Jerry Adair
Kenneth Jerry Adair
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 17, 1936 in Sand Springs, OK
High School: Sapulpa (Sapulpa, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1958
Final Game: May 3, 1970
Died: May 31, 1987 in Tulsa, OK
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 BAL AL 21 SS 10 4 45.0 30 10 19 1 3 .967 0.2 5.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 5.80 2.90 .963 4.96 4.17
1958 BAL AL 21 2B 1 1 8.0 6 1 4 1 2 .833 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 .983 5.29 4.70
1959 BAL AL 22 2B 11 8 70.0 44 24 17 3 4 .932 0.6 10.3 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 5.27 3.73 .977 5.28 4.73
1959 BAL AL 22 SS 1 2 17.0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -1.6 -112.9 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 2.12 4.00 .960 4.87 4.00
1960 BAL AL 23 2B 3 0 10.0 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.30 2.33 .971 5.49 4.67
1961 BAL AL 24 2B 107 96 820.0 476 233 237 6 57 .987 8.3 12.1 6.3 1.6 4.8 2 5.16 4.39 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 BAL AL 24 SS 27 18 180.1 92 26 61 5 5 .946 1.3 8.7 2.3 2.6 -0.3 -1 4.34 3.22 .957 4.84 4.37
1961 BAL AL 24 3B 2 1 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.17 0.50 .900 3.17 2.80
1962 BAL AL 25 SS 113 103 918.0 517 216 285 16 72 .969 -0.5 -0.7 -3.5 -2.2 -1.4 3 4.91 4.43 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 BAL AL 25 2B 34 29 265.2 160 79 77 4 17 .975 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 5.28 4.59 .980 5.25 4.87
1962 BAL AL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
1963 BAL AL 26 2B 103 100 893.1 518 242 268 8 67 .985 1.5 2.0 0.5 -4.3 4.9 1 5.14 4.95 .980 5.08 4.68
1964 BAL AL 27 2B 153 150 1334.2 822 395 422 5 107 .994 13.7 12.3 10.7 6.7 4.0 3 5.51 5.34 .980 5.17 4.54
1965 BAL AL 28 2B 157 157 1417.2 853 395 446 12 99 .986 16.2 13.7 14.2 17.6 -3.4 2 5.34 5.36 .978 5.07 4.38 MVP-17
1966 TOT AL 29 2B 63 52 451.2 249 119 125 5 26 .980 -1.7 -4.5 -1.7 -0.7 -1.0 0 4.86 3.87 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 BAL AL 29 2B 13 13 115.1 65 30 33 2 7 .969 -1.0 -10.4 -1.0 1.1 -2.1 0 4.92 4.85 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 CHW AL 29 SS 75 63 579.1 354 109 236 9 35 .975 14.9 30.9 15.9 6.3 9.7 -1 5.36 4.60 .959 4.79 4.41
1966 CHW AL 29 2B 50 39 336.1 184 89 92 3 19 .984 -0.7 -2.5 -0.7 -1.8 1.1 0 4.84 3.62 .975 5.09 4.38
1967 TOT AL 30 2B 50 44 411.1 210 103 102 5 31 .976 -1.4 -4.1 -1.4 -3.1 1.7 0 4.49 4.10 .979 4.95 4.19 MVP-15
1967 CHW AL 30 2B 27 24 228.1 133 70 61 2 21 .985 -1.8 -9.5 -1.8 -2.3 0.5 0 5.16 4.85 .979 4.95 4.19
1967 BOS AL 30 3B 35 33 269.0 105 34 66 5 8 .952 3.5 15.6 3.5 0.4 3.1 0 3.35 2.86 .955 3.13 2.72 MVP-15
1967 BOS AL 30 SS 30 25 224.0 106 38 68 0 12 1.000 3.9 20.9 3.9 4.8 -0.9 0 4.26 3.53 .961 4.62 4.09 MVP-15
1967 BOS AL 30 2B 23 20 183.0 77 33 41 3 10 .961 0.4 2.6 0.4 -0.8 1.2 0 3.64 3.22 .979 4.95 4.19
1968 BOS AL 31 SS 46 33 332.1 170 62 104 4 15 .976 0.2 0.7 1.2 1.3 -0.2 -1 4.50 3.61 .961 4.79 4.07
1968 BOS AL 31 2B 12 8 75.0 45 19 25 1 6 .978 -1.1 -17.6 -1.1 -1.2 0.0 0 5.28 3.67 .978 5.11 4.34
1968 BOS AL 31 3B 7 5 50.2 16 4 9 3 1 .813 -1.5 -35.5 -1.5 -0.4 -1.1 0 2.31 1.86 .956 3.06 2.67
1968 BOS AL 31 1B 1 1 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 6.00 .983 9.67 8.30
1969 KCR AL 32 2B 109 105 916.1 492 223 261 8 41 .984 -0.8 -1.0 1.2 1.8 -0.6 -2 4.75 4.44 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 KCR AL 32 SS 8 8 60.0 33 14 18 1 1 .970 -0.7 -14.0 -0.7 -1.1 0.5 0 4.80 4.00 .967 4.96 4.42
1969 KCR AL 32 3B 1 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -98.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3.19 2.70
1970 KCR AL 33 2B 7 7 72.0 44 24 20 0 6 1.000 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 5.50 6.29 .980 5.35 4.64
13 Seasons 2B 810 757 6745.2 3926 1860 2008 58 465 .985 35.0 6.2 29.0 18.6 10.5 6 5.16 4.78 .978 5.14 4.54
8 Seasons SS 310 256 2356.0 1307 477 793 37 144 .972 17.7 9.0 17.7 11.2 6.5 0 4.85 4.10 .961 4.81 4.34
5 Seasons 3B 46 39 333.0 122 38 76 8 9 .934 1.4 5.0 1.4 -0.4 1.8 0 3.08 2.48 .955 3.12 2.72
1 Season 1B 1 1 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 6.00 .983 9.67 8.30
13 Seasons TOT 1167 1053 9438.2 5361 2380 2878 103 618 .981 54.4 6.9 48.4 29.7 18.8 6 5.01 4.51 .954 4.99 4.42
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 BAL AL 21 11 5 11 11 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 22 12 10 12 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 23 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 24 133 115 133 133 0 0 0 107 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 6
