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Jerry Adair

Kenneth Jerry Adair (Casper the Friendly Ghost)

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 17, 1936 in Sand Springs, OK
High School: Sand Springs (Sand Springs, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1958
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedSox/WhiteSox/Royals 1958-1970

Final Game: May 3, 1970
Died: May 31, 1987 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs, OK
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 11:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1544. Matthew Joyce… #1545. Ollie Pickering… #1546. Emmett Seery… #1547. JERRY ADAIR… #1548. Don Wert… #1549. Frank Baumholtz… #1550. Russ Snyder… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 21 BAL AL 11 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .105 .150 .105 .255 -26 2 0 0 0 0 0 6/4
1959 22 BAL AL 12 36 35 3 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .314 .333 .371 .705 96 13 0 0 0 0 0 4/6
1960 23 BAL AL 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000 159 4 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1961 24 BAL AL 133 428 386 41 102 21 1 9 37 5 2 35 51 .264 .326 .394 .719 95 152 6 2 1 4 4 46/5
1962 25 BAL AL 139 574 538 67 153 29 4 11 48 7 7 27 77 .284 .319 .414 .734 102 223 15 2 4 3 1 *64/5
1963 26 BAL AL 109 401 382 34 87 21 3 6 30 3 3 9 51 .228 .246 .346 .592 67 132 17 2 3 5 2 4
1964 27 BAL AL 155 605 569 56 141 20 3 9 47 3 2 28 72 .248 .283 .341 .624 73 194 20 1 4 3 10 *4
1965 28 BAL AL 157 625 582 51 151 26 3 7 66 6 4 35 65 .259 .303 .351 .653 84 204 26 2 4 2 7 *4 MVP-17
1966 29 TOT AL 122 460 422 30 105 19 2 4 39 3 2 21 52 .249 .282 .332 .614 81 140 15 1 10 6 0 64
1966 29 BAL AL 17 58 52 3 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 .288 .333 .308 .641 87 16 1 0 1 1 0 4
1966 29 CHW AL 105 402 370 27 90 18 2 4 36 3 2 17 44 .243 .275 .335 .610 80 124 14 1 9 5 0 64
1967 30 TOT AL 117 443 414 47 112 17 1 3 35 1 5 17 52 .271 .302 .338 .640 85 140 15 3 6 3 0 456 MVP-15
1967 30 CHW AL 28 106 98 6 20 4 0 0 9 0 1 4 17 .204 .240 .245 .485 49 24 5 1 2 1 0 4
1967 30 BOS AL 89 337 316 41 92 13 1 3 26 1 4 13 35 .291 .321 .367 .688 96 116 10 2 4 2 0 564
1968 31 BOS AL 74 224 208 18 45 1 0 2 12 0 0 9 28 .216 .252 .250 .502 48 52 10 1 6 0 2 64/53
