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Sherry Robertson

Sherrard Alexander Robertson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 1, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1940
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics 1940-1952

Final Game: September 21, 1952
Died: October 23, 1970 in Houghton, SD
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
Relatives: Nephew of Clark Griffith
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Standard Batting

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
1940 21 WSH AL 10 38 33 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 .212 .316 .273 .589 59 9 0 0 0 6
1941 22 WSH AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
1943 24 WSH AL 59 138 120 22 26 4 1 3 14 0 2 17 19 .217 .319 .342 .661 97 41 1 1 0 5/6
1946 27 WSH AL 74 262 230 30 46 6 3 6 19 6 2 30 42 .200 .292 .330 .623 78 76 0 0 2 546/O9
1947 28 WSH AL 95 304 266 25 62 9 3 1 23 4 5 32 52 .233 .318 .301 .618 75 80 3 1 5 7O5/4
1948 29 WSH AL 71 215 187 19 46 11 3 2 22 8 0 24 26 .246 .335 .369 .704 89 69 2 1 3 O9/87
1949 30 WSH AL 110 420 374 59 94 17 3 11 42 10 3 42 35 .251 .329 .401 .730 95 150 6 1 3 45O9/7
1950 31 WSH AL 71 145 123 19 32 3 3 2 16 1 1 22 18 .260 .372 .382 .755 98 47 2 0 0 O94/5
1951 32 WSH AL 62 122 111 14 21 2 1 1 10 2 1 9 22 .189 .256 .252 .508 39 28 1 1 1 O9/7
1952 33 TOT AL 44 80 60 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 2 21 15 .200 .407 .250 .657 81 15 1 0 0 /495
1952 33 WSH AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 PHA AL 43 80 60 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 2 21 15 .200 .407 .250 .657 81 15 1 0 0 /4O95
10 Yrs 597 1727 1507 200 346 55 18 26 151 32 16 202 238 .230 .323 .342 .664 83 515 16 5 14
162 Game Avg. 162 469 409 54 94 15 5 7 41 9 4 55 65 .230 .323 .342 .664 83 140 4 1 4
WSH (10 yrs) 554 1647 1447 192 334 52 18 26 146 31 14 181 223 .231 .318 .346 .664 83 500 15 5 14
PHA (1 yr) 43 80 60 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 2 21 15 .200 .407 .250 .657 81 15 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1940 21 WSH AL 10 38 -2 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 6
1941 22 WSH AL 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .405 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1943 24 WSH AL 59 138 -0 -1 0 -2 0 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .495 .498 0.2 -0.2 2 $ 5/6
1946 27 WSH AL 74 262 -6 1 0 -4 1 -8 -0.9 7 -2 -0.2 .488 .494 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 546/O9
1947 28 WSH AL 95 304 -9 -1 0 -2 -2 -14 -1.6 8 -6 -0.8 .484 .490 -0.6 -0.5 -4 $ 7O5/4
1948 29 WSH AL 71 215 -3 2 1 -1 -2 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.3 .496 .498 0.4 -0.3 4 $ O9/87
1949 30 WSH AL 110 420 -4 3 2 -7 3 -3 -0.3 11 8 0.8 .498 .498 1.5 -0.4 15 $ 45O9/7
1950 31 WSH AL 71 145 0 -1 0 -3 -0 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.1 .495 .498 0.4 -0.3 3 $ O94/5
1951 32 WSH AL 62 122 -10 1 1 2 -1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .488 .495 -0.6 0.1 -6 $ O9/7
1952 33 WSH AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1952 33 PHA AL 43 80 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $ /4O95
10 Seasons 597 1727 -35 5 4 -18 -1 -45 -4.8 44 -1 -0.2 .492 .497 1.6 -2.0 17 $
WSH (10 yrs) 554 1647 -34 5 4 -18 -1 -44 -4.7 42 -3 -0.4 .492 .497 1.4 -2.0 16 $
PHA (1 yr) 43 80 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1940 21 WSH AL 38 26 3 3.1 105 .259 .212 .271 .316 .342 .273 .410 .589 .752 59 .292 -1.9 -0.2 .538 .212 .061
