Former Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Norm Sherry passed away on Monday at the age of 89. He was the older brother of 1959 World Series MVP Larry Sherry and played a significant role in the development of Sandy Koufax.
Sherry was born in New York but moved to Southern California as a young child, where he began his baseball career. He received a full scholarship to play at USC in 1950 but passed on the opportunity to sign a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers instead.
Sherry spent most of that decade in the Dodgers’ Minor League system.