McCovey Chronicles · Dec 28, 2021
Jimmie Sherfy—I don’t know about this guy.
Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesIn a rivalry re-defining season between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, it only makes sense that a bullpen maverick like Jimmie Sherfy would come in and make history.
Spitting in the face of sixty-plus years, Sherfy, through sheer guile or malice or discontent, became the first player to play for both Los Angeles and San Francisco in the same season.
According to Stats LLC
Jimmie Sherfy is the first pitcher to ever appear in games for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in the same season.
No pitcher had appeared in games for both franchises since 1943 when Bill Sayles pitched for New York and Brooklyn.