1941 22 WSH AL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .269 .000 .345 .000 .397 .000 .742 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1943 24 WSH AL 138 97 12 3.4 84 .235 .217 .252 .319 .325 .342 .347 .661 .672 97 .447 -0.4 -0.0 .588 .250 .125 .0
1946 27 WSH AL 262 188 23 3.3 91 .220 .200 .257 .292 .330 .330 .369 .623 .699 78 .392 -6.9 -0.7 .591 .278 .130 6.0
1947 28 WSH AL 304 217 25 3.1 94 .286 .233 .259 .318 .339 .301 .373 .618 .711 75 .364 -8.7 -0.9 .528 .184 .068 1.6
1948 29 WSH AL 215 146 24 4.4 103 .277 .246 .269 .335 .354 .369 .389 .704 .743 89 .477 -2.8 -0.3 .713 .294 .123 3.2
1949 30 WSH AL 420 292 50 4.6 104 .253 .251 .267 .329 .358 .401 .388 .730 .746 95 .498 -4.4 -0.4 .692 .281 .150 10.5
1950 31 WSH AL 145 94 17 4.8 109 .291 .260 .272 .372 .358 .382 .408 .755 .766 98 .485 -0.0 0.0 .734 .301 .122 1.3
1951 32 WSH AL 122 93 7 2.0 100 .227 .189 .265 .256 .346 .252 .389 .508 .735 39 .187 -9.9 -1.0 .424 .153 .063 1.3
1952 33 TOT AL 80 51 6 3.2 101 .267 .200 .267 .407 .348 .250 .390 .657 .738 81 .381 0.1 0.0 .686 .383 .050 .0
1952 33 PHA AL 80 51 6 3.2 101 .267 .200 .267 .407 .348 .250 .390 .657 .738 81 .381 0.1 0.0 .686 .383 .050 .0
10 Yrs 1727 1207 167 3.7 99 .257 .230 .263 .323 .346 .342 .382 .664 .727 83 .421 -35.7 -3.6 .619 .257 .112 28.7
162 Game Avg. 469 328 45 3.7 99 .257 .230 .263 .323 .346 .342 .382 .664 .727 83 .421 -35.7 -3.6 .619 .257 .112 8
WSH (10 yrs) 1647 1156 161 3.7 98 .257 .231 .263 .318 .346 .346 .381 .664 .727 83 .422 -35.8 -3.6 .616 .252 .115 28.3
PHA (1 yr) 80 51 6 3.2 101 .267 .200 .267 .407 .348 .250 .390 .657 .738 81 .380 0.1 0.0 .686 .383 .050 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1940 21 WSH AL 38 0.0% 15.8% 13.2% 2.6% 14% 1.20 5.5 71%
1941 22 WSH AL 3 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1943 24 WSH AL 138 2.2% 13.8% 12.3% 5.8% 31% 1.12 6.3 40.0 8.6 71%
1946 27 WSH AL 262 2.3% 16.0% 11.5% 5.7% 33% 1.40 5.5 38.3 12.1 69%
1947 28 WSH AL 304 0.3% 17.1% 10.5% 4.3% 21% 1.63 5.1 266.0 11.6 70%
1948 29 WSH AL 215 0.9% 12.1% 11.2% 7.4% 35% 1.08 7.2 93.5 8.5 0.79 74%
1949 30 WSH AL 420 2.6% 8.3% 10.0% 7.4% 33% 0.83 10.7 34.0 8.9 0.92 78%
1950 31 WSH AL 145 1.4% 12.4% 15.2% 5.5% 25% 0.82 6.8 61.5 7.7 0.90 71%
1951 32 WSH AL 122 0.8% 18.0% 7.4% 3.3% 19% 2.44 5.0 111.0 11.1 1.44 72%
1952 33 TOT AL 80 0.0% 18.8% 26.3% 3.8% 25% 0.71 4.0 12.0 0.93 56%
1952 33 PHA AL 80 0.0% 18.8% 26.3% 3.8% 25% 0.71 4.0 12.0 0.93 56%
10 Yrs 1727 1.5% 13.8% 11.7% 5.7% 29% 1.18 6.3 58.0 10.0 0.94 72%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.3% 6.1% 27% 1.01 9.4 59.3 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1940 21 WSH AL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 22 WSH AL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 24 WSH AL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 WSH AL -6.9 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 WSH AL -8.7 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 WSH AL -2.8 -0.3 187 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 1.06 -0.1 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.96 -2.2 1.76 17
1949 30 WSH AL -4.9 -0.5 422 0.3 8.0 -7.7 1.10 -0.2 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.96 -3.5 2.01 13
1950 31 WSH AL -0.0 0.0 150 -0.3 2.9 -3.1 1.26 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.04 -1.3 1.29 33
1951 32 WSH AL -9.9 -1.0 104 -2.2 1.0 -3.1 1.37 -1.2 -0.3 -14.7 -1.5 1.00 -14.8 1.69 32
1952 33 TOT AL 0.1 0.0 74 0.5 1.6 -1.1 1.22 0.1 0.3 2.4 0.2 1.06 1.6 1.36 18
1952 33 WSH AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1952 33 PHA AL 0.1 0.0 74 0.5 1.6 -1.1 1.22 0.1 0.3 2.4 0.2 1.06 1.6 1.36 18
10 Yrs -36.2 -3.7 937 -1.8 16.5 -18.3 1.16 -1.5 -0.0 -19.5 -2.0 0.98 -20.2 1.57 113

