Buddy Kerr

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: November 6, 1922 in Astoria, NY us

Died: November 7, 2006 in New York, NY

Buried: Cremated

High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)

Debut: September 8, 1943 (Age 20-306d, 9,508th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1951 (Age 28-328d)
vs. NYG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: John Joseph Kerr

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

3631

903

.249

378

RBI

333

OBP

.312

SLG

.328

OPS

.640

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-38 / in Starts: 26-30
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	57 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 200 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	138 (75-44-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 200 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	130 (68-41-20)

Most Driven In
S Gordon	6
W Cooper	3
E St. Claire	2
B Elliott	2
S Sisti	1
Self	1
B Addis	1
W Marshall	1

Most Driven In By
E Torgeson	4
S Jethroe	4
B Addis	2
L MÃ¡rquez	2
Self	1
B Elliott	1
R Hartsfield	1
W Spahn	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	999	3 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.35	-0.009	.90	-0.01%	-0.10	SS
2	1000	4	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,13-12	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	2.22	0.074	5.33	0.11%	0.37	SS
3	1001	6 (1)	Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8						SS
4	1002	8 (1)	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-12	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.73	-0.062	5.17	-0.11%	0.03	SS
5	1003	9	Apr 24	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.750	1.194	8	1.38	0.090	3.69	0.14%	1.13	SS
6	1004	10	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.583	.800	1.383	8	.90	0.050	2.61	0.09%	0.53	SS
7	1005	11	Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-0	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.750	1.321	8	1.33	-0.006	3.74	-0.01%	0.03	SS
8	1006	12	Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.375	.444	.563	1.007	8	.61	0.014	1.88	0.03%	-0.24	SS
9	1007	13	Apr 28	BSN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.429	.526	.955	8	.96	0.042	3.35	0.09%	0.31	SS
10	1008	14	Apr 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.318	.375	.455	.830	8	.72	-0.013	2.76	-0.03%	-0.20	SS
11	1009	15	Apr 29 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,9-10	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.360	.429	.480	.909	8	.90	0.117	3.56	0.28%	1.23	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1010	16	May 1	BSN		STL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.419	.464	.884	8	.59	-0.004	2.28	-0.01%	0.13	SS
13	1011	17	May 2	BSN		STL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.355	.412	.484	.896	8	1.13	0.018	4.05	0.04%	0.55	SS
14	1012	18	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.395	.457	.852	8	.54	-0.049	1.98	-0.11%	-0.40	SS
15	1013	19	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,9-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.405	.432	.837	8	.73	0.028	2.51	0.06%	0.14	SS
16	1014	20	May 5	BSN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.422	.436	.858	8	.99	0.019	3.53	0.04%	0.09	SS
17	1015	21	May 6 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.388	.395	.783	8	.45	-0.042	1.58	-0.09%	-0.86	SS
18	1016	22	May 6 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.385	.378	.762	8	1.01	-0.007	3.85	-0.02%	0.06	SS
19	1017	23	May 8	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.277	.370	.362	.732	8	1.73	-0.086	5.83	-0.17%	-0.68	SS
20	1018	24	May 9	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.351	.340	.691	8	.32	-0.023	1.16	-0.05%	-0.65	SS
21	1019	25	May 10	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.344	.333	.678	8	1.11	-0.067	4.32	-0.16%	-0.75	SS
22	1020	26	May 12	BSN		BRO	T,5-5	CG(12)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.276	.354	.345	.699	8	1.11	0.136	4.47	0.33%	0.48	SS
23	1021	27	May 13	BSN		BRO	L,6-12	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.345	.708	8	.43	0.017	1.70	0.04%	0.37	SS
24	1022	31 (3)	May 18	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.366	.339	.705	8	.36	0.062	1.01	0.11%	0.58	SS
25	1023	33 (1)	May 20 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.365	.338	.703	8	.75	0.034	2.81	0.08%	0.31	SS
26	1024	35 (1)	May 22	BSN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.279	.372	.353	.725	8	.83	0.146	2.40	0.25%	1.52	SS
27	1025	36	May 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.366	.338	.704	8	.81	0.032	2.60	0.06%	0.06	SS
28	1026	37	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.353	.324	.677	8	1.19	-0.098	4.02	-0.20%	-0.93	SS
29	1027	38	May 26	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.353	.324	.677	8						SS
30	1028	39	May 28	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.337	.308	.645	8	.34	-0.035	1.01	-0.06%	-0.68	SS
31	1029	40	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.337	.309	.646	8	1.35	0.005	4.68	0.01%	0.03	SS
