Norm Sherry
Norman Burt Sherry
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: July 16, 1931 in New York, NY
High School: Fairfax (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1959
Final Game: September 26, 1963
Relatives: Brother of Larry 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% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1959 LAD NL 27 C 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 6.30 5.25 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 28 C 44 39 356.0 299 282 15 2 3 .993 -2.0 -6.7 -2 7.51 6.75 .986 6.58 5.41 3 12 10 5 33%
1961 LAD NL 29 C 45 31 295.2 271 253 16 2 3 .993 -3.0 -12.2 -3 8.19 5.98 .985 6.39 5.17 3 14 19 5 21%
1962 LAD NL 30 C 34 25 239.1 236 221 13 2 2 .992 0.0 0.0 0 8.80 6.88 .987 6.72 5.50 4 11 9 6 40%
1963 NYM NL 31 C 61 52 416.1 297 265 26 6 6 .980 3.0 8.6 3 6.29 4.77 .986 7.07 6.02 3 10 17 18 51%
5 Seasons C 186 148 1317.1 1107 1025 70 12 14 .989 -2.0 -1.8 -2 7.48 5.89 .986 6.72 5.57 13 47 55 34 38%
5 Seasons TOT 186 148 1317.1 1107 1025 70 12 14 .989 -2.0 -1.8 -2 7.48 5.89 .975 6.72 5.57 13 47 55 34 38%

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
1959 LAD NL 27 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 28 47 39 47 47 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 LAD NL 29 47 31 47 47 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1962 LAD NL 30 35 25 35 35 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 NYM NL 31 63 52 63 63 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Seasons 194 148 194 194 0 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1959 LAD NL 27 42 2.70 2.70 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 28 1529 3.51 3.82 24 83% 0 0 286 14 4 5 263 15 4 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1961 LAD NL 29 1326 4.38 4.75 29 100% 0 0 251 19 0 3 228 17 8 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 100%
1962 LAD NL 30 1066 4.06 4.47 16 94% 0 0 221 11 0 8 202 13 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1963 NYM NL 31 1873 4.06 4.78 25 96% 2 0 266 23 3 7 232 24 1 0 0 1 6 0 4 2 1 6 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 5836 3.98 4.44 94 94% 2 0 1028 67 7 23 929 69 16 2 0 9 12 1 6 5 1 13 0 0 0 13 100%
MLB Averages 3.83 4.36 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1959 LAD NL 27 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 LAD NL 28 3 12 515 10 5 5 33% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 8 1.14 0.86
1961 LAD NL 29 3 14 494 19 5 4 21% 17 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 50 7 1.15 1.51
1962 LAD NL 30 4 11 431 9 6 6 40% 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 33 7 1.08 1.67
1963 NYM NL 31 3 10 684 17 18 16 51% 15 16 1 1 1 1 1 0 41 25 1.22 1.12
5 Seasons 13 47 2143 55 34 31 38% 47 29 5 3 3 2 1 0 155 47 1.16 1.24
MLB Averages 38% 1.19 1.16

* 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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