George Sherrill
George Friederich Sherrill
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 19, 1977 in Memphis, TN
High School: Evangelical Christian (Germantown, TN)
School: Austin Peay State University (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 27 SEA AL 2 1 .667 3.80 21 0 4 0 0 0 23.2 24 12 10 3 9 1 16 1 1 4 104 119 1.394 9.1 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.78
2005 28 SEA AL 4 3 .571 5.21 29 0 2 0 0 0 19.0 13 12 11 3 7 2 24 1 0 0 77 80 1.053 6.2 1.4 3.3 11.4 3.43
2006 29 SEA AL 2 4 .333 4.28 72 0 6 0 0 1 40.0 30 19 19 0 27 4 42 0 0 0 174 104 1.425 6.8 0.0 6.1 9.5 1.56
2007 30 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 2.36 73 0 16 0 0 3 45.2 28 12 12 4 17 1 56 1 1 1 182 185 0.985 5.5 0.8 3.4 11.0 3.29
2008 31 BAL AL 3 5 .375 4.72 57 0 49 0 0 31 53.1 47 28 28 6 33 6 58 1 0 1 239 94 1.500 7.9 1.0 5.6 9.8 1.76 AS
2009 32 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 1.70 72 0 39 0 0 21 69.0 53 13 13 4 24 4 61 2 0 1 282 253 1.116 6.9 0.5 3.1 8.0 2.54
2009 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2.40 42 0 38 0 0 20 41.1 34 11 11 3 13 2 39 2 0 0 171 188 1.137 7.4 0.7 2.8 8.5 3.00
2009 32 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 0.65 30 0 1 0 0 1 27.2 19 2 2 1 11 2 22 0 0 1 111 606 1.084 6.2 0.3 3.6 7.2 2.00
6 Seasons 14 14 .500 3.34 324 0 116 0 0 56 250.2 195 96 93 20 117 18 257 6 2 7 1058 131 1.245 7.0 0.7 4.2 9.2 2.20
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 3.34 68 0 24 0 0 12 53 41 20 20 4 25 4 54 1 0 1 222 131 1.245 7.0 0.7 4.2 9.2 2.20
SEA (4 yrs) 10 8 .556 3.65 195 0 28 0 0 4 128.1 95 55 52 10 60 8 138 3 2 5 537 121 1.208 6.7 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.30
BAL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.71 99 0 87 0 0 51 94.2 81 39 39 9 46 8 97 3 0 1 410 121 1.342 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.2 2.11
LAD (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.65 30 0 1 0 0 1 27.2 19 2 2 1 11 2 22 0 0 1 111 606 1.084 6.2 0.3 3.6 7.2 2.00
AL (6 yrs) 13 14 .481 3.67 294 0 115 0 0 55 223.0 176 94 91 19 106 16 235 6 2 6 947 121 1.265 7.1 0.8 4.3 9.5 2.22
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.65 30 0 1 0 0 1 27.2 19 2 2 1 11 2 22 0 0 1 111 606 1.084 6.2 0.3 3.6 7.2 2.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 32 LAD NL NLDS W STL 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
2009 32 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 12 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 8.31 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 4 4 1 4 0 2 3 0 1 22 1.615 6.2 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 12 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 7.7

