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Larry Sherry
Lawrence Sherry

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 204 lb.

Debut April 17, 1958
  vs. SFG 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 7, 1968
Born July 25, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Died December 17, 2006 in Mission Viejo, CA

Brother of Norm Sherry

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1958 22 LAD NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   1  0    4.3   10    7    6   0    7    2   1   1    29   1   0 12.46  4.11   33 3.923
 1959 23 LAD NL   7   2  23   9   1   1  10  3   94.3   75   27   23   9   43   72   2   1   392   5   0  2.19  4.22  192 1.251
 1960 24 LAD NL  14  10  57   3   1   0  38  7  142.3  125   65   60  14   82  114   6   6   622  15   0  3.79  3.95  104 1.454 MVP-20
 1961 25 LAD NL   4   4  53   1   0   0  34 15   94.7   90   48   41  10   39   79   4   6   404   9   0  3.90  4.31  111 1.363
 1962 26 LAD NL   7   3  58   0   0   0  36 11   90.0   81   40   32   8   44   71   6   6   395   5   1  3.20  3.59  112 1.389
 1963 27 LAD NL   2   6  36   3   0   0  18  3   79.7   82   43   33   8   24   47   4   3   349   4   0  3.73  2.99   80 1.331
 1964 28 DET AL   7   5  38   0   0   0  24 11   66.3   52   29   27   7   37   58   3   6   287   2   0  3.66  3.66  100 1.342
 1965 29 DET AL   3   6  39   0   0   0  21  5   78.3   71   30   27   5   40   46   1   6   334  10   1  3.10  3.49  113 1.417
 1966 30 DET AL   8   5  55   0   0   0  39 20   77.7   66   38   33   8   36   63   3   4   331   2   0  3.82  3.50   92 1.313
 1967 31 TOT      1   3  49   0   0   0  23  7   68.7   88   48   42   7   20   52   2   6   320   2   0  5.50  3.27   59 1.573
         DET AL   0   1  20   0   0   0   6  1   28.0   35   22   20   3    7   20   1   3   133   0   0  6.43  3.26   51 1.500
         HOU NL   1   2  29   0   0   0  17  6   40.7   53   26   22   4   13   32   1   3   187   2   0  4.87  3.27   67 1.623
 1968 32 CAL AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    7    2    2   2    2    2   0   0    17   0   0  6.00  2.89   48 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .546  53  44 416  16   2   1 245 82  799.3  747  377  326  78  374  606  32  45  3480  55   2  3.67  3.72  101 1.402
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   6  65   2   0   0  38 12  125.7  117   59   51  12   58   95   5   7   547   8   0  3.67  3.72  101 1.402
 Career High     14  10  58   9   1   1  39 20  142.3  125   65   60  14   82  114   6   6   622  15   1  2.19  4.31  192 1.251

