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 HS (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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1943	NYG	NL	20	SS	27	27	27		157	60	90	7	10	.955		5.56	.954		5.30
1944	NYG	NL	21	SS	149	148	145		875	328	507	40	81	.954		5.60	.954		5.41
1945	NYG	NL	22	SS	148	148	145		880	333	515	32	81	.964		5.73	.947		5.26	MVP-21
1946	NYG	NL	23	SS	126	125	119		652	240	400	12	66	.982		5.08	.957		5.15	MVP-11
1946	NYG	NL	23	3B	18	18	17		54	24	28	2	2	.963		2.89	.952		3.08	MVP-11
1947	NYG	NL	24	SS	138	137	131		748	270	461	17	77	.977		5.30	.963		5.11
1948	NYG	NL	25	SS	143	140	129		750	269	456	25	72	.967		5.07	.959		4.98	AS
1949	NYG	NL	26	SS	89	69	50		364	125	224	15	33	.959		3.92	.961		5.04
1950	BSN	NL	27	SS	155	155	128	1318.2	809	310	471	28	97	.965	5.33	5.04	.961	5.22	5.16
1951	BSN	NL	28	SS	63	56	40	497.0	292	110	173	9	31	.969	5.12	4.49	.955	4.89	4.87
1951	BSN	NL	28	2B	5	1	0	15.0	9	5	4	0	3	1.000	5.40	1.80	.976	5.70	5.68
	9 Seasons			SS	1038	1005	914	1815.2	5527	2045	3297	185	548	.967	5.27	5.15	.957	5.13	5.15
	1 Season			3B	18	18	17		54	24	28	2	2	.963		2.89	.952		3.08
	1 Season			2B	5	1	0	15.0	9	5	4	0	3	1.000	5.40	1.80	.976	5.70	5.68
	9 Seasons			TOT	1061	1024	931	1830.2	5590	2074	3329	187	553	.967	5.28	5.09	.957	5.13	5.12

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1943	NYG	NL	20	SS
1944	NYG	NL	21	SS
1945	NYG	NL	22	SS
1946	NYG	NL	23	SS
1946	NYG	NL	23	3B
1947	NYG	NL	24	SS
1948	NYG	NL	25	SS
1949	NYG	NL	26	SS
1950	BSN	NL	27	SS
1951	BSN	NL	28	SS
1951	BSN	NL	28	2B
	9 Seasons			SS
	1 Season			3B
	1 Season			2B
	9 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1943	NYG	NL	20	27	27	27	27	0	0	27	0	0
1944	NYG	NL	21	150	148	150	149	0	0	149	0	1
1945	NYG	NL	22	149	148	149	148	0	0	148	1	0
1946	NYG	NL	23	145	143	145	144	0	18	126	1	0
1947	NYG	NL	24	138	137	138	138	0	0	138	0	0
1948	NYG	NL	25	144	140	144	143	0	0	143	1	0
1949	NYG	NL	26	90	69	90	89	0	0	89	0	4
1950	BSN	NL	27	155	155	155	155	0	0	155	0	0
1951	BSN	NL	28	69	57	69	68	5	0	63	0	1
	9 Seasons			1067	1024	1067	1061	5	18	1038	3	6

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.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1948	NYG	NL	25	2122	66%	82%	26%	247	89%	1	109	60	43	6	180	141	33	1	2	8	0	5	3	6	30	7	3	7	6	1	25	11	14	4	3	1
1949	NYG	NL	26	1576	65%	84%	29%	167	90%	0	68	34	30	4	127	96	30	0	2	9	2	6	1	7	19	9	0	5	2	1	18	10	8	1	0	1
1950	BSN	NL	27	4554	67%	82%	26%	510	93%	4	235	127	91	17	391	292	91	1	6	20	0	18	2	17	81	29	4	25	7	8	76	34	41	3	2	1
1951	BSN	NL	28	2141	70%	84%	25%	221	92%	3	108	55	38	15	175	129	39	0	1	9	0	8	1	9	31	5	1	15	2	2	27	6	20	4	2	2
	4 Seasons			10393	67%	83%	26%	1145	91%	8	520	276	202	42	873	658	193	2	11	46	2	37	7	39	161	50	8	52	17	12	146	61	83	12	7	5
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1951	BSN	NL	28	60	63%	75%	27%	4	100%	0	5	2	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
	1 Season			60	63%	75%	27%	4	100%	0	5	2	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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)	Assists† s c a p y 1944 NL 507 (3rd) 1945 NL 515 (1st) 1946 NL 428 (3rd) 1947 NL 461 (1st) 1948 NL 456 (2nd) 1950 NL 471 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1944 NL 40 (2nd) 1945 NL 32 (5th) 1950 NL 28 (4th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1944 NL 149 (2nd) 1945 NL 148 (1st) 1946 NL 126 (4th) 1947 NL 138 (4th) 1948 NL 143 (4th) 1950 NL 155 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1944 NL 328 (2nd) 1945 NL 333 (1st) 1946 NL 240 (4th) 1947 NL 270 (3rd) 1948 NL 269 (2nd) 1950 NL 310 (2nd) Career 2,045 (99th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1944 NL 507 (2nd) 1945 NL 515 (1st) 1946 NL 400 (3rd) 1947 NL 461 (1st) 1948 NL 456 (2nd) 1950 NL 471 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1944 NL 40 (1st) 1945 NL 32 (3rd) 1947 NL 17 (5th) 1948 NL 25 (5th) 1950 NL 28 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1950 NL 5.33 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1944 NL 5.60 (2nd) 1945 NL 5.73 (1st) 1946 NL 5.08 (3rd) 1947 NL 5.30 (2nd) 1948 NL 5.07 (2nd) 1950 NL 5.04 (4th) Career 5.15 (49th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1944 NL .954 (4th) 1945 NL .964 (3rd) 1946 NL .982 (1st) 1947 NL .977 (2nd) 1948 NL .967 (2nd) 1950 NL .965 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1943 NL born 1922-11-06 (8th)

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