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 27 SEA AL 21 104 93 12 24 5 0 3 1 1 9 16 .258 .327 .409 .736 .280 38 2 1 0 1 1
2005 28 SEA AL 29 77 67 12 13 2 0 3 0 0 7 24 .194 .276 .358 .635 .244 24 1 1 1 1 2
2006 29 SEA AL 72 174 141 19 30 7 0 0 4 2 27 42 .213 .335 .262 .598 .297 37 3 0 4 2 4
2007 30 SEA AL 73 182 156 12 28 6 0 4 0 0 17 56 .179 .258 .295 .553 .240 46 1 1 4 4 1
2008 31 BAL AL 57 239 201 28 47 9 0 6 3 0 33 58 .234 .340 .368 .708 .293 74 4 1 1 3 6
2009 32 BAL AL 42 171 155 11 34 9 0 3 3 0 13 39 .219 .287 .335 .622 .272 52 3 2 0 1 2
2009 32 LAD NL 30 111 99 2 19 4 0 1 2 0 11 22 .192 .273 .263 .535 .237 26 1 0 1 0 2
2009 32 TOT MLB 72 282 254 13 53 13 0 4 5 0 24 61 .209 .281 .307 .588 .258 78 4 2 1 1 4
6 Seasons 324 1058 912 96 195 42 0 20 13 3 117 257 .214 .304 .326 .629 .270 297 15 6 11 12 18
162 Game Avg. 68 222 191 20 41 9 0 4 3 1 25 54 .214 .304 .326 .629 .270 62 3 1 2 3 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 27 SEA AL 21 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 16 6 38% 7 1.518 14 1 6 4 11 6 8 13 8 6 9 6 3.4 20
2005 28 SEA AL 29 29 2 4 3 0 0 0 11 9 26 3 12% 8 1.504 18 4 7 12 8 9 15 14 4 19 5 8 2.0 12
2006 29 SEA AL 72 72 6 2 4 1 1 0 100% 27 17 59 14 24% 8 1.412 37 15 20 31 15 26 36 36 5 53 14 18 1.7 10
2007 30 SEA AL 73 73 16 2 0 7 3 4 43% 30 22 71 16 23% 8 1.338 32 12 28 41 9 23 42 31 4 50 6 24 1.9 10
2008 31 BAL AL 57 57 49 3 5 37 31 6 84% 37 0 22 9 41% 9 2.030 28 15 13 42 6 9 11 46 5 13 5 16 2.8 17
2009 32 TOT MLB 72 72 39 1 1 26 21 5 81% 37 11 17 4 24% 1.579 35 11 25 53 7 12 11 61 4 10 5 21 2.9 16
2009 32 BAL AL 42 42 38 0 1 23 20 3 87% 23 0 4 1 25% 9 1.512 20 5 16 33 2 7 2 40 1 2 1 10 3.0 17
2009 32 LAD NL 30 30 1 1 0 3 1 2 33% 14 11 13 3 23% 8 1.682 15 6 9 20 5 5 9 21 3 8 4 11 2.8 15
6 Seasons 324 324 116 14 14 71 56 15 79% 145 62 211 52 25% 1.600 164 58 99 183 56 85 123 201 30 151 44 93 2.3 13

