Buddy Kerr

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: November 6, 1922 in Astoria, NY us

Died: November 7, 2006 in New York, NY

Buried: Cremated

High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)

Debut: September 8, 1943 (Age 20-306d, 9,508th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1951 (Age 28-328d)
vs. NYG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: John Joseph Kerr

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

3631

903

.249

378

RBI

333

OBP

.312

SLG

.328

OPS

.640

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	GF	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	4	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,13-12	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
3	6 (1)	Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
4	8 (1)	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	35	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
5	9	Apr 24	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
6	10	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
7	11	Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	12	Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	13	Apr 28	BSN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
10	14	Apr 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
11	15	Apr 29 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,9-10	GS	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16	May 1	BSN		STL	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	17	May 2	BSN		STL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
14	18	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
15	19	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
16	20	May 5	BSN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
17	21	May 6 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
18	22	May 6 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
19	23	May 8	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	24	May 9	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	25	May 10	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	26	May 12	BSN		BRO	T,5-5	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
23	27	May 13	BSN		BRO	L,6-12	GS	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
24	31 (3)	May 18	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
25	33 (1)	May 20 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
26	35 (1)	May 22	BSN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
27	36	May 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
28	37	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
29	39 (1)	May 28	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
30	40	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	41	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	42	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
33	43	Jun 2	BSN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
34	44	Jun 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
35	45	Jun 3 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
36	46	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
37	47	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	53	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
38	48	Jun 6	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	49	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
40	50	Jun 8	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
41	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
42	52	Jun 10	BSN		STL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
43	53	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,13-3	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
44	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	59 (4)	Jun 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
46	63 (3)	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	45	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	65 (1)	Jun 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	68 (2)	Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	GF	41	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
49	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	GF	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
50	71	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
51	72	Jul 5	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
52	74 (1)	Jul 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	GF	13	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	SS
53	75	Jul 8	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
54	76	Jul 13	BSN		CIN	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
55	78 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-0	GS	16	5.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
56	89 (10)	Jul 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	23	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
57	92 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	146 (53)	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
59	147	Sep 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	148	Sep 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
61	149	Sep 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	150	Sep 25 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	151	Sep 25 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
64	152	Sep 26	BSN		BRO	L,5-15	GS	43	8.0	3	4	2	9	1	SS
65	153	Sep 27	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
66	154	Sep 29	BSN		NYG	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	155	Sep 30	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
							68gm		512.0	115	177	9	301	34