Sherm Lollar
John Sherman Lollar
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 23, 1924 in Durham, AR
School: Pittsburg State University
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1946
Final Game: September 7, 1963
Died: September 24, 1977 in Springfield, MO
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1946 CLE AL 21 C 24 99 89 9 1 1 .990 4.08 .982 4.79 1
1947 NYY AL 22 C 9 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 5.22 .985 4.30 1
1948 NYY AL 23 C 10 41 36 4 1 1 .976 4.00 .985 4.08 0
1949 SLB AL 24 C 93 322 279 39 4 3 .988 3.42 .985 4.10 2
1950 SLB AL 25 C 109 423 367 48 8 9 .981 3.81 .985 4.21 3 AS,MVP-27
1951 SLB AL 26 C 85 411 361 48 2 8 .995 4.81 .982 4.40 6
1951 SLB AL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1952 CHW AL 27 C 120 650 590 53 7 4 .989 5.36 .985 4.70 1
1953 CHW AL 28 C 107 524 470 51 3 2 .994 4.87 .985 4.44 3
1953 CHW AL 28 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.000 8.80
1954 CHW AL 29 C 93 84 736.2 436 395 38 3 8 .993 2.0 3.3 2 5.29 4.66 .986 5.40 4.76 3 10 10 21 68% AS
1955 CHW AL 30 C 136 130 1100.0 730 664 62 4 12 .995 3.0 3.3 3 5.94 5.34 .988 5.58 4.73 3 12 23 18 44% AS,MVP-11
1956 CHW AL 31 C 132 123 1074.2 724 679 40 5 6 .993 3.0 3.3 3 6.02 5.45 .988 5.91 5.02 4 24 17 20 54% AS,MVP-16
1957 CHW AL 32 C 96 90 820.0 500 454 45 1 5 .998 1.0 1.5 1 5.48 5.20 .991 5.92 5.11 5 17 23 21 48% MVP-22,GG
1958 CHW AL 33 C 116 112 991.1 669 597 63 9 8 .987 0.0 0.0 0 5.99 5.69 .990 6.01 5.34 5 23 29 26 47% AS,MVP-9,GG
1959 CHW AL 34 C 122 106 994.0 679 623 51 5 14 .993 5.0 6.0 5 6.10 5.52 .989 6.08 5.31 4 11 37 27 42% AS,MVP-9,GG
1959 CHW AL 34 1B 24 23 184.0 195 177 17 1 19 .995 1.6 10.4 1.6 2.2 -0.6 0 9.49 8.08 .990 9.84 8.27 AS,MVP-9,GG
1960 CHW AL 35 C 123 111 1013.0 612 555 54 3 12 .995 10.0 11.8 10 5.41 4.95 .987 5.93 5.12 3 17 26 31 54% AS
1961 CHW AL 36 C 107 93 826.2 513 464 48 1 6 .998 7.0 10.2 7 5.57 4.79 .989 6.21 5.44 3 13 27 22 45%
1962 CHW AL 37 C 66 59 516.1 324 298 23 3 0 .991 0.0 0.0 0 5.60 4.86 .989 6.30 5.57 2 10 26 11 30%
1963 CHW AL 38 C 23 18 158.1 105 94 9 2 2 .981 0.0 0.0 0 5.85 4.48 .990 6.64 5.78 4 6 5 5 50%
1963 CHW AL 38 1B 2 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 12.00 2.00 1.000 9.60 8.60
18 Seasons C 1571 926 8231.0 7809 7059 688 62 101 .992 31.0 4.5 31 8.47 4.93 .987 5.92 4.88 53 143 223 202 48%
3 Seasons 1B 27 23 187.0 202 184 17 1 19 .995 1.4 9.0 1.4 2.2 -0.8 0 9.67 7.44 .990 9.84 8.31
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
18 Seasons TOT 1599 949 8418.0 8011 7243 705 63 120 .992 32.4 4.6 1.4 2.2 -0.8 0 31 8.50 4.97 .979 6.01 4.94 53 143 223 202 48%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 CLE AL 21 28 28 28 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYY AL 22 11 11 11 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYY AL 23 22 22 22 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 SLB AL 24 109 109 109 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 SLB AL 25 126 126 126 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 26 98 98 98 0 85 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 27 132 132 132 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 28 113 113 113 0 107 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 29 107 84 107 107 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1955 CHW AL 30 138 130 138 138 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 CHW AL 31 136 123 136 136 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1957 CHW AL 