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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:40AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
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 6 404 111 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 6 395 113 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 92 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 Seasons 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) NL 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) AL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1958 22 LAD NL 4.1 0 7 3 0 .4 -4 -0.3 $
1959 23 LAD NL 94.1 9 27 60 0 1.4 33 3.7 $
1960 24 LAD NL 142.1 3 65 82 3 1.4 17 1.2 $ MVP-20
1961 25 LAD NL 94.2 1 48 64 -2 1.3 16 1.0 $
1962 26 LAD NL 90.0 0 40 49 -1 1.4 9 0.4 $
1963 27 LAD NL 79.2 3 43 39 -2 .8 -4 -0.8 $
1964 28 DET AL 66.1 0 29 33 2 1.5 4 0.0 $
1965 29 DET AL 78.1 0 30 41 0 1.4 11 0.8 $
1966 30 DET AL 77.2 0 38 39 1 1.6 1 -0.5 $
1967 31 DET AL 28.0 0 22 13 2 .6 -9 -1.0 $
1967 31 HOU NL 40.2 0 26 23 -2 1.3 -3 -0.8 $
1968 32 CAL AL 3.0 0 2 1 0 .1 -1 -0.1 $
11 Seasons 799.1 16 377 447 1 1.3 70 3.6 $
LAD (6 yrs) 505.1 16 230 297 -2 1.3 67 5.2 $
DET (4 yrs) 250.1 0 119 126 5 1.4 7 -0.7 $
CAL (1 yr) 3.0 0 2 1 0 .1 -1 -0.1 $
HOU (1 yr) 40.2 0 26 23 -2 1.3 -3 -0.8 $

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

Standard Batting

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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
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 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 12 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 49 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 .864 142 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 CAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 416 164 148 7 25 1 3 3 9 0 0 7 37 .169 .212 .277 .489 31 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 31 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 23 LAD NL 34 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $8,000 1
1960 24 LAD NL 41 -4 0 -1 -1 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $15,000 1 MVP-20
1961 25 LAD NL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1962 26 LAD NL 19 -3 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1963 27 LAD NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1964 28 DET AL 14 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1965 29 DET AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $28,000 1
1966 30 DET AL 10 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1967 31 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $29,000 1
1967 31 HOU NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 164 -15 -2 -1 -1 0 13 4 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $80,000
LAD (5 yrs) 121 -12 -1 -1 -1 0 10 4 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $23,000
DET (4 yrs) 38 -2 -1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.1 0 -0.0 0.1 $57,000
HOU (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1958 LAD NL 22 P 5 0 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.20 .960 1.87 1.96 0 2 100% 0
1959 LAD NL 23 P 23 9 1 94.1 15 3 11 1 1 .933 1.34 0.61 .954 1.99 1.97 1 4 80% 0
1960 LAD NL 24 P 57 3 1 142.1 39 18 21 0 0 1.000 2.47 0.68 .962 2.09 2.08 4 3 43% 1 MVP-20
1961 LAD NL 25 P 53 1 0 94.2 16 8 5 3 0 .813 1.24 0.25 .959 2.18 2.15 4 4 50% 0
1962 LAD NL 26 P 58 0 0 90.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.50 0.26 .948 2.07 2.05 3 3 50% 0
1963 LAD NL 27 P 36 3 0 79.2 17 1 15 1 1 .941 1.81 0.44 .951 2.06 2.06 1 3 75% 1
1964 DET AL 28 P 38 0 0 66.1 17 4 9 4 2 .765 1.76 0.34 .957 1.90 1.89 1 3 75% 0
1965 DET AL 29 P 39 0 0 78.1 19 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.18 0.49 .951 2.03 2.03 2 6 75% 0
1966 DET AL 30 P 55 0 0 77.2 15 4 9 2 2 .867 1.51 0.24 .952 1.99 1.98 0 0 1
1967 TOT MLB 31 P 49 0 0 68.2 23 7 14 2 1 .913 2.75 0.43 .959 1.98 1.98 5 0 0% 0
1967 DET AL 31 P 20 0 0 28.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.57 0.40 .957 1.96 1.96 3 0 0% 0
1967 HOU NL 31 P 29 0 0 40.2 14 4 9 1 1 .929 2.88 0.45 .960 1.99 2.00 2 0 0% 0
1968 CAL AL 32 P 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.87 0 0 0
11 Seasons P 416 16 2 799.1 177 51 113 13 9 .927 1.85 0.39 .956 2.04 2.03 21 28 57% 3
11 Seasons TOT 416 16 2 799.1 177 51 113 13 9 .927 1.85 0.39 .956 2.04 2.03 21 28 57% 3
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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 (1498th)

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 (169th)

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1961 NL  3 (5th)
1964 AL  4 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1962 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195923Los Angeles Dodgers$8,0001/27/60 TSN
196024Los Angeles Dodgers$15,0001/27/60 TSN
196529Detroit Tigers$28,0001/23/65 TSn
196731Detroit Tigers$29,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database2/11/67 TSN: $30,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$80,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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