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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 WSH AL 21 SS 10 10 10 50 17 30 3 9 .940 4.70 .949 4.85
1941 WSH AL 22 3B 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .948 3.30
1943 WSH AL 24 3B 27 25 25 78 27 43 8 1 .897 2.59 .951 3.17
1943 WSH AL 24 SS 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.10
1946 WSH AL 27 3B 38 33 29 102 29 63 10 8 .902 2.42 .948 3.06
1946 WSH AL 27 2B 14 13 13 95 43 48 4 10 .958 6.50 .970 5.54
1946 WSH AL 27 SS 12 4 3 39 13 21 5 4 .872 2.83 .954 4.97
1946 WSH AL 27 OF 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .977 2.40
1946 WSH AL 27 RF 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.10
1947 WSH AL 28 LF 55 54 51 138 126 5 7 1 .949 2.38 .976 2.36
1947 WSH AL 28 OF 55 54 51 138 126 5 7 1 .949 2.38 .979 2.47
1947 WSH AL 28 3B 10 7 7 27 11 15 1 0 .963 2.60 .959 3.01
1947 WSH AL 28 2B 4 2 1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.50 .978 5.45
1948 WSH AL 29 OF 51 46 40 115 105 3 7 0 .939 2.12 .975 2.51
1948 WSH AL 29 RF 49 46 40 113 104 2 7 0 .938 2.16 .971 2.14
1948 WSH AL 29 CF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 3.00
1948 WSH AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.30
1949 WSH AL 30 2B 71 64 51 380 149 211 20 41 .947 5.07 .974 5.49
1949 WSH AL 30 3B 19 17 14 64 19 41 4 2 .938 3.16 .960 3.15
1949 WSH AL 30 OF 13 9 8 19 17 1 1 0 .947 1.38 .980 2.44
1949 WSH AL 30 RF 12 9 8 19 17 1 1 0 .947 1.50 .978 2.09
1949 WSH AL 30 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.40
1950 WSH AL 31 OF 14 14 12 121.0 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1.49 1.43 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 WSH AL 31 RF 14 14 12 121.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 1.49 1.43 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 WSH AL 31 2B 12 9 9 89.0 60 30 27 3 5 .950 5.76 4.75 .976 5.86 5.76
1950 WSH AL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.60 3.20
1951 WSH AL 32 OF 22 19 18 172.1 59 54 2 3 1 .949 2.92 2.55 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 WSH AL 32 RF 21 19 18 168.1 57 53 2 2 1 .965 2.94 2.62 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 WSH AL 32 LF 1 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50 2.00 .973 2.48 2.40
1952 PHA AL 33 2B 8 7 4 54.0 24 11 12 1 2 .958 3.83 2.88 .978 5.57 5.58
1952 PHA AL 33 OF 7 6 4 52.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 2.60 2.14 .980 2.41 2.40
1952 PHA AL 33 RF 7 6 4 52.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 2.94 2.43 .976 1.90 1.91
1952 PHA AL 33 3B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.30
7 Seasons OF 163 148 133 345.1 371 339 12 20 2 .946 2.37 2.15 .977 2.46 2.47
5 Seasons 2B 109 95 78 143.0 573 240 305 28 59 .951 5.03 5.00 .974 5.75 5.53
6 Seasons RF 104 94 82 341.1 232 214 5 13 1 .944 2.43 2.11 .974 2.06 2.09
7 Seasons 3B 98 83 76 3.0 275 87 164 24 11 .913 0.00 2.56 .953 3.30 3.11
4 Seasons LF 58 54 51 4.0 143 130 5 8 1 .944 4.50 2.33 .976 2.48 2.36
3 Seasons SS 23 14 13 91 30 53 8 13 .912 3.61 .951 4.92
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 3.00
10 Seasons TOT 393 340 300 491.1 1310 696 534 80 85 .939 3.13 3.13 .969 3.42 3.62
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1940 WSH AL 21 SS
1941 WSH AL 22 3B
1943 WSH AL 24 3B
1943 WSH AL 24 SS
1946 WSH AL 27 3B
1946 WSH AL 27 2B
1946 WSH AL 27 SS
1946 WSH AL 27 RF
1947 WSH AL 28 LF
1947 WSH AL 28 3B
1947 WSH AL 28 2B
1948 WSH AL 29 RF
1948 WSH AL 29 CF
1948 WSH AL 29 LF
1949 WSH AL 30 2B
1949 WSH AL 30 3B
1949 WSH AL 30 RF
1949 WSH AL 30 LF
1950 WSH AL 31 RF
1950 WSH AL 31 2B
1950 WSH AL 31 3B
1951 WSH AL 32 RF
1951 WSH AL 32 LF
1952 PHA AL 33 2B
1952 PHA AL 33 RF
1952 PHA AL 33 3B
5 Seasons 2B
