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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
Schools: 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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 21 CLE AL 28 70 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 0 1 5 9 .242 .299 .387 .686 95 24 1 0 3 2
1947 22 NYY AL 11 33 32 4 7 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 5 .219 .242 .375 .617 71 12 3 0 0 /2
1948 23 NYY AL 22 39 38 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .211 .231 .211 .441 18 8 4 0 0 2
1949 24 SLB AL 109 321 284 28 74 9 1 8 49 0 1 32 22 .261 .340 .384 .723 88 109 8 2 3 2
1950 25 SLB AL 126 474 396 55 111 22 3 13 65 2 0 64 25 .280 .391 .449 .841 111 178 12 8 6 *2 AS,MVP-27
1951 26 SLB AL 98 359 310 44 78 21 0 8 44 1 0 43 26 .252 .350 .397 .747 99 123 20 4 2 2/5
1952 27 CHW AL 132 447 375 35 90 15 0 13 50 1 0 54 34 .240 .354 .384 .738 104 144 15 12 6 *2
1953 28 CHW AL 113 396 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 1 0 47 29 .287 .388 .416 .804 114 139 7 8 7 *2/3
1954 29 CHW AL 107 365 316 31 77 13 0 7 34 0 1 37 28 .244 .334 .351 .686 86 111 5 7 3 2 2 AS
1955 30 CHW AL 138 510 426 67 111 13 1 16 61 2 2 68 34 .261 .374 .408 .782 108 174 10 10 4 2 12 *2 AS,MVP-11
1956 31 CHW AL 136 527 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 2 0 53 34 .293 .383 .438 .821 115 197 19 16 2 6 4 *2 AS,MVP-16
1957 32 CHW AL 101 403 351 33 90 11 2 11 70 2 0 35 24 .256 .342 .393 .736 100 138 7 13 0 4 2 2 MVP-22,GG
1958 33 CHW AL 127 491 421 53 115 16 0 20 84 2 1 57 37 .273 .367 .454 .821 126 191 12 8 1 4 3 *2 AS,MVP-9,GG
1959 34 CHW AL 140 576 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 4 3 55 49 .265 .345 .451 .796 118 228 27 9 2 5 6 *23 AS,MVP-9,GG
1960 35 CHW AL 129 484 421 43 106 23 0 7 46 2 0 42 39 .252 .326 .356 .682 85 150 22 8 5 8 3 *2 AS
1961 36 CHW AL 116 384 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 0 0 37 22 .282 .360 .380 .740 100 128 5 6 1 3 10 2
1962 37 CHW AL 84 256 220 17 59 12 0 2 26 1 0 32 23 .268 .369 .350 .719 95 77 5 3 1 0 9 2
1963 38 CHW AL 35 83 73 4 17 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 7 .233 .317 .288 .605 73 21 2 1 1 0 0 2/3
18 Seasons 1752 6218 5351 623 1415 244 14 155 808 20 10 671 453 .264 .357 .402 .759 104 2152 184 115 47 34 49
162 Game Avg. 162 575 495 58 131 23 1 14 75 2 1 62 42 .264 .357 .402 .759 104 199 17 11 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHW (12 yrs) 1358 4922 4229 485 1122 186 9 124 631 17 7 525 360 .265 .358 .402 .759 106 1698 136 101 33 34 49
SLB (3 yrs) 333 1154 990 127 263 52 4 29 158 3 1 139 73 .266 .364 .414 .778 101 410 40 14 11
NYY (2 yrs) 33 72 70 4 15 0 1 1 10 0 1 2 11 .214 .236 .286 .522 42 20 7 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 28 70 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 0 1 5 9 .242 .299 .387 .686 95 24 1 0 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 4 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
1959 34 CHW AL WS LAD L 6 24 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .227 .250 .364 .614 8 2 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 28 26 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .500 .821 13 2 0 0 1 0
2 WS 8 28 26 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .500 .821 13 2 0 0 1 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-AL-27-1%
1955-AL-11-11%
1956-AL-16-8%
1957-AL-22-1%
1958-AL-9-17%
1959-AL-9-13%
0.51 Career Shares (419th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1955 AL--.374--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1956 AL--28--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1958 AL--84--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL--8--3rd
1952 AL--12--2nd
1953 AL--8--3rd
1954 AL--7--3rd
1955 AL--10--4th
1956 AL--16--2nd
1957 AL--13--3rd
1958 AL--8--5th
1959 AL--9--3rd
1960 AL--8--4th
1961 AL--6--8th
Career--115--43rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL--6--8th
1960 AL--8--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--12--2nd
1959 AL--6--7th
1961 AL--10--3rd
1962 AL--9--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL--20--3rd
1956 AL--19--3rd
1959 AL--27--1st
1960 AL--22--2nd
Career--184--124th

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL--12.529--7th
1956 AL--13.235--7th
1958 AL--11.378--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL--21.050--10th
1959 AL--22.955--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1962 AL--born 1924-08-23--7th
1963 AL--born 1924-08-23--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1665), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (275), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (643), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 Gene Bearden, Al Gettel and Hal Peck.

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 Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, Gus Niarhos and Jim Rivera.

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

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