Dick Strahs
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1923 – 1988
Who was Dick Strahs?
Richard Bernard Strahs was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in nine games for the 1954 Chicago White Sox. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Strahs stood 6 feet tall and weighed 192 pounds.
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. 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. Overall, Strahs appeared in 14⅓ 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.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1923
Evanston - Lived in
- Evanston
- Died
- May 26, 1988
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area
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on July 23, 2013
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