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Jerry Adair
Kenneth Jerry Adair

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Oklahoma State University

Debut September 2, 1958
  vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 3, 1970
Born December 17, 1936 in Sand Springs, OK
Died May 31, 1987 in Tulsa, OK

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 21 BAL AL  11   19    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .105  .150  .105  -26    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 22 BAL AL  12   35    3   11   0  1   0    2   0  0   1   5  .314  .333  .371   96   13   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 23 BAL AL   3    5    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   0  .200  .200  .800  159    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 24 BAL AL 133  386   41  102  21  1   9   37   5  2  35  51  .264  .326  .394   95  152   1   4   4   2   6
 1962 25 BAL AL 139  538   67  153  29  4  11   48   7  7  27  77  .284  .319  .414  102  223   4   3   1   2  15
 1963 26 BAL AL 109  382   34   87  21  3   6   30   3  3   9  51  .228  .246  .346   67  132   3   5   2   2  17
 1964 27 BAL AL 155  569   56  141  20  3   9   47   3  2  28  72  .248  .283  .341   73  194   4   3  10   1  20
 1965 28 BAL AL 157  582   51  151  26  3   7   66   6  4  35  65  .259  .303  .351   84  204   4   2   7   2  26 MVP-17
 1966 29 TOT AL 122  422   30  105  19  2   4   39   3  2  21  52  .249  .282  .332   81  140  10   6   0   1  15
         BAL AL  17   52    3   15   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   8  .288  .333  .308   87   16   1   1   0   0   1
         CHW AL 105  370   27   90  18  2   4   36   3  2  17  44  .243  .275  .335   80  124   9   5   0   1  14
 1967 30 TOT AL 117  414   47  112  17  1   3   35   1  5  17  52  .271  .302  .338   86  140   6   3   0   3  15 MVP-15
         CHW AL  28   98    6   20   4  0   0    9   0  1   4  17  .204  .240  .245   49   24   2   1   0   1   5
         BOS AL  89  316   41   92  13  1   3   26   1  4  13  35  .291  .321  .367   96  116   4   2   0   2  10
 1968 31 BOS AL  74  208   18   45   1  0   2   12   0  0   9  28  .216  .252  .250   48   52   6   0   2   1  10
 1969 32 KCR AL 126  432   29  108   9  1   5   48   1  3  20  36  .250  .285  .310   67  134   2   4   4   3  24
 1970 33 KCR AL   7   27    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  1   5   3  .148  .281  .148   23    4   1   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1165 4019  378 1022 163 19  57  366  29 29 208 499  .254  .292  .347   80 1394  41  30  31  17 149
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   53  142  23  3   8   51   4  4  29  69  .254  .292  .347   80  194   6   4   4   2  21
 Career High    157  582   67  153  29  4  11   66   7  7  35  77  .284  .326  .414  102  223  10   6  10   3  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 21 BAL AL   20   17    0   0.0    93| .105  .255| .150  .322| .105  .387| .255  .709| -26  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1959 22 BAL AL   36   24    4   4.5    96| .314  .257| .333  .328| .371  .393| .704  .720|  96  .508  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1960 23 BAL AL    5    4    1   6.7   100| .200  .262| .200  .336| .800  .401|1.000  .737| 159  .677   0.3   0.0   0%
 1961 24 BAL AL  428  297   51   4.6   100| .264  .259| .326  .334| .394  .403| .720  .737|  95  .493  -2.1  -0.2  71%
 1962 25 BAL AL  574  414   66   4.3    97| .284  .256| .319  .327| .414  .399| .733  .726| 102  .472   0.3   0.0  50%
 1963 26 BAL AL  401  323   27   2.3    91| .228  .251| .246  .316| .346  .387| .592  .703|  67  .243 -17.1  -1.8  50%
