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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 Pitching

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
1958 22 LAD NL 0 0 12.46 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 10 7 6 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 29 36 3.923 20.8 0.0 14.5 4.2 0.29
1959 23 LAD NL 7 2 .778 2.19 23 9 10 1 1 3 94.1 75 27 23 9 43 5 72 2 0 1 392 193 1.251 7.2 0.9 4.1 6.9 1.67
1960 24 LAD NL 14 10 .583 3.79 57 3 38 1 0 7 142.1 125 65 60 14 82 15 114 6 0 6 622 104 1.454 7.9 0.9 5.2 7.2 1.39 MVP-20
1961 25 LAD NL 4 4 .500 3.90 53 1 34 0 0 15 94.2 90 48 41 10 39 9 79 4 0 6 404 110 1.363 8.6 1.0 3.7 7.5 2.03
1962 26 LAD NL 7 3 .700 3.20 58 0 36 0 0 11 90.0 81 40 32 8 44 5 71 6 1 6 395 114 1.389 8.1 0.8 4.4 7.1 1.61
1963 27 LAD NL 2 6 .250 3.73 36 3 18 0 0 3 79.2 82 43 33 8 24 4 47 4 0 3 349 81 1.331 9.3 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.96
1964 28 DET AL 7 5 .583 3.66 38 0 24 0 0 11 66.1 52 29 27 7 37 2 58 3 0 6 287 101 1.342 7.1 0.9 5.0 7.9 1.57
1965 29 DET AL 3 6 .333 3.10 39 0 21 0 0 5 78.1 71 30 27 5 40 10 46 1 1 6 334 113 1.417 8.2 0.6 4.6 5.3 1.15
1966 30 DET AL 8 5 .615 3.82 55 0 39 0 0 20 77.2 66 38 33 8 36 2 63 3 0 4 331 91 1.313 7.6 0.9 4.2 7.3 1.75
1967 31 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 5.50 49 0 23 0 0 7 68.2 88 48 42 7 20 2 52 2 0 6 320 60 1.573 11.5 0.9 2.6 6.8 2.60
1967 31 DET AL 0 1 .000 6.43 20 0 6 0 0 1 28.0 35 22 20 3 7 0 20 1 0 3 133 52 1.500 11.3 1.0 2.3 6.4 2.86
1967 31 HOU NL 1 2 .333 4.87 29 0 17 0 0 6 40.2 53 26 22 4 13 2 32 1 0 3 187 68 1.623 11.7 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.46
1968 32 CAL AL 0 0 6.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 57 3.000 21.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
11 Yrs 53 44 .546 3.67 416 16 245 2 1 82 799.1 747 377 326 78 374 55 606 32 2 45 3480 102 1.402 8.4 0.9 4.2 6.8 1.62
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .546 3.67 65 3 39 0 0 13 126 118 59 51 12 59 9 95 5 0 7 548 102 1.402 8.4 0.9 4.2 6.8 1.62
LAD (6 yrs) 34 25 .576 3.47 232 16 137 2 1 39 505.1 463 230 195 49 239 39 385 23 1 23 2191 112 1.389 8.2 0.9 4.3 6.9 1.61
DET (4 yrs) 18 17 .514 3.85 152 0 90 0 0 37 250.1 224 119 107 23 120 14 187 8 1 19 1085 92 1.374 8.1 0.8 4.3 6.7 1.56
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 57 3.000 21.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
HOU (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.87 29 0 17 0 0 6 40.2 53 26 22 4 13 2 32 1 0 3 187 68 1.623 11.7 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.46
NL (7 yrs) 35 27 .565 3.58 261 16 154 2 1 45 546.0 516 256 217 53 252 41 417 24 1 26 2378 107 1.407 8.5 0.9 4.2 6.9 1.65
AL (5 yrs) 18 17 .514 3.87 155 0 91 0 0 37 253.1 231 121 109 25 122 14 189 8 1 19 1102 91 1.393 8.2 0.9 4.3 6.7 1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1958 22 LAD NL 4.1 5 0 7 14.54 5.07 -0.24 0.00 102.8 5.46 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -4 .414 .497 $
1959 23 LAD NL 94.1 23 9 27 2.58 4.49 -0.01 0.00 105.3 4.74 22 2.5 1.7 0.2 3.6 33 .608 .515 $8,000
1960 24 LAD NL 142.1 57 3 65 4.11 4.25 0.21 -0.14 106.4 4.15 0 0.0 1.8 -0.2 1.2 15 .501 .500 $15,000 MVP-20
