Larry Sherry

Lawrence Sherry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 25, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1958
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Tigers/Astros/Angels 1958-1968

Final Game: July 7, 1968
Died: December 17, 2006 in Mission Viejo, CA
Relatives: Brother of Norm Sherry
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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
1953	17	LAD-min	C	9																									SNB · CALL
1954	18	LAD-min	C	32	58	58		10	0	0	0						.172	.172	.155	.328		9							BAK,GRF · CALL,PION
1955	19	LAD-min	B	34	38	38		8	2	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474		10							NNW · PIED
1956	20	LAD-min	A	37	86	86		21	2	1	2						.244	.244	.360	.605		31							PBO · WL
1957	21	CHC-LAD-min	AA,Opn	41	74	71	6	16	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	11	.225	.225	.324	.549		23	1	0	3	0			FTW,LOS · TL,PCL
1958	22	LAD-min	AAA	36	65	63	8	16	4	1	2	9	1		1	7	.254	.262	.444	.706		28	4	0	0	1			SPO · PCL
1958	22	LAD	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	23	LAD-min	AAA	20	51	47	8	13	2	1	2	10	0		3	6	.277	.320	.489	.809		23		0	1	0	0		STP · AA
1959	23	LAD	NL	23	34	32	3	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	6	.219	.242	.406	.649	64	13	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	24	LAD	NL	57	41	37	1	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	7	.162	.184	.297	.482	26	11	2	0	3	0	0	1	MVP-20
1961	25	LAD	NL	53	15	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.154	.267	.154	.421	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
1962	26	LAD	NL	58	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	-20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1963	27	LAD	NL	36	12	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.273	.222	.495	50	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	28	DET	AL	38	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	29	DET	AL	39	13	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.500	.864	143	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1966	30	DET	AL	55	10	10	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	180	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	31	TOT	MLB	49	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	31	DET	AL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	31	HOU	NL	29	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1968	32	ANA-CHW-min	AAA	34	27	21	2	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	.381	.409	.667	1.076		14		0	5	0			SLE,HAW · PCL
1968	32	CAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	33	CHW-min	AAA	27	27	23	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	10	.261	.346	.435	.781		10		0	1	0			TUC · PCL
1970	34	CHW-min	AA	26	7	7		1	1	0	0						.143	.143	.286	.429		2							MOB · SOUL
11 Yrs				416	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	0	0	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	41	3	1	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	64	58	3	10	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	14	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	16	1	0	3	0	0

LAD (6 yrs)				232	121	108	7	18	1	1	3	8	0	0	6	23	.167	.217	.278	.495	32	30	3	1	6	0	0
DET (4 yrs)				152	38	35	0	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	.200	.222	.314	.537	49	11	0	0	2	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				29	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				261	126	113	7	18	1	1	3	8	0	0	6	26	.159	.208	.265	.474	26	30	3	1	6	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				155	38	35	0	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	.200	.222	.314	.537	49	11	0	0	2	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
1958	22	LAD	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1959	23	LAD	NL	23	34	-2	0	0	0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$8,000	1
1960	24	LAD	NL	57	41	-4	-0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$15,000	1	MVP-20
1961	25	LAD	NL	53	15	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1962	26	LAD	NL	58	19	-3	-0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1963	27	LAD	NL	36	12	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1964	28	DET	AL	38	14	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	1
1965	29	DET	AL	39	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$28,000	1
1966	30	DET	AL	55	10	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	1	$	1
1967	31	DET	AL	20	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$29,000	1
1967	31	HOU	NL	29	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1968	32	CAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
11 Seasons				416	164	-15	-1	-0	0	19	2	0.2	5	7	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	7	$80,000

LAD (6 yrs)				232	121	-12	-0	-0	0	14	1	0.1	4	5	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	5	$23,000
DET (4 yrs)				152	38	-2	-1	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.1	2	$57,000
CAL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
HOU (1 yr)				29	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

