians players
Category:Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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