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 27 SEA AL 104 54% 2.9% 15.4% 8.7% 7.7% 33% 0.66 0.69 72% 15% 7.9% 19% 20 2 10%
2005 28 SEA AL 77 39% 3.9% 31.2% 9.1% 6.5% 39% 0.65 0.74 53% 18% 13.0% 12% 21 1 5%
2006 29 SEA AL 174 49% 0.0% 24.1% 15.5% 4.0% 23% 0.43 0.69 58% 16% 0.0% 14% 51 3 6%
2007 30 SEA AL 182 42% 2.2% 30.8% 9.3% 5.5% 36% 0.34 0.48 55% 19% 6.8% 22% 50 1 2%
2008 31 BAL AL 239 70% 2.5% 24.3% 13.8% 6.3% 32% 0.51 0.52 59% 16% 7.2% 14% 53 4 8%
2009 32 TOT MLB 282 70% 1.4% 21.6% 8.5% 6.0% 32% 0.61 0.80 67% 17% 4.0% 16% 38 4 11%
2009 32 BAL AL 171 71% 1.8% 22.8% 7.6% 7.0% 35% 0.54 0.63 67% 16% 4.8% 18% 21 3 14%
2009 32 LAD NL 111 68% 0.9% 19.8% 9.9% 4.5% 26% 0.74 1.10 68% 19% 2.6% 12% 17 1 6%
6 Seasons 1058 58% 1.9% 24.3% 11.1% 5.9% 32% 0.52 0.65 61% 17% 5.5% 17% 233 15 6%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 27 SEA AL 104 410 3.94 243 59% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 2% 43% 82% 47% 4% 4 2 12% 12 4 1 19% 2 1 0 0 0
2005 28 SEA AL 77 334 4.34 209 63% 29% 21% 29% 22% 71% 5% 45% 70% 49% 4% 3 1 32% 25 15 1 17% 4 0 0 0 0
2006 29 SEA AL 174 729 4.19 444 61% 28% 20% 29% 24% 72% 4% 44% 73% 53% 9% 15 7 29% 50 24 2 19% 6 5 0 0 0
2007 30 SEA AL 182 720 3.96 468 65% 30% 18% 29% 23% 70% 2% 46% 74% 60% 3% 5 2 30% 54 34 2 21% 10 2 0 0 0
2008 31 BAL AL 239 957 4.00 584 61% 28% 19% 28% 25% 72% 6% 44% 74% 57% 8% 19 8 25% 59 35 3 7% 13 5 0 0 0
2009 32 TOT MLB 282 1144 4.06 727 64% 31% 14% 29% 27% 69% 4% 44% 80% 57% 3% 8 3 29% 82 43 5 31% 7 1 0 0 0
2009 32 BAL AL 171 695 4.06 448 64% 30% 15% 29% 26% 70% 3% 45% 79% 63% 3% 5 3 33% 56 30 2 23% 5 0 0 0 0
2009 32 LAD NL 111 449 4.05 279 62% 32% 13% 28% 28% 68% 5% 42% 82% 49% 3% 3 0 23% 26 13 3 45% 2 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1058 4294 4.06 2675 62% 29% 17% 28% 25% 71% 4% 44% 76% 55% 5% 54 23 27% 282 155 14 19% 42 14 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 27 SEA AL 104 24 1 0 3 0 8 1 2 2 1 11 7 0 64% 3 4 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2005 28 SEA AL 77 13 0 0 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 5 2 1 40% 0 0 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 29 SEA AL 174 30 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 19 7 6 37% 2 0 1 68 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
2007 30 SEA AL 182 28 4 1 4 1 10 1 3 3 1 13 6 4 46% 1 1 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2008 31 BAL AL 239 47 6 0 6 0 17 5 1 4 2 22 9 5 41% 2 1 0 92 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2009 32 TOT MLB 282 53 3 0 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 4 2 2 50% 1 1 0 106 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 32 BAL AL 171 34 2 0 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 4 2 2 50% 1 0 0 63 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 32 LAD NL 111 19 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1058 195 15 1 20 1 59 12 8 14 6 74 33 18 45% 9 7 2 425 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 31 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 27 2 1 .667 3.80 21 0 4 0 0 0 23.2 24 12 10 3 9 1 16 1 1 4 104 119 1.394 9.1 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.78 119
2005 28 6 4 .600 4.43 50 0 6 0 0 0 42.2 37 24 21 6 16 3 40 2 1 4 181 99 1.242 7.8 1.3 3.4 8.4 2.50 99
2006 29 8 8 .500 4.35 122 0 12 0 0 1 82.2 67 43 40 6 43 7 82 2 1 4 355 101 1.331 7.3 0.7 4.7 8.9 1.91 101
2007 30 10 8 .556 3.65 195 0 28 0 0 4 128.1 95 55 52 10 60 8 138 3 2 5 537 121 1.208 6.7 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.30 121
2008 31 13 13 .500 3.96 252 0 77 0 0 35 181.2 142 83 80 16 93 14 196 4 2 6 776 111 1.294 7.0 0.8 4.6 9.7 2.11 111
2009 32 14 14 .500 3.34 324 0 116 0 0 56 250.2 195 96 93 20 117 18 257 6 2 7 1058 131 1.245 7.0 0.7 4.2 9.2 2.20 131

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 27 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 24 11 10 3 9 16 1 1.435 9.4 3.5 6.3 1.78 1.2 21
2005 28 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 13 12 11 3 7 24 1 1.053 6.2 3.3 11.4 3.43 1.4 29
2006 29 2 2 .500 4.38 39.0 30 21 19 0 27 41 0 1.462 6.9 6.2 9.5 1.52 0.0 72
2007 30 3 1 .750 2.40 45.0 29 13 12 4 18 55 1 1.044 5.8 3.6 11.0 3.06 0.8 73
2008 31 2 3 .400 4.58 53.0 47 30 27 6 33 58 1 1.509 8.0 5.6 9.8 1.76 1.0 57
2009 32 6 1 .857 1.72 68.0 53 14 13 4 24 60 2 1.132 7.0 3.2 7.9 2.50 0.5 72
6 Seasons 15 9 .625 3.35 247.0 196 101 92 20 118 254 6 1.271 7.1 9.3 2.15 0.7 324

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL--72--5th
2007 AL--73--7th

Saves s c a p y
2008 AL--31--7th
Active--56--46th
Career--56--233rd

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 AL--49--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (761), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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