1961 25 LAD NL 94.2 53 1 48 4.56 4.63 -0.22 -0.19 105.4 4.92 4 0.4 2.0 0.1 1.3 14 .507 .502 $
1962 26 LAD NL 90.0 58 0 40 4.00 4.33 -0.08 -0.18 94.9 4.02 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.2 0.6 11 .499 .500 $
1963 27 LAD NL 79.2 36 3 43 4.86 3.78 -0.19 -0.12 92.0 3.54 -12 -1.4 .8 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .461 .491 $
1964 28 DET AL 66.1 38 0 29 3.93 4.05 0.33 -0.16 101.4 3.61 -1 -0.2 1.9 -0.2 0.1 3 .496 .499 $
1965 29 DET AL 78.1 39 0 30 3.45 3.97 0.02 -0.16 101.3 3.84 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.0 10 .511 .503 $28,000
1966 30 DET AL 77.2 55 0 38 4.40 3.92 0.08 -0.16 100.4 3.69 -5 -0.6 1.9 -0.4 -0.3 0 .490 .497 $
1967 31 DET AL 28.0 20 0 22 7.07 3.72 0.46 -0.15 104.9 3.26 -11 -1.3 .8 0.1 -1.0 -10 .435 .492 $29,000
1967 31 HOU NL 40.2 29 0 26 5.75 3.94 -0.53 -0.17 95.4 4.11 -8 -0.9 1.5 -0.3 -0.8 -3 .469 .494 $
1968 32 CAL AL 3.0 3 0 2 6.00 3.64 0.20 -0.15 101.2 3.32 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -1 .465 .499 $
11 Seasons 799.1 416 16 377 4.24 4.18 0.01 -0.14 101.3 4.09 -14 -1.6 1.6 -0.8 4.7 65 .496 .499 $80,000
LAD (6 yrs) 505.1 232 16 230 4.10 4.32 -0.03 -0.13 101.7 4.30 9 1.0 1.5 0.1 5.7 66 .505 .501 $23,000
DET (4 yrs) 250.1 152 0 119 4.28 3.95 0.17 -0.16 101.5 3.67 -14 -1.6 1.6 -0.6 -0.2 4 .490 .498 $57,000
CAL (1 yr) 3.0 3 0 2 6.00 3.64 0.20 -0.15 101.2 3.32 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -1 .465 .499 $
HOU (1 yr) 40.2 29 0 26 5.75 3.94 -0.53 -0.17 95.4 4.11 -8 -0.9 1.5 -0.3 -0.8 -3 .469 .494 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1959 23 LAD NL WS W CHW 2 0 1.000 0.71 4 0 4 0 0 2 12.2 8 1 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 47 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 3.6 2.50
1 WS 2 0 1.000 0.71 4 0 4 0 0 2 12.2 8 1 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 47 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 3.6 2.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1958 22 LAD NL 5 29 21 7 10 3 0 0 0 2 7 2 .476 .621 .619 1.240 .526 13 0 1 0 0 1 1
1959 23 LAD NL 23 392 344 27 75 11 2 9 1 4 43 72 .218 .308 .340 .648 .250 117 9 2 2 1 5 4
1960 24 LAD NL 57 622 526 65 125 15 3 14 4 3 82 114 .238 .346 .357 .703 .278 188 9 6 6 2 15 9
1961 25 LAD NL 53 404 357 48 90 17 5 10 4 4 39 79 .252 .332 .412 .743 .297 147 7 4 3 1 9 4
1962 26 LAD NL 58 395 336 40 81 8 2 8 3 3 44 71 .241 .335 .348 .683 .279 117 6 6 4 5 5 4
1963 27 LAD NL 36 349 310 43 82 9 3 8 1 3 24 47 .265 .321 .390 .711 .285 121 5 4 6 5 4 9
1964 28 DET AL 38 287 241 29 52 8 2 7 1 3 37 58 .216 .325 .353 .678 .253 85 5 3 4 2 2 6
1965 29 DET AL 39 334 280 30 71 13 1 5 2 6 40 46 .254 .346 .361 .706 .284 101 7 1 10 3 10 3
1966 30 DET AL 55 330 284 38 66 7 3 8 0 0 36 63 .232 .320 .363 .683 .266 103 6 3 3 5 2 4
1967 31 DET AL 20 133 121 22 35 11 0 3 3 0 7 20 .289 .328 .455 .783 .320 55 0 1 2 2 0 6
1967 31 HOU NL 29 187 162 26 53 5 4 4 2 0 13 32 .327 .374 .481 .856 .380 78 4 1 8 3 2 4
1967 31 TOT MLB 49 320 283 48 88 16 4 7 5 0 20 52 .311 .355 .470 .825 .354 133 4 2 10 5 2 10
1968 32 CAL AL 3 17 15 2 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .467 .529 .867 1.396 .455 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 416 3479 2997 377 747 107 25 78 21 28 374 606 .249 .336 .380 .716 .286 1138 58 32 48 29 55 54