 1964 27 BAL AL  605  457   50   3.0    96| .248  .256| .283  .324| .341  .397| .624  .721|  73  .340 -22.0  -2.3  60%
 1965 28 BAL AL  625  467   55   3.2    93| .259  .253| .303  .323| .351  .388| .654  .711|  84  .392 -13.3  -1.4  60%
 1966 29 TOT AL  460  350   37   2.8    85| .249  .241| .282  .307| .332  .372| .614  .678|  81  .359  -9.8  -1.1  60%
         BAL AL   58   40    6   4.0    89| .288  .247| .333  .314| .308  .381| .641  .695|  87  .515  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL  402  310   31   2.7    84| .243  .240| .275  .306| .335  .370| .610  .676|  80  .337  -9.0  -1.0  60%
 1967 30 TOT AL  443  331   39   3.2    88| .271  .249| .302  .319| .338  .373| .640  .691|  86  .426  -8.1  -0.9  16%
         CHW AL  106   87    5   1.6    79| .204  .235| .240  .303| .245  .353| .485  .656|  49  .166  -6.0  -0.7   0%
         BOS AL  337  244   34   3.8    91| .291  .253| .321  .323| .367  .379| .688  .702|  96  .504  -2.1  -0.2  20%
 1968 31 BOS AL  224  179   11   1.6    86| .216  .246| .252  .317| .250  .364| .502  .681|  48  .201 -14.1  -1.6   0%
 1969 32 KCR AL  461  357   32   2.4    95| .250  .254| .285  .331| .310  .384| .595  .715|  67  .265 -20.3  -2.1  25%
 1970 33 KCR AL   33   26    1   1.0    97| .148  .257| .281  .331| .148  .392| .429  .723|  23  .068  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4315 3246  374   3.1    93| .254  .252| .292  .323| .347  .387| .639  .710|  80  .369 -112.7 -12.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 21 BAL AL SS 10 10 19 1 3 .967 .963 2.90 4.17 5.80 4.96 4 45.0 2B 1 1 4 1 2 .833 .980 5.00 4.70 5.62 5.29 1 8.0 1959 22 BAL AL 2B 11 24 17 3 4 .932 .976 3.73 4.73 5.27 5.28 8 70.0 SS 1 2 2 1 1 .800 .952 4.00 4.00 2.12 4.87 2 17.0 1960 23 BAL AL 2B 3 3 4 0 2 1.000 .972 2.33 4.67 6.30 5.49 0 10.0 1961 24 BAL AL 2B 107 233 237 6 57 .987 .978 4.39 4.72 5.16 5.24 96 820.0 SS 27 26 61 5 5 .946 .956 3.22 4.37 4.34 4.84 18 180.3 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.80 1.17 3.16 1 7.7 1962 25 BAL AL SS 113 216 285 16 72 .969 .962 4.43 4.47 4.91 4.84 103 918.0 2B 34 79 77 4 17 .975 .980 4.59 4.87 5.28 5.25 29 265.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1963 26 BAL AL 2B 103 242 268 8 67 .985 .980 4.95 4.68 5.14 5.08 100 893.3 1964 27 BAL AL 2B 153 395 422 5 107 .994 .980 5.34 4.54 5.51 5.17 150 1334.7 1965 28 BAL AL 2B 157 395 446 12 99 .986 .978 5.36 4.38 5.34 5.07 157 1417.7 1966 29 TOT AL 2B 63 119 125 5 26 .980 .975 3.87 4.38 4.86 5.09 52 451.6 BAL AL 2B 13 30 33 2 7 .969 .975 4.85 4.38 4.92 5.09 13 115.3 CHW AL SS 75 109 236 9 35 .975 .960 4.60 4.41 5.36 4.79 63 579.3 2B 50 89 92 3 19 .984 .975 3.62 4.38 4.84 5.09 39 336.3 1967 30 TOT AL 2B 50 103 102 5 31 .976 .979 4.10 4.19 4.49 4.95 44 411.3 CHW AL 2B 27 70 61 2 21 .985 .979 4.85 4.19 5.16 4.95 24 228.3 BOS AL 3B 35 34 66 5 8 .952 .955 2.86 2.72 3.35 3.13 33 269.0 SS 30 38 68 0 12 1.000 .963 3.53 4.09 4.26 4.62 25 224.0 2B 23 33 41 3 10 .961 .979 3.22 4.19 3.64 4.95 20 183.0 1968 31 BOS AL SS 46 62 104 4 15 .976 .962 3.61 4.07 4.50 4.79 33 332.3 2B 12 19 25 1 6 .978 .978 3.67 4.34 5.28 5.11 8 75.0 3B 7 4 9 3 1 .813 .949 1.86 2.67 2.31 3.05 5 50.7 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 8.30 13.50 9.67 1 4.0 1969 32 KCR AL 2B 109 223 261 8 41 .984 .976 4.44 4.58 4.75 5.21 105 916.3 SS 8 14 18 1 1 .970 .967 4.00 4.42 4.80 4.97 8 60.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.16 0 3.7 1970 33 KCR AL 2B 7 24 20 0 6 1.000 .980 6.29 4.64 5.50 5.35 7 72.