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John Kerins

John Nelson Kerins

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 177 lb.

Born: July 15, 1858 in Indianapolis, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1884
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Hoosiers/Browns/Orioles 1884-1890

Final Game: June 15, 1890
Died: September 8, 1919 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1884 IND AA 25 1B 87 955 887 41 27 20 .972 10.67 .958 10.64
1884 IND AA 25 C 5 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.60 .912 7.44 7
1884 IND AA 25 OF 5 8 5 2 1 0 .875 1.40 .848 1.64 0-2-3
1884 IND AA 25 3B 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 .847 3.00
1885 LOU AA 26 1B 96 1050 966 28 56 47 .947 10.35 .966 10.63
1885 LOU AA 26 C 19 157 104 44 9 5 .943 7.79 .908 6.94 25
1885 LOU AA 26 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.87 0-0-3
1885 LOU AA 26 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .860 3.00
1886 LOU AA 27 C 65 690 487 157 46 12 .933 9.91 .910 7.19 83
1886 LOU AA 27 1B 47 530 495 19 16 25 .970 10.94 .968 10.27
1886 LOU AA 27 OF 7 15 8 2 5 0 .667 1.43 .877 1.79 2-2-3
1886 LOU AA 27 SS 1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 .853 4.60
1887 LOU AA 28 1B 74 735 695 18 22 26 .970 9.64 .971 9.88
1887 LOU AA 28 C 35 386 261 93 32 7 .917 10.11 .893 6.26 30
1887 LOU AA 28 OF 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .898 2.04 1-1-3
1888 LOU AA 29 OF 47 77 63 2 12 1 .844 1.38 .907 1.83 10-2-35
1888 LOU AA 29 C 33 343 245 63 35 4 .898 9.33 .914 7.13 32
1888 LOU AA 29 1B 4 35 31 0 4 0 .886 7.75 .976 10.65
1888 LOU AA 29 3B 2 7 3 3 1 1 .857 3.00 .867 3.45
1888 LOU AA 29 2B 1 7 2 2 3 0 .571 4.00 .916 5.60
1889 TOT AA 30 C 5 28 18 6 4 0 .857 4.80 .917 6.26 3
1889 TOT AA 30 OF 4 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.00 .904 2.00 0-2-2
1889 LOU AA 30 OF 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .905 2.00 0-0-2
1889 LOU AA 30 C 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 6.30 0
1889 BAL AA 30 1B 9 54 50 3 1 1 .981 5.89 .972 10.09
1889 BAL AA 30 C 4 27 18 5 4 0 .852 5.75 .917 6.25 3
1889 BAL AA 30 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .903 2.00 0-2-0
1889 BAL AA 30 SS 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .872 5.10
1890 STL AA 31 1B 17 186 170 10 6 12 .968 10.59 .973 10.30
1890 STL AA 31 C 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .925 6.50 0 1 0 0% 38%
7 Seasons 1B 334 3545 3294 119 132 131 .963 10.22 .966 10.38
7 Seasons C 163 1610 1120 363 127 28 .921 9.10 .907 6.92 180 1 0 0% 38%
6 Seasons OF 71 114 88 6 20 1 .825 1.32 .898 1.84 13-9-49
3 Seasons 3B 4 13 5 5 3 1 .769 2.50 .861 3.22
2 Seasons SS 2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 5.00 .861 4.85
1 Season 2B 1 7 2 2 3 0 .571 4.00 .916 5.60
7 Seasons TOT 575 5299 4512 502 285 161 .946 8.72 .946 8.27 13-9-49 180 1 0 0% 38%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1884 IND AA 25 94 94 0 5 87 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0
1885 LOU AA 26 112 112 0 19 96 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0
1886 LOU AA 27 120 120 0 65 47 0 0 1 2 2 3 7 0
1887 LOU AA 28 112 112 0 35 74 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0
1888 LOU AA 29 83 83 0 33 4 1 2 0 10 2 35 47 0
1889 BAL AA 30 16 16 0 4 9 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
1889 LOU AA 30 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1890 STL AA 31 18 18 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 557 557 0 163 334 1 4 2 13 9 49 71 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y
1885 AA  1,071 (3rd)
1887 AA  964 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1886 AA  487 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1886 AA  157 (1st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1886 AA  46 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1886 AA  83 (4th)
Career  180 (53rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1885 AA  96 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1885 AA  966 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1884 AA  41 (2nd)
1885 AA  28 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1885 AA  56 (1st)
Career  132 (73rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1884 AA  .972 (1st)

                           

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