American baseball player and coach (born 1935)

Larry Sherry

Lawrence Sherry was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed relief pitcher from 1958 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1959 World Series as the Dodgers won their first championship since relocating from Brooklyn just two years earlier. After his playing career, Sherry managed in the minor leagues before serving as a major league coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the California Angels.

Born

1935

July 25

Died

2006

Era

1930s

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Larry, in brief

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2006 Died

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306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
315 The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
677 Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
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The world in 1935

When Larry arrived

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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