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
1959	23	LAD	NL	34	26	3	3.1	111	.208	.219	.278	.242	.345	.406	.431	.649	.776	64	.323	-2.0	-0.2	.560	.219	.188	.0
1960	24	LAD	NL	41	36	2	1.5	104	.172	.162	.270	.184	.337	.297	.414	.482	.751	26	.124	-4.2	-0.4	.364	.162	.135	.0
1961	25	LAD	NL	15	11	1	2.4	112	.182	.154	.278	.267	.346	.154	.433	.421	.779	13	.233	-1.7	-0.2	.364	.077	.000
1962	26	LAD	NL	19	17	0	0.0	98	.167	.118	.263	.167	.329	.118	.399	.284	.728	-20	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.188	.059	.000
1963	27	LAD	NL	12	9	1	3.0	83	.167	.111	.245	.273	.305	.222	.366	.495	.672	50	.380	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.333	.111
1964	28	DET	AL	14	14	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.401	.000	.728	-100	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1965	29	DET	AL	13	9	2	6.0	93	.500	.300	.252	.364	.322	.500	.386	.864	.708	143	.673	0.4	0.0	.857	.300	.200
1966	30	DET	AL	10	6	2	9.0	92	.444	.400	.251	.400	.319	.600	.388	1.000	.706	180	.821	0.8	0.1	1.000	.200	.200
1967	31	TOT	MLB	6	6	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.252	.000	.316	.000	.372	.000	.687	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1967	31	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.247	.000	.316	.000	.370	.000	.686	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1967	31	HOU	NL	5	5	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.254	.000	.315	.000	.372	.000	.688	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
11 Yrs				164	134	11	2.2	101	.204	.169	.266	.212	.332	.277	.408	.489	.741	32	.223	-15.2	-1.5	.389	.155	.108	.0
162 Game Avg.				64	52	4	2.2	101	.204	.169	.266	.212	.332	.277	.408	.489	.741	32	.223	-15.2	-1.5	.389	.155	.108

LAD (6 yrs)				121	99	7	1.9	104	.183	.167	.270	.217	.336	.278	.415	.495	.751	32	.173	-11.1	-1.1	.398	.167	.111	.0
DET (4 yrs)				38	30	4	3.6	94	.292	.200	.254	.222	.323	.314	.392	.537	.715	49	.443	-2.8	-0.3	.429	.143	.114
HOU (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.254	.000	.315	.000	.372	.000	.688	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (7 yrs)				126	104	7	1.8	103	.179	.159	.270	.208	.335	.265	.413	.474	.749	26	.162	-12.4	-1.3	.378	.159	.106	.0
AL (5 yrs)				38	30	4	3.6	94	.292	.200	.254	.222	.323	.314	.392	.537	.715	49	.443	-2.8	-0.3	.429	.143	.114

