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Sherm Lollar
John Sherman Lollar

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Pittsburg State University

Debut April 20, 1946
Final Game September 7, 1963
Born August 23, 1924 in Durham, AR
Died September 24, 1977 in Springfield, MO

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 21 CLE AL  28   62    7   15   6  0   1    9   0  1   5   9  .242  .299  .387   95   24   3           0   1
 1947 22 NYY AL  11   32    4    7   0  1   1    6   0  1   1   5  .219  .242  .375   71   12   0           0   3
 1948 23 NYY AL  22   38    0    8   0  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .211  .231  .211   18    8   0           0   4
 1949 24 SLB AL 109  284   28   74   9  1   8   49   0  1  32  22  .261  .340  .384   88  109   3           2   8
 1950 25 SLB AL 126  396   55  111  22  3  13   65   2  0  64  25  .280  .391  .449  111  178   6           8  12 MVP-27,AS
 1951 26 SLB AL  98  310   44   78  21  0   8   44   1  0  43  26  .252  .350  .397   99  123   2           4  20
 1952 27 CHW AL 132  375   35   90  15  0  13   50   1  0  54  34  .240  .354  .384  104  144   6          12  15
 1953 28 CHW AL 113  334   46   96  19  0   8   54   1  0  47  29  .287  .388  .416  114  139   7           8   7
 1954 29 CHW AL 107  316   31   77  13  0   7   34   0  1  37  28  .244  .334  .351   86  111   3   2       7   5 AS
 1955 30 CHW AL 138  426   67  111  13  1  16   61   2  2  68  34  .261  .374  .408  108  174   4   2  12  10  10 MVP-11,AS
 1956 31 CHW AL 136  450   55  132  28  2  11   75   2  0  53  34  .293  .383  .438  115  197   2   6   4  16  19 MVP-16,AS
 1957 32 CHW AL 101  351   33   90  11  2  11   70   2  0  35  24  .256  .342  .393  100  138   0   4   2  13   7 MVP-22
 1958 33 CHW AL 127  421   53  115  16  0  20   84   2  1  57  37  .273  .367  .454  126  191   1   4   3   8  12 MVP-9,AS
 1959 34 CHW AL 140  505   63  134  22  3  22   84   4  3  55  49  .265  .345  .451  118  228   2   5   6   9  27 MVP-9,AS
 1960 35 CHW AL 129  421   43  106  23  0   7   46   2  0  42  39  .252  .326  .356   85  150   5   8   3   8  22 AS
 1961 36 CHW AL 116  337   38   95  10  1   7   41   0  0  37  22  .282  .360  .380  100  128   1   3  10   6   5
 1962 37 CHW AL  84  220   17   59  12  0   2   26   1  0  32  23  .268  .369  .350   95   77   1   0   9   3   5
 1963 38 CHW AL  35   73    4   17   4  0   0    6   0  0   8   7  .233  .317  .288   73   21   1   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1752 5351  623 1415 244 14 155  808  20 10 671 453  .264  .357  .402  104 2152  47  34  49 115 184
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   58  131  23  1  14   75   2  1  62  42  .264  .357  .402  104  199   4   3   5  11  17
 Career High    140  505   67  134  28  3  22   84   4  3  68  49  .293  .391  .454  126  228   7   8  12  16  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 21 CLE AL   70   52    7   3.6    91| .242  .256| .299  .330| .387  .369| .686  .699|  95  .434  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1947 22 NYY AL   33   29    3   2.8    96| .219  .261| .242  .341| .375  .376| .617  .717|  71  .320  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1948 23 NYY AL   39   34    2   1.6   105| .211  .272| .231  .357| .211  .393| .442  .749|  18  .122  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1949 24 SLB AL  321  222   36   4.3   110| .261  .276| .340  .368| .384  .400| .724  .769|  88  .473  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1950 25 SLB AL  474  303   68   6.0   117| .280  .283| .391  .371| .449  .424| .840  .796| 111  .582   8.1   0.8 100%
 1951 26 SLB AL  359  254   42   4.4   105| .252  .271| .350  .353| .397  .397| .747  .750|  99  .493   0.5   0.0 100%
 1952 27 CHW AL  447  306   49   4.3    97| .240  .261| .354  .341| .384  .381| .738  .723| 104  .518   3.8   0.4 100%
 1953 28 CHW AL  396  252   52   5.5   105| .287  .273| .388  .350| .416  .402| .804  .752| 114  .598   9.1   0.9 100%
