Buddy Kerr
John Joseph Kerr
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 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
Final Game: September 30, 1951
Died: November 7, 2006 in New York, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1943 20 NYG NL 27 110 98 14 28 3 0 2 12 1 8 5 .286 .352 .378 .729 110 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 97 212 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 87 168 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 39 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

Advanced Batting

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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 90 .286 .286 .266 .352 .335 .378 .361 .729 .695 110 .583 1.3 0.1 .667 .184 .092 1.3
1944 21 NYG NL 598 426 66 4.2 94 .270 .266 .268 .316 .335 .387 .376 .703 .711 97 .496 -3.1 -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 .264 .324 .339 .338 .369 .662 .708 87 .447 -8.3 -0.9 .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 .484 -10.1 -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 -24.3 -2.4 .542 .179 .048 .0
1949 26 NYG NL 250 182 14 2.1 104 .234 .209 .270 .284 .344 .227 .405 .511 .749 39 .188 -19.0 -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 -12.8 -1.3 .437 .169 .041 .0
9 Seasons 4056 2897 372 3.4 99 .263 .249 .269 .312 .341 .328 .390 .640 .731 76 .389 -123.3 -12.4 .557 .179 .079 34.1
162 Game Avg. 616 440 56 3.4 99 .263 .249 .269 .312 .341 .328 .390 .640 .731 76 .389 -123.3 -12.4 .557 .179 .079 5
NYG (7 yrs) 3285 2323 314 3.6 99 .268 .256 .270 .317 .343 .337 .387 .654 .730 80 .418 -84.9 -8.6 .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

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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

Cumulative Batting

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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 .729 110 37 2 2 2
1944 21 177 708 646 82 174 34 4 11 75 15 45 37 .269 .322 .385 .707 99 249 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 87 802 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

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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 21 156 614 572 73 155 33 4 10 68 15 39 33 .271 .321 .395 .716 72 150
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 93 253 229 17 48 4 0 0 20 0 22 24 .210 .285 .227 .512 15 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 403 952 152 25 33 356 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

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 (829th)

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 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1447), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Mark Lemke (963)
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  5. Mickey Owen (959)
  6. Kurt Stillwell (959)
  7. Eddie Kasko (958)
  8. Billy Gardner (958)
  9. Heinie Wagner (954)
  10. Jose Pagan (953)
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  3. Granny Hamner (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Granny Hamner (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frankie Gustine (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy McMillan (967)  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 (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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