Norm Sherry

Norman Burt Sherry

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 16, 1931 in New York, NY
High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1959
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mets 1959-1963

Final Game: September 26, 1963
Relatives: Brother of Larry 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
1950	18	LAD-min	C	96	294	294		71	12	1	4						.241	.241	.330	.571		97							SNB · CALL
1951	19	LAD-min	B,AA	97	279	279		55	4	0	2						.197	.197	.233	.430		65							NNW,FTW · PIED,TL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	22	LAD-min	B,AA	127	387	387		100	13	3	12						.258	.258	.395	.654		153							NNW,FTW · PIED,TL
1955	23	LAD-min	AA	67	200	165	28	43	10	1	4	26	0	0	28	35	.261	.367	.406	.773		67		2	1	4			FTW · TL
1956	24	LAD-min	AAA,AA	66	212	185	14	39	5	0	2	7	0		21	44	.211	.297	.270	.567		50		2	3	1			BFL,FTW · IL,TL
1957	25	LAD-min	AAA	60	216	193	18	47	9	3	2	29	0		19	30	.244	.315	.352	.667		68		2	0	2	0		STP · AA
1958	26	LAD-min	AAA	131	462	417	34	116	27	2	2	41	5		30	44	.278	.338	.367	.705		153	15	9	4	2			SPO · PCL
1959	27	LAD-min	AAA	108	376	332	35	84	15	1	7	47	3	2	25	42	.253	.312	.367	.679		122		6	7	6			SPO · PCL
1959	27	LAD	NL	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	122	1	1	1	0	0	0	/2
1960	28	LAD	NL	47	154	138	22	39	4	1	8	19	0	0	12	29	.283	.353	.500	.853	125	69	2	3	1	0	3	2
1961	29	LAD	NL	47	130	121	10	31	2	0	5	21	0	0	9	30	.256	.308	.397	.704	81	48	7	0	0	0	2	2
1962	30	LAD	NL	35	97	88	7	16	2	0	3	16	0	0	6	17	.182	.240	.307	.546	50	27	2	1	1	1	0	2
1963	31	NYM	NL	63	161	147	6	20	1	0	2	11	1	0	10	26	.136	.205	.184	.389	13	27	6	3	0	1	1	2
1964	32	NYM-min	AAA	100	329	289	34	67	13	0	7	43	0	1	24	50	.232	.301	.349	.650		101		7	3	6			BFL · IL
1965	33	LAD-min	A	33	86	86		23	4	0	2						.267	.267	.384	.651		33							SNB · CALL
1966	34	LAD-min	A	2	2	2		2	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		2							SNB · CALL
1967	35	LAD-min	A	15	40	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	6	5	.147	.275	.235	.510		8							SNB · CALL
1972	40	ANA-min	AA	4	10	9	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.400	.667	1.067		6		1	0	0			SHV · TL
5 Yrs				194	546	497	45	107	9	1	18	69	1	0	37	102	.215	.279	.346	.625	69	172	18	8	2	2	6
162 Game Avg.				162	456	415	38	89	8	1	15	58	1	0	31	85	.215	.279	.346	.625	69	144	15	7	2	2	5

LAD (4 yrs)				131	385	350	39	87	8	1	16	58	0	0	27	76	.249	.311	.414	.725	91	145	12	5	2	1	5
NYM (1 yr)				63	161	147	6	20	1	0	2	11	1	0	10	26	.136	.205	.184	.389	13	27	6	3	0	1	1

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
1959	27	LAD	NL	2	4	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1960	28	LAD	NL	47	154	5	1	-0	-2	2	6	0.6	5	11	1.1	.513	.504	1.3	0.0	13	$9,000	2
1961	29	LAD	NL	47	130	-5	0	-1	-3	2	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.2	.486	.496	0.1	-0.1	1	$11,000	2
1962	30	LAD	NL	35	97	-5	0	0	0	2	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.489	.498	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	2
1963	31	NYM	NL	63	161	-15	0	-1	3	3	-10	-1.2	6	-4	-0.6	.481	.493	-1.0	0.7	-7	$	2
5 Seasons				194	546	-20	1	-2	-2	8	-14	-1.6	18	5	0.2	.492	.498	0.3	0.8	6	$20,000

LAD (4 yrs)				131	385	-5	1	-1	-5	6	-4	-0.4	13	9	0.8	.497	.499	1.3	0.1	14	$20,000
NYM (1 yr)				63	161	-15	0	-1	3	3	-10	-1.2	6	-4	-0.6	.481	.493	-1.0	0.7	-7	$

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	27	LAD	NL	4	3	0	0.0	111	.333	.333	.278	.500	.346	.333	.431	.833	.776	122	.000	0.2	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1960	28	LAD	NL	154	102	25	6.6	104	.307	.283	.270	.353	.337	.500	.414	.853	.751	125	.680	4.4	0.4	.832	.304	.217	.0
1961	29	LAD	NL	130	97	13	3.6	112	.302	.256	.278	.308	.346	.397	.433	.704	.779	81	.382	-4.0	-0.4	.588	.215	.140	.0
1962	30	LAD	NL	97	76	6	2.1	98	.188	.182	.263	.240	.329	.307	.399	.546	.728	50	.196	-6.3	-0.6	.459	.193	.125	.0
1963	31	NYM	NL	161	134	5	1.0	89	.150	.136	.254	.205	.316	.184	.380	.389	.696	13	.076	-16.7	-1.8	.308	.122	.048	1.3
5 Yrs				546	412	49	3.2	100	.235	.215	.266	.279	.331	.346	.406	.625	.738	69	.363	-22.4	-2.4	.534	.207	.131	1.9
162 Game Avg.				456	344	41	3.2	100	.235	.215	.266	.279	.331	.346	.406	.625	.738	69	.363	-22.4	-2.4	.534	.207	.131	2