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 23 LAD NL  23   32    3    7   0  0   2    5   0  0   1   6  .219  .242  .406   65   13   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 24 LAD NL  57   37    1    6   0  1   1    2   0  0   1   7  .162  .184  .297   26   11   3   0   0   0   2 MVP-20
 1961 25 LAD NL  53   13    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .154  .267  .154   12    2   0   0   0   1   0
 1962 26 LAD NL  58   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .118  .167  .118  -19    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1963 27 LAD NL  36    9    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .111  .273  .222   49    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1964 28 DET AL  38   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 DET AL  39   10    0    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   1   4  .300  .364  .500  142    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1966 30 DET AL  55   10    0    4   0  1   0    1   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .600  180    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 31 TOT     49    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  20    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL  29    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     416  148    7   25   1  3   3    9   0  0   7  37  .169  .212  .277   31   41   8   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         58    3   10   0  1   1    4   0  0   3  14  .169  .212  .277   31   16   3   0   0   0   1
 Career High     58   37    3    7   1  1   2    5   0  0   2   7                          13   3   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 23 LAD NL   34   26    3   3.1   111| .219  .278| .242  .345| .406  .430| .648  .776|  65  .323  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1960 24 LAD NL   41   36    2   1.5   104| .162  .270| .184  .337| .297  .414| .481  .751|  26  .124  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1961 25 LAD NL   15   11    1   2.4   112| .154  .279| .267  .347| .154  .435| .421  .782|  12  .233  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1962 26 LAD NL   19   17    0   0.0    97| .118  .261| .167  .327| .118  .397| .285  .724| -19  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1963 27 LAD NL   12    9    1   3.0    84| .111  .246| .273  .307| .222  .368| .495  .675|  49  .380  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1964 28 DET AL   14   14    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .000  .327| .000  .401| .000  .727|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1965 29 DET AL   13    9    2   6.0    93| .300  .253| .364  .323| .500  .388| .864  .711| 142  .673   0.4   0.0   0%
 1966 30 DET AL   10    6    2   9.0    92| .400  .251| .400  .319| .600  .388|1.000  .706| 180  .821   0.8   0.1   0%
 1967 31 TOT       6    6    0   0.0    87| .000  .252| .000  .315| .000  .372| .000  .687|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
         DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    87| .000  .246| .000  .316| .000  .369| .000  .685|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         HOU NL    5    5    0   0.0    87| .000  .253| .000  .315| .000  .372| .000  .687|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      164  134   11   2.2   101| .169  .266| .212  .332| .277  .408| .489  .741|  31  .223 -15.2  -1.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 22 LAD NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.76 2.09 1.88 0 4.3 1959 23 LAD NL P 23 3 11 1 1 .933 .952 0.61 0.82 1.34 1.99 9 94.3 1960 24 LAD NL P 57 18 21 0 0 1.000 .963 0.68 0.87 2.47 2.09 3 142.3 1961 25 LAD NL P 53 8 5 3 0 .813 .956 0.25 0.88 1.24 2.18 1 94.7 1962 26 LAD NL P 58 2 13 0 1 1.000 .949 0.26 0.82 1.50 2.07 0 90.0 1963 27 LAD NL P 36 1 15 1 1 .941 .952 0.44 0.84 1.81 2.06 3 79.7 1964 28 DET AL P 38 4 9 4 2 .765 .956 0.34 0.72 1.76 1.90 0 66.3 1965 29 DET AL P 39 4 15 0 1 1.000 .950 0.49 0.75 2.18 2.03 0 78.3 1966 30 DET AL P 55 4 9 2 2 .867 .949 0.24 0.75 1.51 1.99 0 77.7 1967 31 TOT P 49 7 14 2 1 .913 .959 0.43 0.76 2.75 1.98 0 68.7 DET AL P 20 3 5 1 0 .889 .952 0.40 0.74 2.57 1.96 0 28.0 HOU NL P 29 4 9 1 1 .929 .963 0.45 0.78 2.87 1.99 0 40.7 1968 32 CAL AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.73 0.00 1.80 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 22 LAD NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.76 2.09 1.88 0 4.3 1959 23 LAD NL P 23 3 11 1 1 .933 .952 0.61 0.82 1.34 1.99 9 94.3 1960 24 LAD NL P 57 18 21 0 0 1.000 .963 0.68 0.87 2.47 2.09 3 142.3 1961 25 LAD NL P 53 8 5 3 0 .813 .956 0.25 0.88 1.24 2.18 1 94.7 1962 26 LAD NL P 58 2 13 0 1 1.000 .949 0.26 0.82 1.50 2.07 0 90.0 1963 27 LAD NL P 36 1 15 1 1 .941 .952 0.44 0.84 1.81 2.06 3 79.7 1964 28 DET AL P 38 4 9 4 2 .765 .956 0.34 0.72 1.76 1.90 0 66.3 1965 29 DET AL P 39 4 15 0 1 1.000 .950 0.49 0.75 2.18 2.03 0 78.3 1966 30 DET AL P 55 4 9 2 2 .867 .949 0.24 0.75 1.51 1.99 0 77.7 1967 31 TOT P 49 7 14 2 1 .913 .959 0.43 0.76 2.75 1.98 0 68.7 DET AL P 20 3 5 1 0 .889 .952 0.40 0.74 2.57 1.96 0 28.0 HOU NL P 29 4 9 1 1 .929 .963 0.45 0.78 2.87 1.99 0 40.7 1968 32 CAL AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.73 0.00 1.80 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 416 51 113 13 9 .927 .956 0.39 0.80 1.85 2.04 16 799.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 416 51 113 13 9 .927 .956 0.39 0.80 1.85 2.04 16 799
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    LAD CHW     W   4   0   0.71  2  0  2  0  12.2   8   1   2   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    LAD CHW     W   5   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1959-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1959-ML-WS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1960-NL-20-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1960 NL-57-6
1961 NL-53-9
1962 NL-58-7

Saves
1961 NL-15-5
1962 NL-11-7
1964 AL-11-10
1966 AL-20-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1960 NL-82-8

Hit Batsmen
1960 NL-6-7

Games Finished
1960 NL-38-4
1961 NL-34-5
1962 NL-36-6
1966 AL-39-5

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1211) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (959) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

April 9, 1964: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lou Johnson and $10,000.

June 29, 1967: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for Jim Landis.

April 2, 1968: Released by the Houston Astros.

July 1, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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