Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar
Full name: John Sherman Lollar
Born: August 23, 1924, Durham, Arkansas
Died September 24, 1977, Springfield, Missouri
Buried at Rivermonte Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Missouri
First Game: April 20, 1946; Final Game: September 7, 1963
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
C on TSN All-Star Team (1959)
Won Major League Gold Glove as catcher (1957)
AL Gold Glove as C (1958 to 1959)
Sherm Lollar
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1946 CLE A 28 62 7 15 6 0 1 9 5 9 0 3 1 0 1 .242 .299 .387 -0.1 1946 CLE A
1947 NY A 11 32 4 7 0 1 1 6 1 5 0 0 3 0 1 .219 .242 .375 -0.1 1947 NY A
1948 NY A 22 38 0 8 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0 4 0 0 .211 .231 .211 -0.4 1948 NY A
1949 STL A 109 284 28 74 9 1 8 49 32 22 2 3 8 0 1 .261 .340 .384 -0.4 1949 STL A
1950 STL A 126 396 55 111 22 3 13 65 64 25 8 6 12 2 0 .280 .391 .449 0.9 1950 STL A
1951 STL A 98 310 44 78 21 0 8 44 43 26 4 2 20 1 0 .252 .350 .397 0.2 1951 STL A
1952 CHI A 132 375 35 90 15 0 13 50 54 34 12 6 15 1 0 .240 .354 .384 0.7 1952 CHI A
1953 CHI A 113 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 47 29 8 7 7 1 0 .287 .388 .416 1.5 1953 CHI A
1954 CHI A 107 316 31 77 13 0 7 34 37 28 7 3 2 5 0 1 .244 .334 .351 0.0 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A 138 426 67 111 13 1 16 61 68 12 34 10 4 2 10 2 2 .261 .374 .408 2.5 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A 136 450 55 132 28 2 11 75 53 4 34 16 2 6 19 2 0 .293 .383 .438 2.1 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A 101 351 33 90 11 2 11 70 35 2 24 13 0 4 7 2 0 .256 .342 .393 0.7 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A 127 421 53 115 16 0 20 84 57 3 37 8 1 4 12 2 1 .273 .367 .454 2.5 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A 140 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 55 6 49 9 2 5 27 4 3 .265 .345 .451 2.5 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A Daily Splits 129 421 43 106 23 0 7 46 42 3 39 8 5 8 0 6 22 2 0 .252 .326 .356 0.3 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A Daily Splits 116 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 37 10 22 6 1 3 0 9 5 0 0 .282 .360 .380 0.2 1961 CHI A
1962 CHI A Daily Splits 84 220 17 59 12 0 2 26 32 9 23 3 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 .268 .369 .350 -0.2 1962 CHI A
1963 CHI A Daily Splits 35 73 4 17 4 0 0 6 8 0 7 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 .233 .317 .288 -0.3 1963 CHI A
Total Splits 1752 5351 623 1415 244 14 155 808 671 49i 453 115 47 34i 0i 18i184 20 10 .264 .357 .402 12.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 NY A Daily Splits 2 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 1947 NY A
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 6 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .227 .250 .364 1959 CHI A
Total Splits 8 26 6 8 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .308 .321 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1956 AL
1959 AL Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1960 AL
Total Splits 5 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1946 CLE A C 24 89 9 1 1 1 .990
1947 NY A C 9 44 3 0 0 1 1.000
1948 NY A C 10 36 4 1 1 0 .976
1949 STL A C 93 279 39 4 3 2 .988
1950 STL A C 109 367 48 8 9 3 .981
1951 STL A C 85 361 48 2 8 6 .995
1951 STL A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1952 CHI A C 120 590 53 7 4 1 .989
1953 CHI A C 107 470 51 3 2 3 .994
1953 CHI A 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1954 CHI A C 93 395 38 3 8 3 .993
1955 CHI A C 136 664 62 4 12 3 .995
1956 CHI A C 132 679 40 5 6 4 .993
1957 CHI A C 96 454 45 1 5 5 .998
1958 CHI A C 116 597 63 9 8 5 .987
1959 CHI A C 122 623 51 5 14 4 .993
1959 CHI A 1B 24 177 17 1 19 .995
1960 CHI A Daily C 123 111 106 1013 555 54 3 12 0 3 31 26 0 .995
1961 CHI A Daily C 107 93 81 826.2 464 48 1 6 0 3 22 27 0 .998
1962 CHI A Daily C 66 59 47 516.1 298 23 3 0 0 2 11 26 0 .991
1963 CHI A Daily C 23 18 12 158.1 94 9 2 2 0 4 5 5 1 .981
1963 CHI A 1B 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 1571 281i 246i 2514.1i 7059 688 62 101 0i 53 69i 84i 1i .992
Total 1B 27 0i 0i 3 i 184 17 1 19 0i .995
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1947 NY A Daily C 2 2 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1.000
1959 CHI A Daily C 6 6 6 52 29 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1.000
Total C 8 8 6 61 31 6 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1956 AL Daily C 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1959 AL Daily C 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 AL Daily C 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total C 4 0 0 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1943).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Mack to New York Yankees in exchange for Hal
Peck , Al Gettel and Gene Bearden (December 6, 1946 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Red Embree , Dick Starr and $100000 to St. Louis
Browns in exchange for Roy Partee and Fred Sanford (December 13, 1948 ).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Al Widmar and Tom Upton to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Dick Littlefield , Joe DeMaestri , Gus Niarhos , Gordon Goldsberry and Jim
Rivera (November 27, 1951 ).
Released by Chicago White Sox (October 4, 1963 ).
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