1962 BAL AL 25 139 132 139 139 0 0 0 34 1 113 0 0 0 0 4 2
1963 BAL AL 26 109 100 109 109 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1964 BAL AL 27 155 150 155 155 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 BAL AL 28 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 29 105 102 105 105 0 0 0 50 0 75 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 BAL AL 29 17 13 17 17 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967 BOS AL 30 89 78 89 89 0 0 0 23 35 30 0 0 0 0 7 1
1967 CHW AL 30 28 24 28 28 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 BOS AL 31 74 47 74 74 0 0 1 12 7 46 0 0 0 0 15 2
1969 KCR AL 32 126 113 126 126 0 0 0 109 1 8 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 KCR AL 33 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1165 1053 1165 1165 0 0 1 810 46 310 0 0 0 0 49 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 BAL AL 21 36 58% 89% 39% 7 57% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 22 294 64% 79% 31% 26 96% 0 21 10 6 5 16 15 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 23 42 55% 79% 24% 3 67% 0 3 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 24 3525 62% 75% 27% 328 95% 0 239 115 88 36 239 208 23 0 7 6 0 4 2 4 53 23 11 14 2 51 16 35 2 1 0
1962 BAL AL 25 1145 56% 78% 24% 110 93% 0 83 41 29 13 79 68 9 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 18 6 7 3 0 16 3 13 2 1 1
1963 BAL AL 26 3805 61% 77% 26% 339 95% 1 243 100 102 42 266 221 39 1 3 8 1 7 0 5 66 21 16 11 3 57 15 41 4 3 1
1964 BAL AL 27 5607 61% 77% 26% 532 95% 3 398 170 175 53 423 356 50 1 8 5 0 4 1 4 108 33 28 26 5 100 31 65 8 5 1
1965 BAL AL 28 6021 61% 77% 26% 567 95% 1 392 157 162 73 448 377 60 1 4 12 0 12 0 11 102 30 27 27 2 90 31 58 10 7 3
1966 CHW AL 29 1455 66% 78% 28% 109 92% 1 87 29 43 15 91 78 9 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 19 9 6 3 0 18 3 15 1 1 0
1966 BAL AL 29 510 65% 76% 23% 46 93% 1 30 16 10 4 34 28 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 7 2 5 1 0 0
1967 CHW AL 30 998 67% 76% 29% 79 96% 0 71 24 36 11 65 55 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 21 10 0 5 1 18 6 12 3 1 2
1967 BOS AL 30 774 58% 76% 27% 61 89% 0 36 11 23 2 51 42 7 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 12 6 0 2 1 11 4 7 1 0 1
1968 BOS AL 31 341 58% 81% 30% 30 93% 0 19 6 11 2 26 25 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 32 4027 61% 77% 26% 332 93% 1 227 88 91 48 257 212 32 0 3 8 1 5 2 6 40 16 5 7 1 32 8 24 6 4 1
1970 KCR AL 33 343 61% 72% 23% 21 100% 0 23 4 15 4 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0
13 Seasons 28923 61% 77% 26% 2590 94% 8 1873 771 795 308 2024 1709 247 5 28 57 3 47 7 42 465 163 108 102 17 418 123 287 38 23 10
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 BAL AL 21 194 64% 76% 24% 23 91% 0 7 5 2 0 19 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 22 75 51% 72% 28% 11 64% 0 6 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 24 760 66% 76% 27% 80 94% 0 28 18 8 2 61 44 15 0 0 5 0 3 2 4 10 6 1 2 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 0
1962 BAL AL 25 4042 57% 77% 25% 389 90% 3 210 112 79 19 282 220 53 1 3 16 0 15 1 14 71 24 2 26 6 6 65 26 38 3 1 2
1966 CHW AL 29 2407 64% 79% 31% 282 95% 0 111 50 57 5 241 191 43 1 2 9 1 6 2 6 38 13 6 11 3 1 35 19 16 2 0 2
1967 BOS AL 30 928 54% 75% 26% 88 95% 0 40 21 14 5 69 51 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 0 1 4 0 10 5 5 1 1 0
1968 BOS AL 31 1443 63% 77% 23% 148 93% 1 64 35 21 8 103 79 22 1 2 4 0 4 0 4 15 9 1 3 1 1 15 10 5 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 32 274 68% 74% 23% 27 93% 0 14 6 6 2 19 16 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 10123 61% 77% 26% 1048 92% 4 480 251 189 41 797 616 157 3 8 38 1 32 5 32 152 59 12 44 14 8 139 71 67 7 3 4
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 BAL AL 24 34 65% 65% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 25 9 67% 78% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BOS AL 30 1127 54% 74% 25% 89 90% 0 30 20 3 7 61 43 14 1 5 5 0 5 0 4 6 4 0 4 1 1 0 2 100%
1968 BOS AL 31 228 53% 75% 24% 17 76% 0 4 4 0 0 10 8 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 32 18 50% 83% 39% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1416 54% 74% 25% 108 87% 0 34 24 3 7 72 52 15 2 5 8 0 7 1 7 7 5 0 5 1 1 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 BOS AL 31 13 69% 77% 46% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 69% 77% 46% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

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