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Buddy Kerr

John Joseph Kerr

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 6, 1922 in Astoria, NY
High School: George Washington (New York, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1943
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves 1943-1951

Final Game: September 30, 1951
Died: November 7, 2006 in New York, NY
Cremated
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1943 20 NYG NL 27 110 98 14 28 3 0 2 12 1 8 5 .286 .352 .378 .729 111 37 2 2 2 6
1944 21 NYG NL 150 598 548 68 146 31 4 9 63 14 37 32 .266 .316 .387 .703 98 212 14 3 10 *6
1945 22 NYG NL 149 605 546 53 136 20 3 4 40 5 41 34 .249 .304 .319 .623 72 174 11 2 16 *6 MVP-21
1946 23 NYG NL 145 571 497 50 124 20 3 6 40 7 53 31 .249 .324 .338 .662 88 168 10 2 19 *65 MVP-11
1947 24 NYG NL 138 596 547 73 157 23 5 7 49 2 36 49 .287 .331 .386 .717 89 211 12 0 13 *6
1948 25 NYG NL 144 555 496 41 119 16 4 0 46 9 56 36 .240 .317 .288 .605 64 143 7 0 3 *6 AS
1949 26 NYG NL 90 250 220 16 46 4 0 0 19 0 21 23 .209 .284 .227 .511 38 50 1 2 7 6
1950 27 BSN NL 155 571 507 45 115 24 6 2 46 0 50 50 .227 .296 .310 .606 64 157 21 0 14 *6
1951 28 BSN NL 69 200 172 18 32 4 0 1 18 0 0 22 20 .186 .282 .227 .509 43 39 2 1 5 6/4
9 Seasons 1067 4056 3631 378 903 145 25 31 333 38 0 324 280 .249 .312 .328 .640 76 1191 80 12 89
162 Game Avg. 162 616 551 57 137 22 4 5 51 6 49 43 .249 .312 .328 .640 76 181 12 2 14
NYG (7 yrs) 843 3285 2952 315 756 117 19 28 269 38 252 210 .256 .317 .337 .654 80 995 57 11 70
BSN (2 yrs) 224 771 679 63 147 28 6 3 64 0 0 72 70 .216 .293 .289 .581 59 196 23 1 19