 1954 29 CHW AL  365  250   36   3.9   101| .244  .269| .334  .345| .351  .393| .685  .738|  86  .455  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1955 30 CHW AL  510  333   68   5.5   105| .261  .270| .374  .350| .408  .402| .782  .752| 108  .580   6.6   0.6  50%
 1956 31 CHW AL  527  345   76   5.9   108| .293  .270| .383  .352| .438  .412| .821  .764| 115  .592  12.4   1.2 100%
 1957 32 CHW AL  403  272   50   5.0   100| .256  .264| .342  .337| .393  .399| .735  .735| 100  .556   0.7   0.1 100%
 1958 33 CHW AL  491  324   72   5.9    97| .273  .260| .367  .329| .454  .396| .821  .725| 126  .644  16.8   1.7  66%
 1959 34 CHW AL  576  408   73   4.8    98| .265  .259| .345  .330| .451  .396| .796  .726| 118  .541  13.0   1.3  57%
 1960 35 CHW AL  484  350   47   3.6   101| .252  .263| .326  .337| .356  .403| .682  .740|  85  .403  -7.2  -0.7 100%
 1961 36 CHW AL  384  251   48   5.1   103| .282  .263| .360  .338| .380  .409| .740  .747| 100  .542   0.8   0.1   0%
 1962 37 CHW AL  256  167   29   4.7   103| .268  .263| .369  .335| .350  .410| .719  .745|  95  .511   0.1   0.0 100%
 1963 38 CHW AL   83   59    7   3.2    93| .233  .253| .317  .319| .288  .391| .605  .710|  73  .378  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     6218 4211  765   4.9   103| .264  .267| .357  .345| .402  .401| .759  .745| 104  .536  44.1   4.3  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1946 21 CLE AL   C   24     89    9    1    1  .990  .982  4.08  4.79                           1             
 1947 22 NYY AL   C    9     44    3    0    0 1.000  .985  5.22  4.30                           1             
 1948 23 NYY AL   C   10     36    4    1    1  .976  .985  4.00  4.08                           0             
 1949 24 SLB AL   C   93    279   39    4    3  .988  .985  3.42  4.10                           2             
 1950 25 SLB AL   C  109    367   48    8    9  .981  .985  3.81  4.21                           3              AS
 1951 26 SLB AL   C   85    361   48    2    8  .995  .982  4.81  4.40                           6             
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.90                                         
 1952 27 CHW AL   C  120    590   53    7    4  .989  .985  5.36  4.70                           1             
 1953 28 CHW AL   C  107    470   51    3    2  .994  .985  4.87  4.44                           3             
                 1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.80                                         
 1954 29 CHW AL   C   93    395   38    3    8  .993  .986  4.66  4.76                           3              AS
 1955 30 CHW AL   C  136    664   62    4   12  .995  .988  5.34  4.73                           3              AS
 1956 31 CHW AL   C  132    679   40    5    6  .993  .988  5.45  5.02  6.02  5.91  123 1074.7   4  24   17  20 AS
 1957 32 CHW AL   C   96    454   45    1    5  .998  .991  5.20  5.11  5.48  5.92   90  820.0   5  17   23  21 GG
 1958 33 CHW AL   C  116    597   63    9    8  .987  .990  5.69  5.34  5.99  6.01  112  991.3   5  23   29  26 GG,AS
 1959 34 CHW AL   C  122    623   51    5   14  .993  .989  5.52  5.31  6.10  6.08  106  994.0   4  11   37  27 GG,AS
                 1B   24    177   17    1   19  .995  .990  8.08  8.27  9.49  9.84   23  184.0                  AS
 1960 35 CHW AL   C  123    555   54    3   12  .995  .987  4.95  5.12  5.41  5.93  111 1013.0   3  17   26  31 AS
 1961 36 CHW AL   C  107    464   48    1    6  .998  .989  4.79  5.44  5.57  6.21   93  826.7   3  13   27  22
 1962 37 CHW AL   C   66    298   23    3    0  .991  .989  4.86  5.57  5.60  6.30   59  516.3   2  10   26  11
 1963 38 CHW AL   C   23     94    9    2    2  .981  .989  4.48  5.78  5.86  6.64   18  158.3   4   6    5   5
                 1B    2      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  8.60 12.00  9.60    0    3.0                 