32 101 90 101 101 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1958 CHW AL 33 127 112 127 127 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1959 CHW AL 34 140 129 140 140 0 122 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 CHW AL 35 129 111 129 129 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 CHW AL 36 116 93 116 116 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1962 CHW AL 37 84 59 84 84 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1963 CHW AL 38 35 18 35 35 0 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
18 Seasons 1752 949 1752 1752 0 1571 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 113 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 29 3068 2.75 3.09 53 96% 0 1 395 38 1 19 336 39 11 1 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 8 75%
1955 CHW AL 30 4708 3.45 3.72 100 96% 1 0 662 70 2 26 564 61 17 2 2 11 4 0 2 2 1 12 0 1 1 11 100%
1956 CHW AL 31 4666 3.70 4.05 90 98% 0 1 674 74 1 13 586 40 9 0 1 4 5 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 4 100%
1957 CHW AL 32 3478 3.16 3.47 74 100% 0 0 454 56 0 10 388 44 17 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 7 100%
1958 CHW AL 33 4262 3.58 3.97 70 96% 0 0 602 45 5 16 535 64 17 2 0 8 9 2 3 4 0 8 0 1 1 15 93%
1959 CHW AL 34 4301 3.40 3.78 83 93% 0 3 609 64 6 22 517 48 10 1 0 4 5 0 4 1 2 12 0 3 3 6 67%
1960 CHW AL 35 4385 3.62 4.03 75 99% 0 1 555 58 0 18 479 56 13 1 0 9 3 0 1 2 1 10 0 0 1 5 80%
1961 CHW AL 36 3668 4.38 4.89 59 100% 0 0 466 46 2 4 413 47 9 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 5 100%
1962 CHW AL 37 2254 3.75 4.13 37 100% 1 0 296 30 0 10 256 23 6 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 38 712 3.64 3.87 13 85% 0 0 94 9 0 1 84 9 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 35502 3.54 3.90 654 97% 2 6 4807 490 17 139 4158 431 110 12 4 59 36 3 16 17 4 69 0 5 7 61 90%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.39 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 CHW AL 29 3 10 1115 10 21 20 68% 10 16 0 3 0 2 0 0 31 24 1.58 1.36
1955 CHW AL 30 3 12 1761 23 18 18 44% 20 17 2 1 1 0 6 0 51 29 1.08 1.27
1956 CHW AL 31 4 24 1762 17 20 19 54% 16 17 1 1 0 2 3 0 65 25 1.14 1.18
1957 CHW AL 32 5 17 1273 23 21 19 48% 21 14 2 3 0 4 1 0 52 25 1.27 1.18
1958 CHW AL 33 5 23 1520 29 26 26 47% 26 21 2 2 1 3 5 1 71 36 1.29 1.51
1959 CHW AL 34 4 11 1575 37 27 26 42% 34 23 2 3 1 1 1 0 64 32 1.45 1.20
1960 CHW AL 35 3 17 1633 26 31 30 54% 25 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 66 33 1.07 1.11
1961 CHW AL 36 3 13 1406 27 22 20 45% 27 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 52 25 1.05 1.01
1962 CHW AL 37 2 10 889 26 11 10 30% 25 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 41 11 1.20 1.18
1963 CHW AL 38 4 6 280 5 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 6 1.15 1.73
10 Seasons 36 143 13214 223 202 193 48% 209 170 11 18 3 14 17 1 512 246 1.23 1.24
MLB Averages 40% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 29 7 100% 71% 43% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 34 795 54% 79% 28% 45 93% 0 190 11 180 0 17 16 9 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 0 0 1 20 1 1 0 1 2 50%
1963 CHW AL 38 13 46% 69% 15% 1 100% 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 815 54% 79% 28% 46 93% 0 197 12 185 1 17 16 9 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 0 0 1 20 1 1 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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