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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. He is best known as the man who, while still an active player as the second-string catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, helped the great lefthanded pitcher Sandy Koufax harness his talent and transform himself from a wild "thrower" into one of the most dominant hurlers of all time – and (ultimately) a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. == Baseball career == Sherry attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, and signed with the Dodgers while they were still in their original home of Brooklyn in . 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 through . Early in that tenure, Sherry took aside the prodigal Koufax – who was struggling to become a consistent winner in the majors despite a blazing fastball and one of the best curveballs of all time – and convinced him to take something off his fastball to get better control. The results were astounding: despite finger and arm miseries, Koufax dominated the National League from 1962 through his swan song, winning three Cy Young Awards and leading the Dodgers to three NL championships and world titles in 1963 and 1965. 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 (), and then to .182 (1962). The Dodgers sold his contract to the lowly New York Mets on October 11, 1962, to afford Sherry more playing time, but he batted only .136 in a career-high 63 games played (and 147 at-bats) in New York in , and his major league playing career ended. All told, in 194 games over all or part of 5 seasons, Sherry batted .215 with 18 home runs, and .288 with runners in scoring position. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norm Sherry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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