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Sherm Lollar played 18 major-league seasons (1946-1963) as a C (1,571), 1B (27), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 22 | CLE | 28 | 62 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .242 | .686 | 97 |
| 1947 | 23 | NYA | 11 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .219 | .617 | 76 |
| 1948 | 24 | NYA | 22 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | .441 | 21 |
| 1949 | 25 | SLA | 109 | 284 | 28 | 74 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 32 | 22 | .261 | .723 | 97 |
| 1950 | 26 | SLA | 126 | 396 | 55 | 111 | 13 | 65 | 2 | 64 | 25 | .280 | .841 | 121 |
| 1951 | 27 | SLA | 98 | 310 | 44 | 78 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 43 | 26 | .252 | .747 | 107 |
| 1952 | 28 | CHA | 132 | 375 | 35 | 90 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 54 | 34 | .240 | .738 | 112 |
| 1953 | 29 | CHA | 113 | 334 | 46 | 96 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 47 | 29 | .287 | .804 | 124 |
| 1954 | 30 | CHA | 107 | 316 | 31 | 77 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 28 | .244 | .686 | 94 |
| 1955 | 31 | CHA | 138 | 426 | 67 | 111 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 68 | 34 | .261 | .782 | 117 |
| 1956 | 32 | CHA | 136 | 450 | 55 | 132 | 11 | 75 | 2 | 53 | 34 | .293 | .821 | 123 |
| 1957 | 33 | CHA | 101 | 351 | 33 | 90 | 11 | 70 | 2 | 35 | 24 | .256 | .736 | 107 |
| 1958 | 34 | CHA | 127 | 421 | 53 | 115 | 20 | 84 | 2 | 57 | 37 | .273 | .821 | 132 |
| 1959 | 35 | CHA | 140 | 505 | 63 | 134 | 22 | 84 | 4 | 55 | 49 | .265 | .796 | 124 |
| 1960 | 36 | CHA | 129 | 421 | 43 | 106 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 42 | 39 | .252 | .682 | 90 |
| 1961 | 37 | CHA | 116 | 337 | 38 | 95 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 37 | 22 | .282 | .740 | 105 |
| 1962 | 38 | CHA | 84 | 220 | 17 | 59 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 23 | .268 | .719 | 101 |
| 1963 | 39 | CHA | 35 | 73 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .233 | .605 | 77 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | C | 24 | 0 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 | C | 9 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | C | 10 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1949 | C | 93 | 0 | 279 | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 1950 | C | 109 | 0 | 367 | 48 | 8 | 9 |
| 1951 | C | 85 | 0 | 361 | 48 | 2 | 8 |
| 1951 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | C | 120 | 0 | 590 | 53 | 7 | 4 |
| 1953 | C | 107 | 0 | 470 | 51 | 3 | 2 |
| 1953 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | C | 93 | 84 | 395 | 38 | 3 | 8 |
| 1955 | C | 136 | 130 | 664 | 62 | 4 | 12 |
| 1956 | C | 132 | 123 | 679 | 40 | 5 | 6 |
| 1957 | C | 96 | 90 | 454 | 45 | 1 | 5 |
| 1958 | C | 116 | 112 | 597 | 63 | 9 | 8 |
| 1959 | C | 122 | 106 | 623 | 51 | 5 | 14 |
| 1959 | 1B | 24 | 23 | 177 | 17 | 1 | 19 |
| 1960 | C | 123 | 111 | 555 | 54 | 3 | 12 |
| 1961 | C | 107 | 93 | 464 | 48 | 1 | 6 |
| 1962 | C | 66 | 59 | 298 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 1963 | C | 23 | 18 | 94 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 1963 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Sherm Lollar won: Gold Glove 1957 (ML), Gold Glove 1958 (AL), Gold Glove 1959 (AL), TSN All-Star 1959 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1950.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 37 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 57 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 44 / 336 | 0 |
Sherm Lollar ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.