Dick Strahs

{{Short description|American baseball player (1923–1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Dick Strahs |position=Pitcher |image= |caption= |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1923|12|4}} |birth_place=Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1988|05|26|1923|12|04}} |death_place=Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 24 |debutyear=1954 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 6 |finalyear=1954 |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.65 |stat3label=Innings pitched |stat3value={{frac|14|1|3}} |teams= *Chicago White Sox ({{baseball year|1954}}) }} '''Richard Bernard Strahs''' (December 4, 1923 – May 26, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in nine games for the {{baseball year|1954}} Chicago White Sox. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Strahs stood {{convert|6|ft}} tall and weighed {{convert|192|lb}}.

Strah was 30 years old and in his ninth season in the White Sox farm system when he was recalled from the Triple-A Charleston Senators in mid-1954. All of Strah's Major League appearances came as a relief pitcher. In his MLB debut, he retired the Boston Red Sox' Billy Consolo, Jimmy Piersall and Ted Williams in order in the eighth inning of a 5–2 loss at Fenway Park.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B07240BOS1954.htm 1954-7-24 box score from Retrosheet]</ref> On August 26, he was credited with his only save in the Majors when he retired the Philadelphia Athletics in order in the final inning of an 8–1 win at Connie Mack Stadium.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/Kstrad1010011954.htm 1954 pitching log from Retrosheet]</ref> Overall, Strahs appeared in {{frac|14|1|3}} innings, surrendering 16 hits, nine earned runs and eight bases on balls. He also had eight strikeouts.

Strah's 11-season professional career lasted into the 1956 season. He posted a 107–88 record in 311 minor league games, all but 19 of them played in the White Sox system.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=strahs001ric Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference]</ref>

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