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Sherm Lollar became a All-Star catcher with the Chicago White Sox from 1952-1963. Base runners took no liberty with Lollar's great throwing arm. Lollar ranks in the top 10% of all-around catchers in American League history. Lollar was noted as one of the finest handlers of pitchers and his success was attributed to the fact that pitchers liked his easy going style and his ability to call for the correct pitches - when the game was on the line in the late innings. Sherm Lollar helped bring the pennant to the Chicago White Sox in 1959 when he hit 22 homers, 84 RBI's and batted .265. Lollar led the AL backstops in fielding five times and his career .992 average is sixth best in baseball's history. Sherm Lollar had 1415 hits, 155 career homers and a .264 batting average. baseballhistorian.com