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
1943 20 NYG NL 110 1 0 0 0 -2 2 3 4 0.5 6 0.7 -0.2 $ 6
1944 21 NYG NL 598 -3 1 0 0 2 10 19 29 2.9 27 2.9 0.0 $ *6
1945 22 NYG NL 605 -24 -1 0 0 4 10 19 8 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $ *6 MVP-21
1946 23 NYG NL 571 -9 -1 0 0 5 8 20 23 2.2 18 1.9 0.3 $ *65 MVP-11
1947 24 NYG NL 596 -6 1 0 0 4 9 20 28 2.8 24 2.5 0.3 $ *6
1948 25 NYG NL 555 -19 -1 0 0 1 9 20 10 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ *6 AS
1949 26 NYG NL 250 -18 -1 0 0 2 6 9 -2 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 6
1950 27 BSN NL 571 -24 -1 0 0 1 10 20 6 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ *6
1951 28 BSN NL 200 -13 0 0 0 0 4 7 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 6/4
9 Seasons 4056 -115 -3 0 0 17 68 137 104 9.9 87 9.2 0.7 $
NYG (7 yrs) 3285 -78 -2 0 0 16 54 110 100 9.7 84 8.9 0.8 $
BSN (2 yrs) 771 -37 -1 0 0 1 14 27 4 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1943 20 NYG NL 110 74 13 4.7 89 .286 .286 .265 .352 .333 .378 .359 .729 .693 111 .583 1.4 0.2 .667 .184 .092 1.3
1944 21 NYG NL 598 426 66 4.2 93 .270 .266 .267 .316 .334 .387 .375 .703 .709 98 .496 -2.5 -0.3 .639 .214 .120 11.0
1945 22 NYG NL 605 437 52 3.2 97 .260 .249 .274 .304 .344 .319 .379 .623 .723 72 .369 -21.4 -2.2 .527 .154 .070 4.4
1946 23 NYG NL 571 402 54 3.6 93 .257 .249 .262 .324 .338 .338 .368 .662 .706 88 .447 -7.8 -0.8 .601 .209 .089 6.5
1947 24 NYG NL 596 415 70 4.5 107 .305 .287 .275 .331 .351 .386 .408 .717 .759 89 .485 -10.2 -1.0 .619 .168 .099 3.1
1948 25 NYG NL 555 387 45 3.1 103 .259 .240 .270 .317 .345 .288 .400 .605 .744 64 .339 -24.4 -2.4 .542 .179 .048 .0
1949 26 NYG NL 250 182 14 2.1 105 .234 .209 .272 .284 .345 .227 .406 .511 .752 38 .188 -19.2 -1.9 .417 .114 .018
1950 27 BSN NL 571 427 47 2.9 103 .248 .227 .262 .296 .338 .310 .407 .606 .745 64 .295 -25.6 -2.5 .501 .181 .083 .0
1951 28 BSN NL 200 147 11 2.0 97 .205 .186 .259 .282 .332 .227 .392 .509 .724 43 .185 -12.9 -1.3 .437 .169 .041 .0
9 Seasons 4056 2897 372 3.4 99 .263 .249 .268 .312 .341 .328 .390 .640 .731 76 .389 -122.5 -12.3 .557 .179 .079 34.1
162 Game Avg. 616 440 56 3.4 99 .263 .249 .268 .312 .341 .328 .390 .640 .731 76 .389 -122.5 -12.3 .557 .179 .079 5
NYG (7 yrs) 3285 2323 314 3.6 99 .268 .256 .270 .317 .342 .337 .387 .654 .729 80 .418 -84.0 -8.5 .575 .179 .081 32.2
BSN (2 yrs) 771 574 58 2.7 101 .238 .216 .261 .293 .336 .289 .403 .581 .740 59 .269 -38.4 -3.8 .485 .178 .072 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 NYG NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1943 20 NYG NL 110 1.8% 4.6% 7.3% 4.6% 18% 0.63 19.6 49.0 8.2 83%
1944 21 NYG NL 598 1.5% 5.4% 6.2% 7.4% 30% 0.86 17.1 60.9 8.7 85%
1945 22 NYG NL 605 0.7% 5.6% 6.8% 4.5% 20% 0.83 16.1 136.5 13.7 84%
1946 23 NYG NL 571 1.1% 5.4% 9.3% 5.1% 23% 0.58 16.0 82.8 12.4 81%
1947 24 NYG NL 596 1.2% 8.2% 6.0% 5.9% 22% 1.36 11.2 78.1 11.2 82%
1948 25 NYG NL 555 0.0% 6.5% 10.1% 3.6% 17% 0.64 13.8 10.8 83%
1949 26 NYG NL 250 0.0% 9.2% 8.4% 1.6% 9% 1.10 9.6 11.6 79%
1950 27 BSN NL 571 0.4% 8.8% 8.8% 5.6% 28% 1.00 10.1 253.5 11.0 0.83 80%
1951 28 BSN NL 200 0.5% 10.0% 11.0% 2.5% 16% 0.91 8.6 172.0 9.6 0.61 76%
9 Seasons 4056 0.8% 6.9% 8.0% 5.0% 22% 0.86 13.0 117.1 10.9 0.76 82%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.4% 9.5% 6.1% 26% 0.99 9.5 59.0 8.4 0.94 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 20 NYG NL 1.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 21 NYG NL -2.5 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 22 NYG NL -21.4 -2.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 NYG NL -7.8 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 24 NYG NL -10.2 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 25 NYG NL -24.4 -2.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 26 NYG NL -19.2 -1.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 27 BSN NL -25.6 -2.5 467 -2.3 6.2 -8.5 .97 -1.9 -0.5 -23.8 -2.4 1.02 -21.7 0
1951 28 BSN NL -12.9 -1.3 200 -0.4 2.6 -3.0 .93 -0.8 0.4 -5.3 -0.6 0.98 -8.2 0
9 Seasons -122.5 -12.3 667 -2.7 8.7 -11.5 .96 -2.7 -0.2 -29.1 -3.0 1.01 -29.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 27 BSN NL 3 0 26% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 37% 19 13 6 2 1 1 9 5 4
1951 28 BSN NL 6 0 32% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44% 6 5 1 2 2 0 10 3 7
9 Seasons 9 0 29% 240 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 40% 25 18 7 4 3 1 19 8 11

