Cal Dorsett

{{Short description|American baseball player (1913–1970)}}

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{{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,[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime] 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.