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Buddy Kerr
John Joseph Kerr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 8, 1943
Final Game September 30, 1951
Born November 6, 1922 in Astoria, NY
Died November 7, 2006 in New York, NY

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 20 NYG NL  27   98   14   28   3  0   2   12   1      8   5  .286  .352  .378  110   37   2           2   2
 1944 21 NYG NL 150  548   68  146  31  4   9   63  14     37  32  .266  .316  .387   97  212  10           3  14
 1945 22 NYG NL 149  546   53  136  20  3   4   40   5     41  34  .249  .304  .319   72  174  16           2  11 MVP-21
 1946 23 NYG NL 145  497   50  124  20  3   6   40   7     53  31  .249  .324  .338   87  168  19           2  10 MVP-11
 1947 24 NYG NL 138  547   73  157  23  5   7   49   2     36  49  .287  .331  .386   89  211  13           0  12
 1948 25 NYG NL 144  496   41  119  16  4   0   46   9     56  36  .240  .317  .288   64  143   3           0   7 AS
 1949 26 NYG NL  90  220   16   46   4  0   0   19   0     21  23  .209  .284  .227   39   50   7           2   1
 1950 27 BSN NL 155  507   45  115  24  6   2   46   0     50  50  .227  .296  .310   64  157  14           0  21
 1951 28 BSN NL  69  172   18   32   4  0   1   18   0  0  22  20  .186  .282  .227   43   39   5           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1067 3631  378  903 145 25  31  333  38  0 324 280  .249  .312  .328   76 1191  89   0   0  12  80
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   57  137  22  4   5   51   6  0  49  43  .249  .312  .328   76  181  14   0   0   2  12
 Career High    155  548   73  157  31  6   9   63  14  0  56  50  .287  .331  .387   97  212  19   0   0   3  21

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 20 NYG NL  110   74   13   4.7    90| .286  .266| .352  .335| .378  .361| .730  .695| 110  .583   1.3   0.1     
 1944 21 NYG NL  598  426   66   4.2    94| .266  .268| .316  .335| .387  .376| .703  .711|  97  .496  -3.1  -0.3     
 1945 22 NYG NL  605  437   52   3.2    97| .249  .274| .304  .344| .319  .379| .623  .723|  72  .369 -21.4  -2.2     
 1946 23 NYG NL  571  402   54   3.6    93| .249  .264| .324  .339| .338  .369| .662  .708|  87  .447  -8.3  -0.9     
 1947 24 NYG NL  596  415   70   4.5   107| .287  .275| .331  .351| .386  .408| .717  .759|  89  .484 -10.1  -1.0     
 1948 25 NYG NL  555  387   45   3.1   103| .240  .270| .317  .345| .288  .400| .605  .744|  64  .339 -24.3  -2.4     
 1949 26 NYG NL  250  182   14   2.1   104| .209  .270| .284  .344| .227  .405| .511  .749|  39  .188 -19.0  -1.9     
 1950 27 BSN NL  571  427   47   2.9   103| .227  .262| .296  .338| .310  .407| .606  .745|  64  .295 -25.6  -2.5     
 1951 28 BSN NL  200  147   11   2.0    97| .186  .259| .282  .332| .227  .392| .509  .724|  43  .185 -12.8  -1.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4056 2897  372   3.4    99| .249  .269| .312  .341| .328  .390| .640  .731|  76  .389 -123.3 -12.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1943 20 NYG NL  SS   27     60   90    7   10  .955  .954  5.56  4.97            
 1944 21 NYG NL  SS  149    328  507   40   81  .954  .954  5.60  4.85            
 1945 22 NYG NL  SS  148    333  515   32   81  .964  .947  5.73  4.75            
 1946 23 NYG NL  SS  126    240  400   12   66  .982  .957  5.08  4.67            
                 3B   18     24   28    2    2  .963  .952  2.89  2.84            
 1947 24 NYG NL  SS  138    270  461   17   77  .977  .963  5.30  4.66            
 1948 25 NYG NL  SS  143    269  456   25   72  .967  .959  5.07  4.59             AS
 1949 26 NYG NL  SS   89    125  224   15   33  .959  .961  3.92  4.70            
 1950 27 BSN NL  SS  155    310  471   28   97  .965  .961  5.04  4.74            
 1951 28 BSN NL  SS   63    110  173    9   31  .969  .955  4.49  4.47            
                 2B    5      5    4    0    3 1.000  .978  1.80  5.04            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1951 28 BSN NL  2B    5      5    4    0    3 1.000  .978  1.80  5.04            

 1946 23 NYG NL  3B   18     24   28    2    2  .963  .952  2.89  2.84            

 1943 20 NYG NL  SS   27     60   90    7   10  .955  .954  5.56  4.97            
 1944 21 NYG NL  SS  149    328  507   40   81  .954  .954  5.60  4.85            
 1945 22 NYG NL  SS  148    333  515   32   81  .964  .947  5.73  4.75            
 1946 23 NYG NL  SS  126    240  400   12   66  .982  .957  5.08  4.67            
 1947 24 NYG NL  SS  138    270  461   17   77  .977  .963  5.30  4.66            
 1948 25 NYG NL  SS  143    269  456   25   72  .967  .959  5.07  4.59            
 1949 26 NYG NL  SS   89    125  224   15   33  .959  .961  3.92  4.70            
 1950 27 BSN NL  SS  155    310  471   28   97  .965  .961  5.04  4.74            
 1951 28 BSN NL  SS   63    110  173    9   31  .969  .955  4.49  4.47            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS 1038   2045 3297  185  548  .967  .957  5.15  4.70            
                 3B   18     24   28    2    2  .963  .952  2.89  2.84            
                 2B    5      5    4    0    3 1.000  .978  1.80  5.04            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1061   2074 3329  187  553  .967  .957  5.09  4.67

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   NYG NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1948 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-21-0.02
1946-NL-11-0.11
Car-819-0.13 shares

Games
1946 NL-145-9
1950 NL-155-4

Stolen Bases
1944 NL-14-5
1948 NL-9-9

Singles
1947 NL-122-8

Sac. Hits
1945 NL-16-7
1946 NL-19-2
1947 NL-13-3
1950 NL-14-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 NL-14-9
1950 NL-21-3

Power/Speed Number
1944 NL-11.0-3

Outs
1945 NL-437-7

Youngest Player
1943 NL-20-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1641) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1399) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Buddy Kerr's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1948 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1945-NL-21-0.02 1946-NL-11-0.11 Car-819-0.13 shares	Games 1946 NL-145-9 1950 NL-155-4	Stolen Bases 1944 NL-14-5 1948 NL-9-9	Singles 1947 NL-122-8	Sac. Hits 1945 NL-16-7 1946 NL-19-2 1947 NL-13-3 1950 NL-14-2
Grounded into Double Plays 1944 NL-14-9 1950 NL-21-3	Power/Speed Number 1944 NL-11.0-3	Outs 1945 NL-437-7	Youngest Player 1943 NL-20-8