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 29 WSH AL 3 0 25% 73 8 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 5 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 4
1949 30 WSH AL 3 0 38% 174 10 3 77% 4 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 6 4 56% 21 9 12 9 7 2 6 0 6
1950 31 WSH AL 1 0 33% 53 1 1 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 50% 12 8 4 3 1 1 7 1 6
1951 32 WSH AL 2 0 43% 34 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1
1952 33 TOT AL 1 0 24% 28 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 8 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
1952 33 PHA AL 1 0 24% 28 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Yrs 10 0 33% 362 32 16 67% 13 7 6 0 1 0 4 1 9 7 51% 49 28 21 18 11 6 19 2 17

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 29 WSH AL 215 91% 46 17 6 0 4 1.76 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 100% 52 2 4% 23 7 30% 119 17 14% 12 8 67% 6 2 33% 0
1949 30 WSH AL 420 86% 94 13 4 0 0 2.01 11 1 10 9 1 4 7 0 4 3 75% 90 6 7% 34 12 35% 250 31 12% 21 12 57% 16 10 63% 0
1950 31 WSH AL 145 88% 32 33 8 0 2 1.29 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 2 5% 18 4 22% 115 14 12% 10 4 40% 5 3 60% 0
1951 32 WSH AL 122 97% 21 32 5 0 3 1.69 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 22 1 5% 15 5 33% 71 7 10% 9 4 44% 4 3 75% 0
1952 33 TOT AL 80 97% 12 18 4 0 3 1.36 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 5% 6 2 33% 50 5 10% 6 3 50% 6 4 67% 0
1952 33 PHA AL 80 97% 12 18 4 0 3 1.36 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 5% 6 2 33% 50 5 10% 6 3 50% 6 4 67% 0
10 Yrs 982 90% 346 113 27 0 12 1.57 26 1 23 13 1 5 11 0 9 14 156% 223 16 7% 96 30 31% 605 74 12% 58 31 53% 37 22 59% 0
MLB Averages 51% 290% 32% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 21 10 38 33 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 .212 .316 .273 .589 59 9 0 0 0
1941 22 11 41 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 .194 .293 .250 .543 47 9 0 0 0
1942 23 11 41 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 .194 .293 .250 .543 47 9 0 0 0
1943 24 70 179 156 26 33 4 2 3 14 0 2 22 28 .212 .313 .321 .633 84 50 1 1 0
1944 25 70 179 156 26 33 4 2 3 14 0 2 22 28 .212 .313 .321 .633 84 50 1 1 0
1945 26 70 179 156 26 33 4 2 3 14 0 2 22 28 .212 .313 .321 .633 84 50 1 1 0
1946 27 144 441 386 56 79 10 5 9 33 6 4 52 70 .205 .301 .326 .627 80 126 1 1 2
1947 28 239 745 652 81 141 19 8 10 56 10 9 84 122 .216 .308 .316 .624 78 206 4 2 7
1948 29 310 960 839 100 187 30 11 12 78 18 9 108 148 .223 .314 .328 .641 81 275 6 3 10
1949 30 420 1380 1213 159 281 47 14 23 120 28 12 150 183 .232 .318 .350 .669 85 425 12 4 13
1950 31 491 1525 1336 178 313 50 17 25 136 29 13 172 201 .234 .323 .353 .677 86 472 14 4 13
1951 32 553 1647 1447 192 334 52 18 26 146 31 14 181 223 .231 .318 .346 .664 83 500 15 5 14
1952 33 597 1727 1507 200 346 55 18 26 151 32 16 202 238 .230 .323 .342 .664 83 515 16 5 14

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1940 21 10 41 35 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 .229 .341 .286 .627 3 10
1941 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1943 24 62 150 129 27 30 5 1 3 17 0 20 20 .233 .340 .357 .697 16 59
1946 27 77 282 245 37 53 7 3 7 23 7 35 44 .216 .314 .355 .669 27 74
1947 28 99 323 281 29 69 10 3 1 27 4 36 54 .246 .333 .313 .647 29 95
1948 29 74 223 194 19 47 11 3 2 22 8 25 27 .242 .332 .361 .693 23 71
1949 30 115 437 390 60 97 18 3 11 43 10 43 37 .249 .325 .395 .720 50 110
1950 31 74 149 127 18 32 3 3 2 15 1 22 19 .252 .362 .370 .732 17 71
1951 32 65 128 117 15 22 2 1 1 11 2 9 23 .188 .252 .248 .500 7 62
1952 33 46 83 62 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 21 16 .194 .398 .242 .640 6 44
10 Yrs 623 1819 1583 217 370 59 18 27 163 33 217 249 .234 .328 .345 .673 178 597
162 Game Avg. 162 473 412 56 96 15 5 7 42 9 56 65 .234 .328 .345 .673 46 597

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1949 AL  10 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1946 AL  6.0 (9th)
1949 AL  10.5 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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