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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Erv Dusak
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|position=[[Outfielder]] / [[Infielder]] / [[Pitcher]]
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'''Ervin Frank "Four Sack" Dusak''' (July 29, 1920 – November 6, 1994) was an American [[professional baseball]] [[outfielder]], [[infielder]] and [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] over nine seasons spanning 1941 to 1952 for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]. Born in [[Chicago]], he threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|185|lb}}.
Dusak signed with the Cardinals' organization in 1938 and got his nickname from a poem a fan wrote after he hit a [[home run]] in the minors. He spent the 1941 season among three Cardinal [[farm system|farm clubs]]: the [[Class B (baseball)|Class B]] [[Mobile Shippers]], [[Class A1 (baseball)|Class A1]] [[Houston Buffaloes]] (who won 103 games), and the top-level [[Rochester Red Wings]], [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] a composite .318 with 23 long balls. He earned [[cup of coffee|cups of coffee]] in the majors with the Cards in 1941 and 1942, and missed the 1943 to 1945 seasons while serving in the [[United States Army]] in the [[Pacific Theater of World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served.htm |title=Those Who Served |publisher= |date= |website=[[Baseball in Wartime]] |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref>
Dusak then returned to the Cardinals from 1946 to 1951, primarily as an outfielder, playing some games at second base and third base. On July 7, 1946, he hit a game-winning, three-run home run to beat the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and to move his club within a half game of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] lead. Brooklyn and St. Louis would finish the 1946 regular-season in a dead heat, forcing a [[1946 National League tie-breaker series|tie-breaker series]] that delivered the Cardinals' ninth [[pennant (sports)|pennant]] since 1926. Dusak played a key role in the clinching second game of the series, hitting a [[triple (baseball)|triple]] and an [[runs batted in|RBI]] [[single (baseball)|single]] to help propel the Redbirds to the 8–4 triumph.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B10030BRO1946.htm |title=St. Louis Cardinals 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 |publisher=[[Retrosheet]] |date=1946-10-03 |website=retrosheet.org |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> They went on to win the [[1946 World Series|World Series]], with Dusak appearing in four Fall Classic games, getting four [[at bat]]s, and hitting a [[double (baseball)|double]] in Game 2.
After retiring in 1952, Dusak was an insurance agent for 21 years and worked in a bowling alley for a decade. He died in [[Glendale Heights, Illinois]], aged 74.▼
Dusak saw his most big league action in 1947, hitting .284 in 111 games. When his batting average dropped, he turned to pitching, appearing in 23 games, all in [[relief pitcher|relief]], but ended his career primarily as a position player with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 413 [[MLB]] [[games played]] over all or part of nine major-league seasons, Dusak batted .243; his 251 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] included 32 doubles, six triples and 24 homers, with 106 RBI. He drew [[base on balls|walks]] well, with a lifetime .334 [[on-base percentage]] that was 91 points higher than his batting average. On the mound, he posted an 0–3 [[win–loss record (pitching)|won–lost record]] and 5.33 [[earned run average]]; in 54 [[innings pitched]], he allowed 51 hits and 44 walks, with 26 [[strikeout]]s.
▲After retiring in 1952, Dusak was an insurance agent for 21 years and worked in a bowling alley for a decade.
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