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1953 28 CHW AL  1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.80                                         
 1959 34 CHW AL  1B   24    177   17    1   19  .995  .990  8.08  8.27  9.49  9.84   23  184.0                 
 1963 38 CHW AL  1B    2      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  8.60 12.00  9.60    0    3.0                 

 1951 26 SLB AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.90                                         

 1946 21 CLE AL   C   24     89    9    1    1  .990  .982  4.08  4.79                           1             
 1947 22 NYY AL   C    9     44    3    0    0 1.000  .985  5.22  4.30                           1             
 1948 23 NYY AL   C   10     36    4    1    1  .976  .985  4.00  4.08                           0             
 1949 24 SLB AL   C   93    279   39    4    3  .988  .985  3.42  4.10                           2             
 1950 25 SLB AL   C  109    367   48    8    9  .981  .985  3.81  4.21                           3             
 1951 26 SLB AL   C   85    361   48    2    8  .995  .982  4.81  4.40                           6             
 1952 27 CHW AL   C  120    590   53    7    4  .989  .985  5.36  4.70                           1             
 1953 28 CHW AL   C  107    470   51    3    2  .994  .985  4.87  4.44                           3             
 1954 29 CHW AL   C   93    395   38    3    8  .993  .986  4.66  4.76                           3             
 1955 30 CHW AL   C  136    664   62    4   12  .995  .988  5.34  4.73                           3             
 1956 31 CHW AL   C  132    679   40    5    6  .993  .988  5.45  5.02  6.02  5.91  123 1074.7   4  24   17  20
 1957 32 CHW AL   C   96    454   45    1    5  .998  .991  5.20  5.11  5.48  5.92   90  820.0   5  17   23  21
 1958 33 CHW AL   C  116    597   63    9    8  .987  .990  5.69  5.34  5.99  6.01  112  991.3   5  23   29  26
 1959 34 CHW AL   C  122    623   51    5   14  .993  .989  5.52  5.31  6.10  6.08  106  994.0   4  11   37  27
 1960 35 CHW AL   C  123    555   54    3   12  .995  .987  4.95  5.12  5.41  5.93  111 1013.0   3  17   26  31
 1961 36 CHW AL   C  107    464   48    1    6  .998  .989  4.79  5.44  5.57  6.21   93  826.7   3  13   27  22
 1962 37 CHW AL   C   66    298   23    3    0  .991  .989  4.86  5.57  5.60  6.30   59  516.3   2  10   26  11
 1963 38 CHW AL   C   23     94    9    2    2  .981  .989  4.48  5.78  5.86  6.64   18  158.3   4   6    5   5

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1571   7059  688   62  101  .992  .987  4.93  4.88              712 6394.3  53 121  190 163
                 1B*  27    184   17    1   19  .995  .990  7.44  8.31               23  187.0                 
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.90                                         
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1599   7243  705   63  120  .992  .987  4.97  4.94
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   4   3   3  2  0  0   1   0   0  .750  .750 1.250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   6  22   3   5  0  0  1   5   1   3  .227  .250  .364   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   8  26   6   8  2  0  1   6   1   3  .308  .321  .500   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1954   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1955   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1956   CHW AL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-1 CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 CHW AL       2   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/9      0   6   0   2  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .429  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1950
1954
1955
1956 *
1958
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

Gold Gloves
1957-ML--C
1958-AL--C
1959-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-AL-27-0.01
1955-AL-11-0.11
1956-AL-16-0.08
1957-AL-22-0.01
1958-AL-9-0.17
1959-AL-9-0.13
Car-416-0.51 shares

On-base %
1955 AL-.374-8

Doubles
1956 AL-28-8

RBI
1958 AL-84-10

Hit By Pitch
1950 AL-8-3
1952 AL-12-2
1953 AL-8-3
1954 AL-7-3
1955 AL-10-4
1956 AL-16-2
1957 AL-13-3
1958 AL-8-5
1959 AL-9-3
1960 AL-8-4
1961 AL-6-8
Car-115-43

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-6-8
1960 AL-8-3

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-12-2
1959 AL-6-7
1961 AL-10-3
1962 AL-9-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1951 AL-20-3
1956 AL-19-3
1959 AL-27-1
1960 AL-22-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1955 AL-12.5-7
1956 AL-13.2-7
1958 AL-11.4-10

At Bats per Home Run
1958 AL-21.1-10
1959 AL-23.0-10

Oldest Player
1962 AL-37-7
1963 AL-38-4

          

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (640) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.0 (270) (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 1943 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1946: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ray Mack to the New York Yankees for Hal Peck, Al Gettel, and Gene Bearden.

December 13, 1948: Traded by the New York Yankees with Red Embree, Dick Starr, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Roy Partee and Fred Sanford.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Tom Upton and Al Widmar to the Chicago White Sox for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry, and Jim Rivera.

October 4, 1963: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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