162 Game Avg. 65 548 472 59 118 17 4 12 3 4 59 95 .249 .336 .380 .716 .286 179 9 5 8 5 9 9
MLB Averages .250 .315 .377 .692 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 22 LAD NL -3.8 -0.4 32 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .34 -0.5 -0.6 -6.1 -0.6 0.34 -5.5 0 1 4
1959 23 LAD NL 19.6 2.1 397 2.8 10.0 -7.2 1.38 1.5 0.5 17.5 1.8 1.38 15.6 7 3 4
1960 24 LAD NL 3.7 0.4 640 -0.5 14.1 -14.6 1.38 -0.3 -0.0 2.8 0.3 1.38 -3.9 25 10 19
1961 25 LAD NL 3.6 0.4 418 1.1 9.8 -8.8 1.31 0.2 0.6 1.5 0.1 1.31 1.0 28 9 14
1962 26 LAD NL 2.8 0.3 409 2.1 9.7 -7.6 1.38 0.2 1.3 2.3 0.2 1.38 2.0 21 13 22
1963 27 LAD NL -9.2 -1.0 357 -0.8 4.3 -5.2 .81 -0.5 -0.5 -6.5 -0.7 0.81 -7.5 8 4 21
1964 28 DET AL 0.7 0.1 297 -0.6 7.5 -8.1 1.55 -0.3 -0.1 0.9 0.1 1.55 -1.1 20 7 11
1965 29 DET AL 3.9 0.4 346 0.0 7.8 -7.8 1.39 -0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.39 -1.3 18 8 13
1966 30 DET AL -2.8 -0.3 337 1.4 9.1 -7.8 1.58 0.0 0.8 3.4 0.4 1.59 0.1 31 8 16
1967 31 TOT MLB -16.9 -1.8 334 -1.4 5.0 -6.4 1.00 -2.0 0.6 -26.0 -2.8 1.00 -20.3 12 8 25
1967 31 DET AL -9.2 -1.0 140 -1.1 1.0 -2.1 .60 -0.9 -0.8 -12.1 -1.3 0.60 -9.6 4 1 15
1967 31 HOU NL -7.7 -0.8 194 -0.4 4.0 -4.3 1.28 -1.1 0.8 -13.9 -1.5 1.28 -10.7 8 7 10
1968 32 CAL AL -0.8 -0.1 17 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .12 -0.5 -0.3 -2.3 -0.2 0.12 -3.7 0 0 3
11 Yrs 0.9 0.0 3584 3.5 77.6 -74.1 1.30 -2.3 5.0 -12.0 -1.4 1.30 -24.5 170 71 152

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1959 23 LAD NL 23 9 2 2 5 0 1 5 4 .556 3 1 1 1 5 56% 55.1 85 33 16 2 3 3 4.9 4.0 6.4
1960 24 LAD NL 57 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0% 45.3 58 38 21 9 1 1 4.2 3.6 7.6
1961 25 LAD NL 53 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 16 3 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.0
1963 27 LAD NL 36 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 43.3 56 32 7 4 0 3 2.4 0.7 4.9
4 Yrs 169 16 3 7 6 1 2 7 9 .438 3 2 2 1 6 38% 49 85 21 60 18 4 8 4.0 3.4 6.1
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1958 22 LAD NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 .337 0 1 4 0 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 0 2.6
1959 23 LAD NL 23 14 10 5 0 4 3 1 75% 5 0 20 8 40% 8 1.385 7 3 4 6 3 5 9 5 9 2 10 2 7.8
1960 24 LAD NL 57 54 38 13 8 13 7 6 54% 14 1 52 23 44% 8 1.380 25 10 19 17 9 28 28 26 32 10 33 10 6.6
1961 25 LAD NL 53 52 34 4 3 19 15 4 79% 20 1 49 14 29% 8 1.310 28 9 14 22 8 22 27 25 32 13 33 11 5.3
1962 26 LAD NL 58 58 36 7 3 15 11 4 73% 18 3 42 15 36% 8 1.381 21 13 22 19 7 32 21 37 24 15 25 13 4.7
1963 27 LAD NL 36 33 18 2 4 4 3 1 75% 5 0 26 6 23% 7 .811 8 4 21 7 3 23 16 17 23 3 25 3 5.9
1964 28 DET AL 38 38 24 7 5 15 11 4 73% 16 1 32 10 31% 9 1.550 20 7 11 17 6 15 19 19 21 6 23 9 5.2
1965 29 DET AL 39 39 21 3 6 8 5 3 63% 11 3 25 10 40% 7 1.386 18 8 13 12 7 20 15 24 30 2 32 5 6.0
1966 30 DET AL 55 55 39 8 5 24 20 4 83% 29 5 43 9 21% 9 1.584 31 8 16 29 12 14 23 32 27 14 30 14 4.2
1967 31 TOT MLB 49 49 23 1 3 10 7 3 70% 11 1 32 15 47% .998 12 8 25 11 8 30 19 30 27 8 29 12 4.2