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 27 BSN NL 454 36% 115 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 1 0 0 1 0 9 14 156% 95 21 22% 49 17 35% 339 39 12% 27 9 33% 13 7 54% 118
1951 28 BSN NL 199 34% 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 100% 51 2 4% 24 9 38% 138 19 14% 13 7 54% 8 5 63% 1
9 Seasons 653 35% 903 0 0 0 0 31 0 24 1 1 0 2 0 14 89 636% 146 80 55% 73 26 36% 477 58 12% 40 16 40% 21 12 57% 119
MLB Averages 51% 520% 52% 32% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 20 27 110 98 14 28 3 0 2 12 1 8 5 .286 .352 .378 .729 111 37 2 2 2
1944 21 177 708 646 82 174 34 4 11 75 15 45 37 .269 .322 .385 .707 100 249 16 5 12
1945 22 326 1313 1192 135 310 54 7 15 115 20 86 71 .260 .314 .355 .668 87 423 27 7 28
1946 23 471 1884 1689 185 434 74 10 21 155 27 139 102 .257 .317 .350 .667 87 591 37 9 47
1947 24 609 2480 2236 258 591 97 15 28 204 29 175 151 .264 .320 .359 .679 88 802 49 9 60
1948 25 753 3035 2732 299 710 113 19 28 250 38 231 187 .260 .320 .346 .666 83 945 56 9 63
1949 26 843 3285 2952 315 756 117 19 28 269 38 252 210 .256 .317 .337 .654 80 995 57 11 70
1950 27 998 3856 3459 360 871 141 25 30 315 38 302 260 .252 .314 .333 .647 77 1152 78 11 84
1951 28 1067 4056 3631 378 903 145 25 31 333 38 0 324 280 .249 .312 .328 .640 76 1191 80 12 89

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 20 28 115 104 16 31 3 0 2 14 1 9 5 .298 .365 .385 .750 15 27
1944 21 156 617 574 75 157 33 4 10 69 15 40 33 .274 .324 .397 .721 73 150
1945 22 156 613 569 54 140 21 3 4 41 5 42 36 .246 .300 .315 .615 53 149
1946 23 152 589 528 58 138 22 3 7 46 8 59 32 .261 .338 .354 .692 63 145
1947 24 144 605 568 73 160 23 5 7 49 2 37 51 .282 .326 .377 .702 70 138
1948 25 151 576 518 43 124 17 4 0 48 9 58 38 .239 .316 .288 .604 47 144
1949 26 93 250 227 16 46 4 0 0 18 0 21 24 .203 .276 .220 .496 14 90
1950 27 162 584 531 48 121 25 6 2 49 0 53 52 .228 .298 .309 .607 49 155
1951 28 72 205 180 21 35 4 0 1 21 0 24 21 .194 .293 .233 .526 12 69
9 Seasons 1114 4154 3799 404 952 152 25 33 355 40 343 292 .251 .315 .330 .644 396 1067
162 Game Avg. 162 604 552 59 138 22 4 5 52 6 50 42 .251 .315 .330 .644 58 1067

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (21, 2%)
1946 NL (11, 11%)
0.13 Career Shares (851st)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  145 (9th)
1950 NL  155 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (5th)
1948 NL  9 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1947 NL  122 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  16 (7th)
1946 NL  19 (2nd)
1947 NL  13 (3rd)
1950 NL  14 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (9th)
1950 NL  21 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1944 NL  11.0 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 NL  437 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1943 NL  born 1922-11-06 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1025), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Doc Lavan (940)
  7. Joe DeMaestri (938)
  8. Ricky Gutierrez (935)
  9. Cesar Izturis (935)
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  3. Granny Hamner (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Granny Hamner (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ozzie Guillen (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy McMillan (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roy McMillan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bucky Dent (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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