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John Kerr
John Francis Kerr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 158 lb.

Debut May 1, 1923
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born November 26, 1898 in San Francisco, CA
Died October 19, 1993 in Long Beach, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 24 DET AL  19   42    4    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   4   5  .214  .283  .238   39   10   2           0    
 1924 25 DET AL  17   11    3    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .273  .273  .273   41    3   1           0    
 1929 30 CHW AL 127  419   50  108  20  4   1   39   9  8  31  24  .258  .310  .332   66  139  26           1    
 1930 31 CHW AL  70  266   37   77  11  6   3   27   4  2  21  23  .289  .351  .410   94  109   6           4    
 1931 32 CHW AL 128  444   51  119  17  2   2   50   9  3  35  22  .268  .324  .329   76  146  10           2    
 1932 33 WSH AL  51  132   14   36   6  1   0   15   3  2  13   3  .273  .338  .333   75   44   3           0    
 1933 34 WSH AL  28   40    5    8   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .200  .256  .200   23    8   2           0    
 1934 35 WSH AL  31  103    8   28   4  0   0   12   1  1   8  13  .272  .324  .311   67   32   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      471 1457  172  388  59 13   6  145  26 16 115  92  .266  .323  .337   73  491  52   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        501   59  133  20  4   2   50   9  6  40  32  .266  .323  .337   73  169  18   0   0   2   0
 Career High    128  444   51  119  20  6   3   50   9  8  35  24  .289  .351  .410   94  146  26   0   0   4   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 24 DET AL   48   35    3   2.3   106| .214  .288| .283  .357| .238  .397| .521  .755|  39  .214  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1924 25 DET AL   12    9    1   3.0   111| .273  .297| .273  .366| .273  .407| .546  .773|  41  .287  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1929 30 CHW AL  477  345   42   3.2   111| .258  .290| .310  .357| .332  .420| .642  .777|  66  .316 -21.5  -2.1  52%
 1930 31 CHW AL  297  197   37   5.0   113| .289  .291| .351  .355| .410  .428| .761  .783|  94  .477  -2.4  -0.2  66%
 1931 32 CHW AL  491  338   48   3.8   103| .268  .279| .324  .345| .329  .399| .653  .744|  76  .384 -14.1  -1.4  75%
 1932 33 WSH AL  148  101   15   4.0   110| .273  .284| .338  .354| .333  .417| .671  .772|  75  .396  -4.6  -0.4  60%
 1933 34 WSH AL   45   34    2   1.6   105| .200  .280| .256  .351| .200  .403| .456  .754|  23  .117  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1934 35 WSH AL  113   78   10   3.4   108| .272  .283| .324  .356| .311  .408| .635  .764|  67  .331  -4.8  -0.5  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1631 1137  158   3.7   108| .266  .286| .323  .353| .337  .413| .660  .765|  73  .367 -56.6  -5.5  61%

* 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 ------+
1923 24 DET AL SS 15 19 45 9 5 .877 .947 4.27 4.79 1924 25 DET AL 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1929 30 CHW AL 2B 122 307 459 23 84 .971 .968 6.28 5.48 SS 1 3 5 0 0 1.000 .941 8.00 4.70 1930 31 CHW AL 2B 52 130 166 6 33 .980 .969 5.69 5.66 SS 20 42 52 3 7 .969 .940 4.70 4.56 1931 32 CHW AL 2B 117 297 366 22 78 .968 .965 5.67 5.48 3B 7 9 13 3 1 .880 .944 3.14 2.89 SS 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 4.80 1932 33 WSH AL 2B 17 46 57 5 9 .954 .968 6.06 5.67 SS 14 25 37 4 7 .939 .941 4.43 4.87 3B 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 .943 0.62 2.77 1933 34 WSH AL 2B 16 25 31 2 4 .966 .971 3.50 5.63 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1934 35 WSH AL 3B 17 21 47 2 4 .971 .943 4.00 2.95 2B 13 42 29 2 6 .973 .969 5.46 5.67
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 30 CHW AL 2B 122 307 459 23 84 .971 .968 6.28 5.48 1930 31 CHW AL 2B 52 130 166 6 33 .980 .969 5.69 5.66 1931 32 CHW AL 2B 117 297 366 22 78 .968 .965 5.67 5.48 1932 33 WSH AL 2B 17 46 57 5 9 .954 .968 6.06 5.67 1933 34 WSH AL 2B 16 25 31 2 4 .966 .971 3.50 5.63 1934 35 WSH AL 2B 13 42 29 2 6 .973 .969 5.46 5.67 1924 25 DET AL 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1931 32 CHW AL 3B 7 9 13 3 1 .880 .944 3.14 2.89 1932 33 WSH AL 3B 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 .943 0.62 2.77 1933 34 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1934 35 WSH AL 3B 17 21 47 2 4 .971 .943 4.00 2.95 1924 25 DET AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1923 24 DET AL SS 15 19 45 9 5 .877 .947 4.27 4.79 1929 30 CHW AL SS 1 3 5 0 0 1.000 .941 8.00 4.70 1930 31 CHW AL SS 20 42 52 3 7 .969 .940 4.70 4.56 1931 32 CHW AL SS 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 4.80 1932 33 WSH AL SS 14 25 37 4 7 .939 .941 4.43 4.87
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 337 847 1108 60 214 .970 .967 5.80 5.53 SS 51 90 143 16 19 .936 .942 4.57 4.72 3B 36 32 63 5 6 .950 .943 2.64 2.90 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 426 970 1314 81 239 .966 .964 5.36 5.20
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    WSH NYG     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   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.

Sac. Hits
1929 AL-26-4
1931 AL-10-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3453) (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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  5. Nig Clarke (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 3, 1928: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Hollywood (PCL) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.

December 4, 1931: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Carl Reynolds to the Washington Senators for Jackie Hayes, Bump Hadley, and Sam Jones.


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