Sherm Lollar
1946–1963 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
1,752G
.264AVG
.357OBP
.402SLG
More career statistics
1,415H
155HR
808RBI
20SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 453 | 457 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,218 | 6,221 |
| Batting · Walks | 671 | 674 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,752 | 6,218 | 5,351 | 623 | 1,415 | 244 | 14 | 155 | 808 | 671 | 453 | 20 | 10 | 115 | 34 | 2,152 | .264 | .357 | .402 | .759 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1958-08-16 to 1958-08-30
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Hit Three Times | 1956-06-08 | 1 in 5,324 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1959-04-14 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1955-04-23 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 892 | 3111 | 719 | 82 | 412 | 344 | 203 | .269 | .342 | .411 |
| Away | 860 | 3110 | 696 | 73 | 396 | 330 | 254 | .260 | .330 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 147 | 542 | 127 | 24 | 85 | 74 | 39 | .279 | .371 | .499 |
| May | 339 | 1225 | 290 | 35 | 159 | 133 | 93 | .275 | .345 | .432 |
| June | 348 | 1270 | 297 | 27 | 166 | 124 | 95 | .271 | .331 | .394 |
| July | 317 | 1118 | 253 | 26 | 140 | 118 | 82 | .260 | .332 | .381 |
| August | 325 | 1155 | 259 | 27 | 150 | 128 | 73 | .262 | .335 | .395 |
| September | 271 | 900 | 187 | 16 | 107 | 95 | 73 | .241 | .313 | .352 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .364 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 251 | 901 | 188 | 23 | 89 | 100 | 54 | .243 | .320 | .384 |
| boston-red-sox | 247 | 907 | 207 | 18 | 123 | 87 | 71 | .263 | .324 | .390 |
| detroit-tigers | 238 | 866 | 218 | 27 | 121 | 98 | 76 | .295 | .365 | .465 |
| cleveland-guardians | 226 | 796 | 165 | 17 | 100 | 87 | 69 | .243 | .317 | .356 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 217 | 772 | 162 | 16 | 113 | 83 | 44 | .244 | .317 | .359 |
| baltimore-orioles | 150 | 552 | 116 | 11 | 55 | 57 | 49 | .243 | .313 | .342 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 136 | 516 | 123 | 17 | 77 | 64 | 31 | .281 | .362 | .454 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 107 | 364 | 100 | 17 | 59 | 37 | 25 | .316 | .376 | .538 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Cleveland Guardians | 28 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 9 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1947 |  New York Yankees | 11 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | .219 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Yankees | 22 | 38 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1949 |  St. Louis Browns | 109 | 284 | 74 | 8 | 49 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 126 | 396 | 111 | 13 | 65 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Browns | 98 | 310 | 78 | 8 | 44 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Chicago White Sox | 132 | 375 | 90 | 13 | 50 | 1 | .240 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 113 | 334 | 96 | 8 | 54 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 107 | 316 | 77 | 7 | 34 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 426 | 111 | 16 | 61 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 136 | 450 | 132 | 11 | 75 | 2 | .293 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 101 | 351 | 90 | 11 | 70 | 2 | .256 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 127 | 421 | 115 | 20 | 84 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 140 | 505 | 134 | 22 | 84 | 4 | .265 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 421 | 106 | 7 | 46 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 116 | 337 | 95 | 7 | 41 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago White Sox | 84 | 220 | 59 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 73 | 17 | – | 6 | – | .233 | – | – |