Sherrard Alexander Robertson was a Canadian-American utility player, front office executive, and coach in Major League Baseball.
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14 Facts About Sherry Robertson
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Sherry Robertson played three outfield and three infield positions over his MLB career for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics, including 109 games as a second baseman, 104 as a right fielder and 98 as a third baseman.
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Sherry Robertson moved to the Washington, DC, area with his widowed mother and six siblings when he was a child.
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Sherry Robertson was the longtime director of the team's farm system, while Thelma and two other brothers, Jimmy and Billy Robertson, were club executives.
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Sherry Robertson's playing career extended from 1939 to 1952, with time out for service in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II.
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Sherry Robertson played for his brother Calvin with the Class B Charlotte Hornets in both 1939 and 1940 during Griffith's apprenticeship as a minor league manager.
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Sherry Robertson saw MLB action with the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics.
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Sherry Robertson succeeded Ossie Bluege as the Senators' farm system director in 1958, then moved to Minnesota along with the franchise after the 1960 season.
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In 1970, Sherry Robertson returned to uniform as bench coach for Twins' manager Bill Rigney as the team won the American League West Division championship.
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Sherry Robertson was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Sherry Robertson was the first Major League Baseball player to inadvertently kill a spectator at a baseball game, and the only one ever to do so with a thrown ball.
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Sherry Robertson's throw to first baseman Mickey Vernon was high, and went into the front row of the stands, where it struck 32-year-old Clarence Stagemyer, who, after shaking his head a few times, said he was all right.
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Sherry Robertson played baseball for the NAS Kaneohe Bay Klippers and the Navy All-Stars in 1945.
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