Charles Dwight "Red" Dorman (October 3, 1900 – December 7, 1974) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians for 28 games during the

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Biography

Dorman began his professional baseball career with the

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of the D-Class Lone Star League. With the Trojans, he had a batting average of .408, 39 home runs, and 20

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s. He led the league in home runs, batting average, and doubles, and as a result the Cleveland Indians brought him onto their major league roster. In his major league debut on August 21, he faced the 46-year-old Jack Quinn, and doubled in his first

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, drawing praise from Indians manager Roger Peckinpaugh. He spent the last month of the season as the team's center fielder, and finished the year with a .363 batting average. In 1929, Dorman failed to make the team out of

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, and was assigned to the

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of the Southern Association. On the season, he had a .301 batting average in 102 games for the Pelicans. He joined the Indians in mid-September along with Zeke Bonura and Mike Powers, but none of the three played a game for Cleveland that season. In February 1930, Dorman's wife of 15 months died. He spent the season with the

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and the Kansas City Blues, playing in a combined 105 games for the two teams. In 1931, Dorman spent the season with the

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, finishing the season with a .283 batting average. He suffered an accident in 1931, and after the season never again played professionally.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorman, Red 1900 births 1974 deaths Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Morgan County, Illinois Tyler Trojans players People from Jacksonville, Illinois