Larry Sherry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)
Born: July 25, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: December 17, 2006  in Mission Viejo, CA
High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Debut: April 17, 1958 (11,532nd in major league history)
vs. SFG 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Last Game: July 7, 1968 vs. CLE 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Full Name: Lawrence Sherry
Relatives: Brother of Norm Sherry

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July 12, 1959

Larry Sherry loses his second start for the Dodgers, as the Redlegs nip him, 4 – 3. Sherry will not lose again, winning his next seven starts.

September 28, 1959

The Braves lose Game 1 of the three-game series, 3-2, in front of a sparse crowd of 18,297 at County Stadium

October 4, 1959

At home, Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox, 3 – 1, behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Furillo’s pinch-hit two-run single in the 7th inning is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.

October 8, 1959

In Game 6, the Dodgers defeat the ‘Go-Go Sox,’ 9-3, to win the 1959 World Series.

December 25, 1959

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1959

May 7, 1960

Norm Sherry hits a walkoff homerun while catching for his brother Larry

June 28, 1962

At Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles brings reliever Larry Sherry in to pitch in the 8th inning with brother Norm Sherry behind the plate. Larry goes two-thirds of an inning and is lifted, and the Dodgers top the Mets, 5 – 4, in 13 innings. The Sherrys are the first brother battery since the Baileys started for the Redlegs in 1959.

June 9, 1963

Ernie Banks cranks three including two off Sandy Koufax – but Dodgers still win

August 2, 1964

Detroit P Larry Sherry suffers a fractured left foot when struck by a liner off the bat of Leon Wagner in Cleveland’s doubleheader sweep, 6 – 1 and 2 – 1. Sherry will be out for rest of the year.

July 29, 1967

1967 – Bob Aspromonte drives in four as the Astros storm back to overcome the Pirates, 6-5, completing a four-game sweep. Julio Gotay, pinch-running for Aspro after his two-run double in the eighth, scores on a single by Bob Lillis for the game-winner. Larry Sherry shuts the door for winning pitcher Dave Eilers.

July 31, 1967

Bo Belinsky tosses eight innings of one-hit ball before running out of gas in a 3-2 triumph over the Mets. Larry Sherry notches the save. Ron Davis homers  while Doug Rader gets an infield single in his first big league at bat . Bob Lillissingles home Bob Aspromonte with the deciding run.

Larry Sherry Biography

A 24-year-old rookie reliever called up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the midst of the 1959 pennant race, Sherry went 7-2, won the first game of a best-of-three playoff with the Braves, and became the hero of the World Series. Relieving in all four Dodger victories, he recorded saves in Games Two and Three, and wins in Games Four and Six. In 12-2/3 innings of work, he allowed just one run and eight hits. For the first time in Series history, no member of either club’s staff pitched a complete game.

A power pitcher who threw a slider at several speeds, Sherry led the NL with 13 relief wins in 1960. He recorded 82 career saves, with a high of 20 for Detroit in 1966. He later returned to the Dodger organization as a minor league coach. Sherry was born with two club feet, but his problem was corrected by surgery when he was six. His brother, reserve catcher Norm Sherry, was a Dodger teammate from 1959 to 1962.

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