accumulating 1,415 hits in 5,351 at bats for a .264 career batting average along with 155 home runs, 808 runs batted in and a .357 on-base percentage. A seven-time All-Star, Lollar led American League catchers in fielding percentage four times over his career. In 1961, he committed only one error over the entire season. At the time of his retirement in 1963, Lollar's .992 career fielding percentage was the highest for a catcher in major league history. During his career, Lollar threw out 46.18% of the base runners who tried steal a base on him, ranking him 5th on the all-time list. He caught 110 shutouts during his career, ranking him 21st all-time among major league catchers. At the time of his retirement in 1963, he ranked 9th all-time in career home runs by catchers. All Star (AL): 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959-2, 1960-2 American League leader in fielding percentage for catcher: 1951, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1961 Gold Glove Award (ML): 1957 Gold Glove Award (AL): 1958, 1959 Major League record: .992 fielding average as catcher Chicago White Sox All-Century Team: 2000 Coaching and minor league managing career Lollar was hired as the bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles on November 27, 1963. He remained in that capacity through the 1966 World Series championship season until the announcement on September 28, 1967, that he would not be retained for the 1968 season. He subsequently was a coach for the Oakland Athletics in 1968, and managed the Athletics' minor league affiliates the Iowa Oaks and the Tucson Toros in the 1970s. Lollar eventually owned a bowling alley in Springfield, Missouri, where he died of cancer at age 53 on September 24, 1977. See also List of AL Gold Glove winners at catcher References External links 1924 births 1977 deaths American League All-Stars Baltimore Orioles coaches Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Baseball players from Arkansas Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Indians players Deaths from cancer in Missouri Gold Glove Award winners International League MVP award winners Major League Baseball bullpen coaches Major League Baseball catchers Minor league baseball managers New York Yankees players Newark Bears (IL) players Oakland Athletics coaches People from Washington County, Arkansas Pittsburg State Gorillas baseball players St. Louis Browns players