1969 32 KCR AL 126 461 432 29 108 9 1 5 48 1 3 20 36 .250 .285 .310 .596 67 134 24 3 2 4 4 *4/65
1970 33 KCR AL 7 33 27 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 .148 .281 .148 .429 23 4 1 0 1 0 1 /4
13 Seasons 1165 4315 4019 378 1022 163 19 57 366 29 29 208 499 .254 .292 .347 .639 80 1394 149 17 41 30 31
162 Game Avg. 162 600 559 53 142 23 3 8 51 4 4 29 69 .254 .292 .347 .639 80 194 21 2 6 4 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BAL (9 yrs) 736 2752 2568 257 663 118 15 43 234 24 18 140 336 .258 .297 .366 .663 84 940 85 9 17 18 24
KCR (2 yrs) 133 494 459 29 112 9 1 5 49 1 4 25 39 .244 .285 .301 .586 64 138 25 3 3 4 5
BOS (2 yrs) 163 561 524 59 137 14 1 5 38 1 4 22 63 .261 .294 .321 .615 77 168 20 3 10 2 2
CHW (2 yrs) 133 508 468 33 110 22 2 4 45 3 3 21 61 .235 .268 .316 .584 74 148 19 2 11 6 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1958 21 BAL AL 20 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 6/4
1959 22 BAL AL 36 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 4/6
1960 23 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
1961 24 BAL AL 428 -5 0 0 0 10 4 12 20 2.0 11 1.1 0.9 $ 46/5
1962 25 BAL AL 573 -3 1 1 -1 -0 8 16 21 2.1 22 2.3 -0.2 $ *64/5
1963 26 BAL AL 401 -18 -1 -2 -4 2 3 11 -9 -1.2 -11 -1.2 0.0 $ 4
1964 27 BAL AL 605 -20 -2 -5 -3 14 4 17 5 0.2 -9 -0.9 1.1 $ *4
1965 28 BAL AL 625 -11 -1 3 -4 16 4 18 25 2.3 9 0.9 1.4 $ *4 MVP-17
1966 29 BAL AL 58 -1 0 -1 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $27,500 4
1966 29 CHW AL 402 -8 -2 0 -3 14 5 11 17 1.5 3 0.3 1.2 $ 64
1967 30 CHW AL 106 -6 0 0 -1 -2 1 3 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $31,250 4 MVP-15
1967 30 BOS AL 337 -1 -1 2 0 8 3 10 21 2.1 13 1.5 0.6 $ 564 MVP-15
1968 31 BOS AL 224 -12 0 -1 -1 -2 3 6 -8 -1.2 -5 -0.6 -0.6 $44,000 64/53
1969 32 KCR AL 461 -20 -1 1 -4 -2 3 13 -10 -1.3 -8 -0.9 -0.4 $44,000 *4/65
1970 33 KCR AL 33 -3 -1 0 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /4
13 Seasons 4314 -112 -8 -2 -21 54 38 122 70 5.0 17 1.7 3.3 $146,750
BAL (9 yrs) 2751 -62 -3 -4 -12 38 23 78 58 4.8 20 2.0 2.8 $27,500
KCR (2 yrs) 494 -23 -2 1 -4 -2 3 14 -13 -1.6 -11 -1.2 -0.4 $44,000
BOS (2 yrs) 561 -13 -1 1 -1 6 6 16 13 0.9 8 0.9 -0.0 $44,000
CHW (2 yrs) 508 -14 -2 0 -4 12 6 14 12 0.9 0 0.0 0.9 $31,250