LAD (4 yrs)				385	278	44	4.2	105	.274	.249	.271	.311	.338	.414	.417	.725	.755	91	.472	-5.7	-0.6	.644	.243	.166	.0
NYM (1 yr)				161	134	5	1.0	89	.150	.136	.254	.205	.316	.184	.380	.389	.696	13	.077	-16.7	-1.8	.308	.122	.048	1.3

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	27	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.5		75%
1960	28	LAD	NL	154	5.2%	18.8%	7.8%	8.4%	33%	2.42	4.8	17.3	7.3	1.00	66%
1961	29	LAD	NL	130	3.9%	23.1%	6.9%	5.4%	23%	3.33	4.0	24.2	5.8	1.33	66%
1962	30	LAD	NL	97	3.1%	17.5%	6.2%	5.2%	31%	2.83	5.2	29.3	5.5	0.84	71%
1963	31	NYM	NL	161	1.2%	16.2%	6.2%	1.9%	15%	2.60	5.7	73.5	13.4	1.10	75%
5 Yrs				546	3.3%	18.7%	6.8%	5.1%	26%	2.76	4.9	27.6	7.2	1.09	69%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.3	37.9	8.4	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	27	LAD	NL	0.2	0.0	4	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.29	0.0	-0.0	0.6	0.1	1.10	0.4		0
1960	28	LAD	NL	4.4	0.4	155	0.6	3.2	-2.6	1.01	0.7	-0.1	6.4	0.6	0.90	9.6	1.22	5
1961	29	LAD	NL	-4.2	-0.4	132	-0.3	2.4	-2.7	1.12	-0.4	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.00	-5.9	1.85	10
1962	30	LAD	NL	-6.2	-0.6	99	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	.98	-0.6	0.5	-0.2	-0.0	0.92	-5.2	0.06	1
1963	31	NYM	NL	-16.7	-1.8	162	-1.7	1.6	-3.3	1.00	-1.5	-0.2	-11.4	-1.2	0.91	-15.3	2.28	2
5 Yrs				-22.4	-2.4	552	-1.5	8.7	-10.2	1.03	-1.8	0.3	-5.8	-0.7	0.93	-16.4	1.62	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	27	LAD	NL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	28	LAD	NL	3	30%	53	0		0	0	0	2	44%	11	9	2	7	1	6
1961	29	LAD	NL	0	14%	45	0		0	0	0	2	11%	5	4	1	4	4	0
1962	30	LAD	NL	2	20%	29	0		0	1	0	2	67%	1	1	0	2	0	2
1963	31	NYM	NL	3	13%	32	1	100%	1	0	2	2	17%	3	3	0	3	2	1
5 Yrs				8	20%	162	1	100%	1	1	2	8	33%	20	17	3	16	7	9

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	27	LAD	NL	4	75%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1960	28	LAD	NL	154	28%	39			5	1	0	0	1.22	8	1	2	6	2	7	1	0	1	1	100%	23	2	9%	6	1	17%	92	11	12%	9	4	44%	3	1	33%	0
1961	29	LAD	NL	130	58%	31			10	1	0	0	1.85	5	0	2	1	4	4	1	0	0	0		31	7	23%	10	2	20%	92	16	17%	2	2	100%	6	4	67%	0
1962	30	LAD	NL	97	57%	16			1	1	1	1	0.06	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	9	3	33%	62	13	21%	7	5	71%	4	0	0%	0
1963	31	NYM	NL	161	61%	20			2	1	0	1	2.28	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		29	6	21%	4	1	25%	89	9	10%	7	6	86%	1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				546	50%	107			18	4	1	2	1.62	18	1	8	8	10	15	3	0	2	2	100%	104	18	17%	29	7	24%	340	51	15%	26	18	69%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	27	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	122	1	1	1	0	0	0
1960	28	49	158	141	22	40	4	1	8	21	0	12	29	.284	.357	.496	.853	126	70	3	4	1	0	3
1961	29	96	288	262	32	71	6	1	13	42	0	21	59	.271	.334	.450	.785	104	118	10	4	1	0	5
1962	30	131	385	350	39	87	8	1	16	58	0	27	76	.249	.311	.414	.725	91	145	12	5	2	1	5
1963	31	194	546	497	45	107	9	1	18	69	1	37	102	.215	.279	.346	.625	69	172	18	8	2	2	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	27	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	2
1960	28	49	159	143	23	40	4	1	8	19	0	12	30	.280	.348	.490	.838	24	47
1961	29	49	133	124	9	30	2	0	5	19	0	9	31	.242	.293	.379	.672	14	47
1962	30	35	98	89	8	17	2	0	3	18	0	6	17	.191	.247	.315	.562	7	35
1963	31	63	164	149	7	22	1	0	2	13	1	11	26	.148	.220	.195	.414	6	63
5 Yrs		198	558	508	47	109	9	1	18	69	1	38	104	.215	.279	.343	.621	51	194
162 Game Avg.		162	457	416	38	89	7	1	15	56	1	31	85	.215	.279	.343	.621	42	194

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