32	1030	41	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.247	.340	.306	.646	8	.61	-0.012	1.84	-0.02%	-0.22	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1031	42	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.340	.299	.639	8	1.96	0.053	6.21	0.10%	0.16	SS
34	1032	43	Jun 2	BSN		CHC	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.330	.289	.619	8	.33	-0.025	1.15	-0.05%	-0.34	SS
35	1033	44	Jun 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.330	.290	.621	8	1.63	-0.121	5.18	-0.23%	-0.67	SS
36	1034	45	Jun 3 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.321	.281	.602	8	.99	-0.067	2.68	-0.11%	-0.62	SS
37	1035	46	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	L,7-10	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.325	.273	.597	8	.44	-0.021	1.06	-0.03%	0.35	SS
38	1036	47	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.325	.267	.592	8	.47	-0.030	.86	-0.03%	-0.06	SS
39	1037	48	Jun 6	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.210	.314	.257	.571	8	.82	-0.041	1.36	-0.04%	-1.38	SS
40	1038	49	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.315	.259	.574	8	.89	0.089	1.60	0.10%	1.36	SS
41	1039	50	Jun 8	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.307	.252	.559	8	1.41	-0.139	3.00	-0.18%	-1.00	SS
42	1040	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.204	.313	.248	.561	8	.83	-0.039	1.56	-0.04%	0.01	SS
43	1041	52	Jun 10	BSN		STL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.306	.241	.547	8	.87	-0.068	1.91	-0.09%	-0.46	SS
44	1042	53	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,13-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.295	.231	.526	8	.28	-0.036	.50	-0.04%	-1.71	SS
45	1043	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.298	.230	.527	8	.92	0.000	1.70	0.00%	-0.03	SS
46	1044	59 (4)	Jun 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.299	.226	.524	8	1.40	-0.025	2.06	-0.02%	-0.43	SS
47	1045	63 (3)	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	5-GF(14)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.304	.234	.538	1	.97	0.016	1.17	0.01%	0.17	SS
48	1046	65 (1)	Jun 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.300	.231	.531	8	.78	-0.038	.80	-0.02%	-0.39	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	1047	68 (2)	Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	1-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.189	.301	.227	.528	3	.60	-0.041	.69	-0.03%	-0.47	SS
50	1048	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.301	.227	.528	1						SS
51	1049	71	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.303	.226	.529	8	.68	0.014	.42	0.01%	0.15	SS
52	1050	72	Jul 5	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.300	.219	.519	8	1.46	-0.125	.65	-0.03%	-1.14	SS
53	1051	74 (1)	Jul 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.298	.217	.516	8	5.18	0.133	1.99	0.03%	0.04	SS
54	1052	75	Jul 8	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.298	.217	.516	8						2B
55	1053	76	Jul 13	BSN		CIN	L,0-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.298	.217	.516	8						2B
56	1054	78 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-0	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.296	.216	.512	8	.72	-0.020	.13	0.00%	-0.22	2B
57	1055	89 (10)	Jul 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.293	.213	.505	1	.60	-0.036	.19	-0.01%	-1.04	2B
58	1056	92 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.293	.213	.505	1						2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	1057	142 (49)	Sep 15	BSN	@	STL	L,1-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.293	.213	.505	4						PR
60	1058	146 (3)	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.289	.210	.499	8	1.24	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.57	SS
61	1059	147	Sep 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.294	.218	.512	8	1.33	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.24	SS
62	1060	148	Sep 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.295	.220	.515	8	1.73	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.32	SS
63	1061	149	Sep 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.288	.214	.502	8	1.38	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.87	SS
64	1062	150	Sep 25 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.298	.241	.539	8	.54	0.084	.00	0.00%	2.43	SS
65	1063	151	Sep 25 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,14-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.198	.297	.241	.538	8	.34	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.46	SS
66	1064	152	Sep 26	BSN		BRO	L,5-15	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.293	.236	.529	8	.61	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.89	SS
67	1065	153	Sep 27	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.288	.232	.520	8	1.48	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.85	SS
68	1066	154	Sep 29	BSN		NYG	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.285	.229	.514	8	.80	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.32	SS
69	1067	155	Sep 30	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.282	.227	.509	8	.47	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.19	SS
							30-38		200	172	18	32	4	0	1	18	22	1	20	1	5		6	3	0	0	.186	.282	.227	.509		.93	-0.415	2.06	-0.02%	-5.32

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