6 Seasons RF
7 Seasons 3B
4 Seasons LF
3 Seasons SS
1 Season CF
10 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1940 WSH AL 21 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 WSH AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 WSH AL 24 59 25 59 28 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
1946 WSH AL 27 74 50 74 61 0 0 0 14 38 12 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1947 WSH AL 28 95 63 95 69 0 0 0 4 10 0 55 0 0 55 0 28 1
1948 WSH AL 29 71 46 71 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 49 51 0 23 0
1949 WSH AL 30 110 90 110 102 0 0 0 71 19 0 1 0 12 13 0 15 1
1950 WSH AL 31 71 23 71 26 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 14 14 0 45 3
1951 WSH AL 32 62 19 62 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 22 0 37 3
1952 PHA AL 33 43 13 43 16 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 7 7 0 27 1
1952 WSH AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 597 340 597 386 0 0 0 109 98 23 58 1 104 163 0 220 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 WSH AL 29 5 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 30 11 1 7 0 0 15 10 0 8 1 0 5 3 0 65 25 38.5% 39 1 1.5% 1 1524 57% 84% 32% 180 51%
1949 WSH AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 18 8 44.4% 8 2 11.1% -1 409 53% 80% 26% 45 42%
1950 WSH AL 31 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 6 0 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 29 11 37.9% 18 0 0.0% 0 558 66% 80% 28% 58 34%
1951 WSH AL 32 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 1 6 3 0 25 7 28.0% 17 1 4.0% 1 575 54% 88% 35% 72 58%
1952 PHA AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 220 58% 80% 31% 22 77%
5 Seasons 11 1 10 0 3 5 0 2 0 2 59 23 1 24 2 2 27 17 0 16 3 1 17 9 0 143 54 37.8% 85 4 2.8% 1 3286 58% 83% 31% 377 50%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1949 WSH AL 30 2449 58% 84% 29% 240 90% 1 144 40 63 41 206 170 29 1 7 20 1 13 6 14 41 15 4 11 1 33 12 20 7 3 4
1950 WSH AL 31 419 55% 81% 21% 38 89% 0 29 9 9 11 27 22 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 5 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 1
1952 PHA AL 33 147 65% 86% 25% 12 92% 0 8 5 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3015 58% 83% 27% 290 90% 1 181 54 74 53 240 199 34 1 8 24 2 16 6 17 47 18 4 13 1 38 14 23 8 3 5
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1949 WSH AL 30 582 60% 81% 26% 55 85% 3 21 12 4 5 35 28 3 1 1 4 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
1950 WSH AL 31 3 67% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 33 7 71% 100% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 592 61% 81% 26% 55 85% 3 21 12 4 5 35 28 3 1 1 4 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 WSH AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 100% 25% 1 100%
1949 WSH AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 100% 67% 1 100%
1951 WSH AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 27 70% 78% 19% 6 33%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 34 65% 82% 24% 8 50%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 WSH AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 26 42% 81% 31% 8 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 26 42% 81% 31% 8 25%
MLB Averages 45.1% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 60%

* 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1949 AL  25 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1949 AL  20 (3rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  5 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  7 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  7 (2nd)

                                         

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