Norm Sherry
| Norm Sherry | |||
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| Catcher / Manager | |||
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Born: July 16, 1931 New York, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 12, 1959, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 26, 1963, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .215 | ||
| Home runs | 18 | ||
| Runs batted in | 69 | ||
| Managerial record | 76–71 | ||
| Winning % | .517 | ||
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Norman Burt Sherry (born July 16, 1931 in New York City) is an American former catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball.
Sherry attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, and signed with the Dodgers while they were still in their original home of Brooklyn in 1950.
His brothers, George and Larry Sherry, were pitchers in professional baseball, with Larry having a successful MLB career as a relief pitcher and was the Most Valuable Player of the 1959 World Series; he was Norm's teammate from 1959 through 1962, and in one game in particular became the first all-Jewish battery in Major League Baseball history.
A right-handed hitter, Norm Sherry spent seven years working his way up through the Dodger farm system, and another two in military service. By the time Norm reached the Dodgers, in 1959 for a two-game "cup of coffee," he was 28 years of age and the team was based in Los Angeles.
Sherry made the team as second-string backstop (behind John Roseboro) from 1960 through 1962.
As for Sherry, he batted .283 with 8 home runs in a part-time role in 1960, but his statistics suffered as he sat on the bench, or in the bullpen, in 1961–62.
His average plummeted to .256 (1961), and then to .182 (1962).
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