Former Swoyersville baseball star Harry “Fritz” Dorish had a price on his head in 1950. It was $10,000. The Boston Red Sox sold Dorish to the St. Louis Browns for $10,000, the first of three ...

Harry (Fritz) Dorish, one of the first true relief pitchers of the post-World War II era, has died at 79. ... Dorish spent 45 years in baseball as a player, coach and scout.

Monday, January 01, 2001 Page: 3A Former major league pitcher and coach Harry “Fritz” Dorish, 79, of Kingston, died Sunday in Wilkes-Barre. Dorish’s career in baseball spanned 45 years.

It took a freshman manager to show 28 old time baseball stars something they never before had seen. The yearling pilot of the White Sox, Phil Richards, temporarily shifted pitcher Harry Dorish to ...