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1968 31 BOS AL 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 8.30 13.50 9.67 1 4.0 1958 21 BAL AL 2B 1 1 4 1 2 .833 .980 5.00 4.70 5.62 5.29 1 8.0 1959 22 BAL AL 2B 11 24 17 3 4 .932 .976 3.73 4.73 5.27 5.28 8 70.0 1960 23 BAL AL 2B 3 3 4 0 2 1.000 .972 2.33 4.67 6.30 5.49 0 10.0 1961 24 BAL AL 2B 107 233 237 6 57 .987 .978 4.39 4.72 5.16 5.24 96 820.0 1962 25 BAL AL 2B 34 79 77 4 17 .975 .980 4.59 4.87 5.28 5.25 29 265.7 1963 26 BAL AL 2B 103 242 268 8 67 .985 .980 4.95 4.68 5.14 5.08 100 893.3 1964 27 BAL AL 2B 153 395 422 5 107 .994 .980 5.34 4.54 5.51 5.17 150 1334.7 1965 28 BAL AL 2B 157 395 446 12 99 .986 .978 5.36 4.38 5.34 5.07 157 1417.7 1966 29 TOT AL 2B 63 119 125 5 26 .980 .975 3.87 4.38 4.86 5.09 52 451.6 BAL AL 2B 13 30 33 2 7 .969 .975 4.85 4.38 4.92 5.09 13 115.3 CHW AL 2B 50 89 92 3 19 .984 .975 3.62 4.38 4.84 5.09 39 336.3 1967 30 TOT AL 2B 50 103 102 5 31 .976 .979 4.10 4.19 4.49 4.95 44 411.3 CHW AL 2B 27 70 61 2 21 .985 .979 4.85 4.19 5.16 4.95 24 228.3 BOS AL 2B 23 33 41 3 10 .961 .979 3.22 4.19 3.64 4.95 20 183.0 1968 31 BOS AL 2B 12 19 25 1 6 .978 .978 3.67 4.34 5.28 5.11 8 75.0 1969 32 KCR AL 2B 109 223 261 8 41 .984 .976 4.44 4.58 4.75 5.21 105 916.3 1970 33 KCR AL 2B 7 24 20 0 6 1.000 .980 6.29 4.64 5.50 5.35 7 72.0 1961 24 BAL AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.80 1.17 3.16 1 7.7 1962 25 BAL AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1967 30 BOS AL 3B 35 34 66 5 8 .952 .955 2.86 2.72 3.35 3.13 33 269.0 1968 31 BOS AL 3B 7 4 9 3 1 .813 .949 1.86 2.67 2.31 3.05 5 50.7 1969 32 KCR AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.16 0 3.7 1958 21 BAL AL SS 10 10 19 1 3 .967 .963 2.90 4.17 5.80 4.96 4 45.0 1959 22 BAL AL SS 1 2 2 1 1 .800 .952 4.00 4.00 2.12 4.87 2 17.0 1961 24 BAL AL SS 27 26 61 5 5 .946 .956 3.22 4.37 4.34 4.84 18 180.3 1962 25 BAL AL SS 113 216 285 16 72 .969 .962 4.43 4.47 4.91 4.84 103 918.0 1966 29 CHW AL SS 75 109 236 9 35 .975 .960 4.60 4.41 5.36 4.79 63 579.3 1967 30 BOS AL SS 30 38 68 0 12 1.000 .963 3.53 4.09 4.26 4.62 25 224.0 1968 31 BOS AL SS 46 62 104 4 15 .976 .962 3.61 4.07 4.50 4.79 33 332.3 1969 32 KCR AL SS 8 14 18 1 1 .970 .967 4.00 4.42 4.80 4.97 8 60.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 810 1860 2008 58 465 .985 .978 4.78 4.54 5.16 5.14 757 6745.7 SS* 310 477 793 37 144 .972 .961 4.10 4.34 4.85 4.81 256 2356.0 3B* 46 38 76 8 9 .934 .954 2.48 2.72 3.08 3.12 39 333.0 1B* 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 8.30 13.50 9.67 1 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1167 2380 2878 103 618 .981 .974 4.51 4.42 5.01 4.99 1053 9439
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    BOS STL     L   5  16   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   3  .125  .118  .125   1  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1965-AL-17-0.02
1967-AL-15-0.04
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Games
1965 AL-157-8

At Bats
1965 AL-582-10

Doubles
1965 AL-26-7

Singles
1965 AL-115-10

Sac. Hits
1966 AL-10-5

Sac. Flies
1966 AL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1964 AL-10-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1963 AL-17-7
1964 AL-20-4
1965 AL-26-1
1967 AL-15-8
1969 AL-24-3

Caught Stealing
1962 AL-7-8

Outs
1965 AL-467-8

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1553) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 2, 1958: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

June 13, 1966: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with John Riddle (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Fisher.

June 2, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Don McMahon and Bob Snow (minors).

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Boston Red Sox as the 51st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

May 12, 1970: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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