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1959	23	LAD	NL	WS	CHW	W	5	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							5	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	23	LAD	NL	34	5.9%	17.7%	2.9%	5.9%	29%	6.00	5.3	16.0	6.4	1.50	71%
1960	24	LAD	NL	41	2.4%	17.1%	2.4%	4.9%	33%	7.00	5.3	37.0	18.5	1.90	71%
1961	25	LAD	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.5		13.0	1.50	73%
1962	26	LAD	NL	19	0.0%	26.3%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.4			1.60	63%
1963	27	LAD	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	8.3%	100%	1.50	3.0				50%
1964	28	DET	AL	14	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3			1.00	57%
1965	29	DET	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	4.00	2.5			1.50	46%
1966	30	DET	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	10.0%	25%		10.0		10.0		90%
1967	31	TOT	MLB	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			2.00	50%
1967	31	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1967	31	HOU	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			1.00	40%
11 Yrs				164	1.8%	22.6%	4.3%	4.3%	28%	5.29	4.0	49.3	16.4	1.91	66%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.8%	8.2%	6.3%	28%	1.80	6.0	40.6	8.9	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1958	22	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1959	23	LAD	NL	-2.0	-0.2	35	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.93	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.89	-1.7	0
1960	24	LAD	NL	-4.2	-0.4	41	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	1.60	-0.3	-0.4	-7.1	-0.7	1.04	-4.4	0
1961	25	LAD	NL	-1.7	-0.2	15	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.30	-0.1	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.98	-0.7	0
1962	26	LAD	NL	-2.8	-0.3	20	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.41	-0.3	-0.1	-4.5	-0.5	0.91	-3.9	0
1963	27	LAD	NL	-0.4	-0.1	12	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.64	-0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.83	-0.5	0
1964	28	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.94	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-3.6	0
1965	29	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	13	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.31	0.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-0.0	0
1966	30	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.84	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.03	1.1	0
1967	31	TOT	MLB	-1.5	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.50	-0.2	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.71	-1.4	0
1967	31	DET	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.17	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0
1967	31	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.69	-1.2	0
1968	32	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
11 Yrs				-15.2	-1.6	166	-1.8	2.2	-4.0	1.17	-1.3	-0.3	-18.1	-1.8	0.95	-15.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1959	23	LAD	NL	17%	12	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1960	24	LAD	NL	0%	6	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1961	25	LAD	NL	50%	8	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0
1962	26	LAD	NL	0%	3	1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1963	27	LAD	NL	33%	1	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	1
1964	28	DET	AL		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1965	29	DET	AL	0%	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1966	30	DET	AL	0%	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0
1967	31	TOT	MLB		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1967	31	DET	AL		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1967	31	HOU	NL		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				13%	38	1	3	2	40%	4	3	1	1	1

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
1959	23	LAD	NL	34	32%	7			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	6	0	0%	17	3	18%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1960	24	LAD	NL	41	12%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	75%	9	2	22%	13	3	23%	33	1	3%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1961	25	LAD	NL	15	13%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	26	LAD	NL	19	26%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	27	LAD	NL	12	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	28	DET	AL	14	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	29	DET	AL	13	8%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	30	DET	AL	10	10%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		8	2	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1967	31	TOT	MLB	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1967	31	DET	AL	1	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
1967	31	HOU	NL	5	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				164	21%	25			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	11	8	73%	27	3	11%	30	5	17%	97	7	7%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1959	23	28	34	32	3	7	0	0	2	5	1	6	.219	.242	.406	.649	64	13	0	0	1
1960	24	85	75	69	4	13	0	1	3	7	2	13	.188	.211	.348	.559	44	24	2	0	4
1961	25	138	90	82	6	15	0	1	3	8	3	15	.183	.221	.317	.538	39	26	2	1	4
1962	26	196	109	99	6	17	0	1	3	8	4	20	.172	.212	.283	.494	30	28	3	1	5
1963	27	232	121	108	7	18	1	1	3	8	6	23	.167	.217	.278	.495	32	30	3	1	6
1964	28	270	135	122	7	18	1	1	3	8	6	29	.148	.194	.246	.440	17	30	3	1	6
1965	29	309	148	132	7	21	1	2	3	8	7	33	.159	.207	.265	.472	26	35	3	1	8
1966	30	364	158	142	7	25	1	3	3	9	7	34	.176	.220	.289	.509	37	41	3	1	8
1967	31	413	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	41	3	1	8
1968	32	416	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	41	3	1	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	23	24	35	33	3	7	0	0	2	5	1	6	.212	.235	.394	.629	3	23
1960	24	60	42	38	1	6	0	1	1	2	1	7	.158	.179	.289	.469	2	57
1961	25	55	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	53
1962	26	58	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	58
1963	27	36	12	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	.111	.273	.222	.495	1	36
1964	28	38	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1965	29	39	13	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	.300	.364	.500	.864	2	39
1966	30	55	11	11	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	.455	.455	.636	1.091	3	55
1967	31	49	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	49
9 Yrs		414	168	152	6	22	1	3	3	8	7	37	.145	.188	.250	.438	11	408
162 Game Avg.		162	66	59	2	9	0	1	1	3	3	14	.145	.188	.250	.438	4	408

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1959 NL Babe Ruth Award 1959 ML WS MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1960 NL (20, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 NL Babe Ruth Award
1959 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

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