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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 NYG NL 20 SS 27 157 60 90 7 10 .955 5.56 .954 4.97
1944 NYG NL 21 SS 149 875 328 507 40 81 .954 5.60 .954 4.85
1945 NYG NL 22 SS 148 880 333 515 32 81 .964 5.73 .946 4.75 MVP-21
1946 NYG NL 23 SS 126 652 240 400 12 66 .982 5.08 .956 4.67 MVP-11
1946 NYG NL 23 3B 18 54 24 28 2 2 .963 2.89 .952 2.84 MVP-11
1947 NYG NL 24 SS 138 748 270 461 17 77 .977 5.30 .962 4.66
1948 NYG NL 25 SS 143 750 269 456 25 72 .967 5.07 .959 4.59 AS
1949 NYG NL 26 SS 89 364 125 224 15 33 .959 3.92 .961 4.70
1950 BSN NL 27 SS 155 809 310 471 28 97 .965 5.04 .961 4.74
1951 BSN NL 28 SS 63 292 110 173 9 31 .969 4.49 .954 4.47
1951 BSN NL 28 2B 5 9 5 4 0 3 1.000 1.80 .978 5.04
9 Seasons SS 1038 5527 2045 3297 185 548 .967 5.15 .956 4.70
1 Season 3B 18 54 24 28 2 2 .963 2.89 .952 2.84
1 Season 2B 5 9 5 4 0 3 1.000 1.80 .978 5.04
9 Seasons TOT 1061 5590 2074 3329 187 553 .967 5.09 .923 4.67

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 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1064), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Cesar Izturis (951)
  2. Heinie Wagner (949)
  3. Kurt Stillwell (949)
  4. Gary DiSarcina (949)
  5. Skeeter Newsome (945)
  6. Chick Galloway (943)
  7. Doc Lavan (940)
  8. Joe DeMaestri (938)
  9. Ricky Gutierrez (935)
  10. Johnny Rawlings (933)
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  1. Red Kress (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Speier (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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. Alfredo Griffin (954)  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Willard Marshall and Red Webb to the Boston Braves for Alvin Dark and Eddie Stanky.

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