Dutch Lerchen

{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1962)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dutch Lerchen

|image=,_Bertram_Roe_%27Dutch%27_(1889)_noise_removal_cc.png

|position=Shortstop

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1889|4|4}}

|birth_place=Detroit, Michigan

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|1|7|1889|4|4}}

|death_place=Detroit, Michigan

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 14

|debutyear={{by|1910}}

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 8

|finalyear={{by|1910}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=6

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=15

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1910)

}}

Bertram Roe "Dutch" Lerchen (April 4, 1889 – January 7, 1962) was a shortstop who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the {{by|1910}} season. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=8}}, 160 lb., Lerchen batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. His son, George Lerchen, played for Detroit and Cincinnati from 1952 to 1953.

In a six-game career, Lerchen went hitless in 15 at-bats. He received a walk and scored a run. In six appearances at shortstop, he collected nine outs with four assists and made a double play while committing one error in 14 chances for a .929 fielding percentage.

Lerchen died in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, at age 72.