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

Born: July 25, 1935 in 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 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 33 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 1 392 192 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 6 395 112 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 80 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 6 287 100 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 59 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 51 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 67 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 48 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 101 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 7 548 101 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 111 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 91 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 48 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 67 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

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
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

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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 65 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 -19 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 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 (1456th)

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--161st

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--162nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (978), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

April 9, 1964: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Lou Johnson and $10,000.

June 29, 1967: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for Jim Landis.

April 2, 1968: Released by the Houston Astros.

July 1, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

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