1967 31 DET AL 20 20 6 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 6 .601 4 1 15 1 4 15 3 17 11 3 12 3 4.2
1967 31 HOU NL 29 29 17 1 2 9 6 3 67% 10 1 27 12 44% 9 1.280 8 7 10 10 4 15 16 13 16 5 17 9 4.2
1968 32 CAL AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .121 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 3.0
11 Yrs 416 400 245 50 37 112 82 30 73% 129 15 323 112 35% 1.299 170 71 152 140 64 196 179 221 229 76 244 79 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1958 22 LAD NL 29 76% 0.0% 6.9% 24.1% 10.3% 30% 0.50 66% 12 0 0%
1959 23 LAD NL 392 56% 2.3% 18.4% 11.0% 5.6% 29% 1.01 67% 65 9 14%
1960 24 LAD NL 622 57% 2.3% 18.3% 13.2% 5.1% 26% 1.05 64% 147 9 6%
1961 25 LAD NL 404 66% 2.5% 19.6% 9.7% 7.9% 36% 0.94 67% 81 7 9%
1962 26 LAD NL 395 65% 2.0% 18.0% 11.1% 4.6% 22% 1.14 66% 99 6 6%
1963 27 LAD NL 349 63% 2.3% 13.5% 6.9% 5.7% 24% 1.08 75% 74 5 7%
1964 28 DET AL 287 54% 2.4% 20.2% 12.9% 5.9% 33% 1.06 62% 58 5 9%
1965 29 DET AL 334 60% 1.5% 13.8% 12.0% 5.7% 27% 1.32 69% 65 7 11%
1966 30 DET AL 331 63% 2.4% 19.1% 10.9% 5.5% 27% 0.94 66% 69 6 9%
1967 31 TOT MLB 320 59% 2.2% 16.3% 6.3% 8.4% 31% 1.14 72% 74 4 5%
1967 31 DET AL 133 53% 2.3% 15.0% 5.3% 10.5% 40% 1.29 75% 27 0 0%
1967 31 HOU NL 187 63% 2.1% 17.1% 7.0% 7.0% 25% 1.05 69% 47 4 9%
1968 32 CAL AL 17 76% 11.8% 11.8% 11.8% 11.8% 29% 0.50 65% 2 0 0%
11 Yrs 3480 60% 2.2% 17.4% 10.8% 6.0% 28% 1.06 67% 746 58 8%
MLB Averages 49% 2.2% 14.9% 8.3% 6.3% 28% 1.07 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1958 22 LAD NL 29 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 16 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 23 LAD NL 392 75 9 0 15 4 5 4 5 17 7 2 41% 4 1 0 131 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 24 LAD NL 622 125 14 0 29 10 4 9 5 43 19 10 44% 9 6 3 260 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1961 25 LAD NL 404 90 10 1 15 7 3 5 5 31 14 8 45% 4 6 2 150 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1962 26 LAD NL 395 81 8 1 17 7 1 0 8 25 18 2 72% 4 6 2 172 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1963 27 LAD NL 349 82 8 0 16 5 3 2 6 20 10 3 50% 9 3 1 150 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 0
1964 28 DET AL 287 52 7 1 10 3 4 4 3 22 7 9 32% 6 6 1 122 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1965 29 DET AL 334 71 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 19 8 2 42% 3 6 0 139 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1966 30 DET AL 330 66 8 0 13 6 2 5 3 26 10 8 38% 4 4 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1
1967 31 TOT MLB 320 88 7 0 8 5 2 2 5 34 19 6 56% 10 6 2 153 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1967 31 DET AL 133 35 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 11 6 3 55% 6 3 1 62 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 31 HOU NL 187 53 4 0 6 3 1 0 4 23 13 3 57% 4 3 1 91 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 32 CAL AL 17 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3479 747 78 3 134 51 27 33 45 242 115 50 48% 54 45 11 1437 21 28 43% 20 25 1 3 0 0 4 0 104 1
MLB Averages 50% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1958 22 0 0 12.46 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 10 7 6 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 29 36 3.923 20.8 0.0 14.5 4.2 0.29 36
