Jerry Adair

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: December 17, 1936 in Sand Springs, OK us

Died: May 31, 1987 in Tulsa, OK

Buried: Woodland Memorial Park, Sand Springs, OK

High School: Sapulpa HS (Sapulpa, OK)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1958 (Age 21-259d, 11,571st in major league history)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 3, 1970 (Age 33-137d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Kenneth Jerry Adair

Nicknames: Casper the Friendly Ghost

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.4

4019

1022

.254

378

RBI

366

OBP

.292

SLG

.347

OPS

.639

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 17)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	22 (21)	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
2	23	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	3	5	1	9	2	2B
3	24	May 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	26 (1)	May 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
5	30 (3)	May 20 (1)	BAL		DET	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	2B
6	31	May 20 (2)	BAL		DET	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
7	32	May 21	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
8	33	May 22	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
9	34	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
10	35	May 25	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
11	36	May 26	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
12	37	May 27	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	52 (14)	Jun 8 susp	BAL		WSA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox
14	54	Jun 13 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
15	55	Jun 13 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B SS
16	56	Jun 14	CHW		CAL	L,4-10	GS	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B SS
17	57	Jun 15	CHW		KCA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
18	58	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	59	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
20	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
21	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
22	62	Jun 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	63	Jun 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
24	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	2B
25	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
26	67 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
27	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
28	69	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
29	70	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
30	71	Jun 28	CHW		WSA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	72	Jun 29	CHW		WSA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	73	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	45	13.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B SS
33	74	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
34	75	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B SS
35	76	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
36	77	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
37	78	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
38	79	Jul 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
39	80	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
40	81	Jul 7	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
41	82	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
42	83	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
43	84	Jul 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
44	85	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
45	86	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
46	87	Jul 14	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
47	88	Jul 15	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	89	Jul 16	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
49	90	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
50	91	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
51	92	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	93	Jul 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
53	94	Jul 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	6	1	12	1	SS
54	95	Jul 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
55	96	Jul 22	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	97	Jul 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
57	98	Jul 24	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
58	99	Jul 26	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
59	100	Jul 27	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	101	Jul 28	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
61	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
62	103	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
63	104	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	105	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	107	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
67	108	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS 2B
68	109	Aug 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
69	110	Aug 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
70	111	Aug 7	CHW	@	CAL	W,9-8	GS	47	10.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS 2B
71	115 (3)	Aug 12	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	116	Aug 13	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	117	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,4-0	GS	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B SS
74	118	Aug 14 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
75	119	Aug 15	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B SS
76	120	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	GS	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS 2B
77	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,4-2	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
78	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
79	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
80	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	0	8	1	9	1	SS
81	125	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
82	126	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS 2B
83	127	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	42	12.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS 2B
84	128	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
85	129	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
86	130	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B SS
87	131	Aug 27	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	GS	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B SS
88	132	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	61	15.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
89	133	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
90	134	Aug 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
91	135	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
92	136	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
93	137	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	GS	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	138	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
95	139	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	W,9-8	CG	45	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
96	140	Sep 3	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
97	141	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-8	GS	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS 2B
98	142	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS 2B
99	143	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	47	11.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS 2B
100	144	Sep 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
101	145	Sep 9	CHW		WSA	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	3	5	0	8	4	SS
102	146	Sep 10	CHW		WSA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
103	147	Sep 11	CHW		WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
104	148	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
105	149	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	150	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
107	151	Sep 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
108	152	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
109	153	Sep 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
110	154	Sep 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
111	155	Sep 23	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
112	156	Sep 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
113	157	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
114	158	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	2	3	1	6	1	SS
115	159	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
116	160	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
117	161	Sep 30	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
118	162	Oct 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							138gm		1031.0	228	361	14	603	61