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 30 BOS AL WS STL L 5 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .125 .118 .125 .243 2 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .125 .118 .125 .243 2 0 0 0 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 BAL AL 21 SS 10 30 10 19 1 3 .967 0 2.90 .964 4.91
1958 BAL AL 21 2B 1 6 1 4 1 2 .833 -0 5.00 .978 5.20
1959 BAL AL 22 2B 11 44 24 17 3 4 .932 1 3.73 .976 5.25
1959 BAL AL 22 SS 1 5 2 2 1 1 .800 -2 4.00 .960 4.80
1960 BAL AL 23 2B 3 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -0 2.33 .979 5.47
1961 BAL AL 24 2B 107 476 233 237 6 57 .987 8 4.39 .978 5.18
1961 BAL AL 24 SS 27 92 26 61 5 5 .946 1 3.22 .956 4.78
1961 BAL AL 24 3B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.50 .950 3.15
1962 BAL AL 25 SS 113 517 216 285 16 72 .969 -0 4.43 .962 4.83
1962 BAL AL 25 2B 34 160 79 77 4 17 .975 0 4.59 .980 5.24
1962 BAL AL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 3.10
1963 BAL AL 26 2B 103 518 242 268 8 67 .985 2 4.95 .980 5.09
1964 BAL AL 27 2B 153 822 395 422 5 107 .994 14 5.34 .980 5.16
1965 BAL AL 28 2B 157 853 395 446 12 99 .986 16 5.36 .978 5.06 MVP-17
1966 TOT AL 29 2B 63 52 38 451.2 249 119 125 5 26 .980 -2 -5 4.86 3.87 .975 57.79 5.09
1966 BAL AL 29 2B 13 13 13 115.1 65 30 33 2 7 .969 -1 -10 4.92 4.85 .975 57.78 5.09
1966 CHW AL 29 SS 75 63 53 579.1 354 109 236 9 35 .975 15 31 5.36 4.60 .960 0.00 4.78
1966 CHW AL 29 2B 50 39 25 336.1 184 89 92 3 19 .984 -1 -2 4.84 3.62 .975 57.79 5.09
1967 TOT AL 30 2B 50 44 38 411.1 210 103 102 5 31 .976 -1 -4 4.49 4.10 .979 0.00 4.96 MVP-15
1967 CHW AL 30 2B 27 24 22 228.1 133 70 61 2 21 .985 -2 -9 5.16 4.85 .979 0.00 4.96
1967 BOS AL 30 3B 35 33 23 269.0 105 34 66 5 8 .952 4 16 3.35 2.86 .955 0.00 3.14 MVP-15
1967 BOS AL 30 SS 30 25 20 224.0 106 38 68 0 12 1.000 4 21 4.26 3.53 .963 0.00 4.63 MVP-15
1967 BOS AL 30 2B 23 20 16 183.0 77 33 41 3 10 .961 0 3 3.64 3.22 .979 0.00 4.96
1968 BOS AL 31 SS 46 170 62 104 4 15 .976 0 3.61 .962 4.77
1968 BOS AL 31 2B 12 45 19 25 1 6 .978 -1 3.67 .977 5.08
1968 BOS AL 31 3B 7 16 4 9 3 1 .813 -2 1.86 .951 3.04
1968 BOS AL 31 1B 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 6.00 .988 9.50
1969 KCR AL 32 2B 109 492 223 261 8 41 .984 -1 4.44 .976 5.21
1969 KCR AL 32 SS 8 33 14 18 1 1 .970 -1 4.00 .966 4.96
1969 KCR AL 32 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 3.20
1970 KCR AL 33 2B 7 44 24 20 0 6 1.000 -0 6.29 .979 5.31
13 Seasons 2B 810 96 76 863.0 3926 1860 2008 58 465 .985 35 49 4.68 4.78 .978 30.25 5.13
8 Seasons SS 310 88 73 803.1 1307 477 793 37 144 .972 18 26 5.05 4.10 .961 0.00 4.79
5 Seasons 3B 46 33 23 269.0 122 38 76 8 9 .934 1 6 3.35 2.48 .955 0.00 3.13
1 Season 1B 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 6.00 .988 9.50
13 Seasons TOT 1167 217 172 1935.1 5361 2380 2878 103 618 .981 54 34 4.65 4.51 .974 13.49 4.96
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 AL (17, 2%)
1967 AL (15, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 AL  1.4 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 AL  157 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1965 AL  582 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1965 AL  26 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1965 AL  115 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 AL  10 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  10 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1963 AL  17 (7th)
1964 AL  20 (4th)
1965 AL  26 (1st)
1967 AL  15 (8th)
1969 AL  24 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1965 AL  467 (8th)

Assists† s c a p y
1965 AL  446 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1965 AL  16 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  153 (4th)
1965 AL  157 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  395 (2nd)
1965 AL  395 (1st)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  422 (2nd)
1965 AL  446 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (3rd)
1964 AL  14 (2nd)
1965 AL  16 (1st)
Career  35 (36th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1963 AL  5.14 (4th)
1964 AL  5.51 (3rd)
1965 AL  5.34 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1963 AL  4.95 (5th)
1964 AL  5.34 (2nd)
1965 AL  5.36 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1961 AL  .987 (2nd)
1963 AL  .985 (4th)
1964 AL  .994 (1st)
1965 AL  .986 (1st)
1969 AL  .984 (2nd)
Career  .985 (30th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1966 AL  15 (2nd)
1967 AL  4 (5th)
Career  18 (76th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.91 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1962 AL  .969 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ron Oester (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Oester (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196629Baltimore Orioles$27,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database3/19/66 TSN: $27,000
196730Chicago White Sox$31,250Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196831Boston Red Sox$44,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196932Kansas City Royals$44,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$146,750
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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