Larry Sherry
Lawrence Sherry
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: July 25, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fairfax (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1958
Final Game: July 7, 1968
Died: December 17, 2006 in Mission Viejo, CA
Relatives: Brother of Norm Sherry
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 LAD NL 22 P 5 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.20 1.000 1.87 0.76
1959 LAD NL 23 P 23 9 94.1 15 3 11 1 1 .933 1.34 0.61 .953 1.99 0.82
1960 LAD NL 24 P 57 3 142.1 39 18 21 0 0 1.000 2.47 0.68 .962 2.09 0.87 MVP-20
1961 LAD NL 25 P 53 1 94.2 16 8 5 3 0 .813 1.24 0.25 .962 2.18 0.88
1962 LAD NL 26 P 58 0 90.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.50 0.26 .947 2.07 0.82
1963 LAD NL 27 P 36 3 79.2 17 1 15 1 1 .941 1.81 0.44 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 DET AL 28 P 38 0 66.1 17 4 9 4 2 .765 1.76 0.34 .965 1.90 0.72
1965 DET AL 29 P 39 0 78.1 19 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.18 0.49 .947 2.03 0.75
1966 DET AL 30 P 55 0 77.2 15 4 9 2 2 .867 1.51 0.24 .953 1.99 0.75
1967 TOT MLB 31 P 49 0 68.2 23 7 14 2 1 .913 2.75 0.43 .961 1.98 0.76
1967 DET AL 31 P 20 0 28.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.57 0.40 .956 1.96 0.74
1967 HOU NL 31 P 29 0 40.2 14 4 9 1 1 .929 2.88 0.45 .964 1.99 0.78
1968 CAL AL 32 P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.73
11 Seasons P 416 16 799.1 177 51 113 13 9 .927 1.85 0.39 .957 2.04 0.80
11 Seasons TOT 416 16 799.1 177 51 113 13 9 .927 1.85 0.39 .884 2.04 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 LAD NL 22 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 23 23 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 24 57 3 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 25 53 1 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 26 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 27 36 3 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 28 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 29 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 30 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 31 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 31 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 32 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 416 16 416 416 416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1958 LAD NL 22 33 67% 12% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 23 397 71% 27% 12 92% 0 4 0 3 11 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1960 LAD NL 24 641 68% 26% 30 73% 1 16 2 11 20 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57%
1961 LAD NL 25 418 71% 25% 10 70% 0 8 2 6 5 4 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1962 LAD NL 26 407 71% 29% 15 87% 0 2 0 2 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1963 LAD NL 27 359 79% 30% 19 79% 0 1 0 1 16 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1964 DET AL 28 297 67% 23% 16 63% 0 5 0 4 10 8 1 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1965 DET AL 29 346 75% 26% 22 95% 0 5 1 3 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1966 DET AL 30 336 70% 23% 12 92% 0 4 1 3 11 7 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
1967 HOU NL 31 194 76% 20% 9 100% 0 5 0 3 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 DET AL 31 140 80% 29% 8 88% 0 3 0 2 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 CAL AL 32 17 76% 12% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 3585 72% 26% 154 82% 1 53 6 38 120 98 11 13 0 6 7 7 7 4 7 0 34 71%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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