1959 23 7 2 .778 2.65 28 9 11 1 1 3 98.2 85 34 29 9 50 6 74 3 0 2 421 161 1.368 7.8 0.8 4.6 6.8 1.48 161
1960 24 21 12 .636 3.32 85 12 49 2 1 10 241.0 210 99 89 23 132 21 188 9 0 8 1043 123 1.419 7.8 0.9 4.9 7.0 1.42 123
1961 25 25 16 .610 3.49 138 13 83 2 1 25 335.2 300 147 130 33 171 30 267 13 0 14 1447 119 1.403 8.0 0.9 4.6 7.2 1.56 119
1962 26 32 19 .627 3.43 196 13 119 2 1 36 425.2 381 187 162 41 215 35 338 19 1 20 1842 118 1.400 8.1 0.9 4.5 7.1 1.57 118
1963 27 34 25 .576 3.47 232 16 137 2 1 39 505.1 463 230 195 49 239 39 385 23 1 23 2191 112 1.389 8.2 0.9 4.3 6.9 1.61 112
1964 28 41 30 .577 3.50 270 16 161 2 1 50 571.2 515 259 222 56 276 41 443 26 1 29 2478 110 1.384 8.1 0.9 4.3 7.0 1.61 110
1965 29 44 36 .550 3.45 309 16 182 2 1 55 650.0 586 289 249 61 316 51 489 27 2 35 2812 111 1.388 8.1 0.8 4.4 6.8 1.55 111
1966 30 52 41 .559 3.49 364 16 221 2 1 75 727.2 652 327 282 69 352 53 552 30 2 39 3143 108 1.380 8.1 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.57 108
1967 31 53 44 .546 3.66 413 16 244 2 1 82 796.1 740 375 324 76 372 55 604 32 2 45 3463 102 1.396 8.4 0.9 4.2 6.8 1.62 102
1968 32 53 44 .546 3.67 416 16 245 2 1 82 799.1 747 377 326 78 374 55 606 32 2 45 3480 102 1.402 8.4 0.9 4.2 6.8 1.62 102

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1958 22 0 0 13.50 4.0 10 7 6 0 7 2 1 4.250 22.5 15.8 4.5 0.29 0.0 5
1959 23 8 2 .800 2.16 96.0 76 26 23 9 44 73 2 1.250 7.1 4.1 6.8 1.66 0.8 23
1960 24 8 7 .533 3.90 143.0 130 69 62 15 85 115 6 1.503 8.2 5.3 7.2 1.35 0.9 57
1961 25 5 5 .500 3.75 96.0 91 44 40 10 39 80 4 1.354 8.5 3.7 7.5 2.05 0.9 53
1962 26 5 4 .556 3.56 86.0 84 38 34 8 46 68 6 1.512 8.8 4.8 7.1 1.48 0.8 58
1963 27 3 5 .375 5.04 75.0 93 47 42 9 27 44 5 1.600 11.2 3.2 5.3 1.63 1.1 36
1964 28 3 4 .429 4.14 63.0 54 32 29 7 38 55 3 1.460 7.7 5.4 7.9 1.45 1.0 38
1965 29 4 4 .500 3.75 72.0 75 33 30 5 42 42 1 1.625 9.4 5.3 5.3 1.00 0.6 39
1966 30 4 4 .500 4.50 74.0 70 41 37 8 38 60 3 1.459 8.5 4.6 7.3 1.58 1.0 55
1967 31 2 5 .286 6.72 67.0 96 56 50 8 22 50 2 1.761 12.9 3.0 6.7 2.27 1.1 49
1968 32 0 0 13.50 2.0 8 3 3 2 2 2 0 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 9.0 3
11 Yrs 42 40 .512 4.12 778.0 787 396 356 81 390 591 33 1.513 9.1 6.8 1.52 0.9 416

* 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

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)

Games Played s c a p y
1960 NL  57 (6th)
1961 NL  53 (9th)
1962 NL  58 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1961 NL  15 (5th)
1962 NL  11 (7th)
1964 AL  11 (10th)
1966 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  82 (170th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL  82 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  6 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1960 NL  38 (4th)
1961 NL  34 (5th)
1962 NL  36 (6th)
1966 AL  39 (5th)
Career  245 (170th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1959 NL  2.8 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Larry lary Lawrence Sherry

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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