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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
2	4 (1)	Apr 16 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,5-10	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
3	5	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
4	10 (4)	Apr 24	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
5	11	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
6	12	Apr 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
7	13	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
8	14	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
9	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
10	16	Apr 30 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
11	17	Apr 30 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
13	19	May 3	BAL	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
14	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
15	23 (2)	May 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,13-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
16	24	May 10	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-10	GS	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B SS
17	25	May 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
18	26	May 12	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
19	27	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	28	May 14 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	63	14.2	3	7	1	11	0	SS
21	29	May 14 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	30	May 15	BAL		DET	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
23	31	May 16	BAL		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	32	May 17	BAL		DET	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
25	33	May 19	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	34	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
27	35	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
28	36	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
29	37	May 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
30	38	May 23	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
31	39	May 24 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
32	40	May 24 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
33	41	May 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
34	42	May 27	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
35	43	May 28	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
36	44	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	3	2B
37	45	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
38	46	May 31	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
40	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
41	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	2	1	6	0	2B
42	50	Jun 5	BAL		LAA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
43	51	Jun 6 (1)	BAL		LAA	L,3-7	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B SS
44	52	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	53	Jun 7	BAL		LAA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
46	54	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
47	56 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	59 (2)	Jun 13	BAL		WSA	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
49	60	Jun 14	BAL		WSA	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
50	61	Jun 15	BAL		WSA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
51	62	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
52	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
53	64	Jun 18 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	4	2	0	6	0	2B
54	65	Jun 18 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
55	66	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
56	67	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	GS	29	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
57	68	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
58	69	Jun 23	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-6	GS	31	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
59	70	Jun 24	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	73 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
61	74	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	77 (2)	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,8-11	GF	21	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	SS
63	83 (5)	Jul 7 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
64	84	Jul 7 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	85	Jul 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
66	86	Jul 9	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
67	87	Jul 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
68	88	Jul 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 2B
69	89	Jul 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 3B
70	90	Jul 16	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
71	91	Jul 17	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
72	92	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
73	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
74	94	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	L,8-15	GS	33	6.1	4	0	0	4	0	2B
75	95	Jul 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
76	96	Jul 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	20	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
77	97	Jul 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
78	98	Jul 25	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
79	99	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
80	101 (1)	Jul 27	BAL		BOS	W,8-5	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
81	102	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
82	103	Jul 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
83	105 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PR SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	106	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
85	107	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
86	109 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
87	110	Aug 4 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
88	111	Aug 5	BAL		LAA	L,2-4	GS	38	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	SS
89	112	Aug 7	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
90	113	Aug 8 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	7	0	9	4	SS
91	116 (2)	Aug 10	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
92	119 (2)	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
93	120	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
94	122 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
95	123	Aug 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	124	Aug 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
97	125	Aug 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
98	126	Aug 20	BAL	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
99	127	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
100	128	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS	24	5.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
101	129	Aug 24	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-5	GS	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
102	130	Aug 25	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	131	Aug 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	132	Aug 27	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
105	133	Aug 28	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
106	134	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
107	135	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	GF	11	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
108	136	Aug 30	BAL	@	LAA	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	137	Sep 1	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
110	138	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
111	139	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
112	140	Sep 3	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
113	141	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
114	142	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
115	143	Sep 5	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
116	144	Sep 7	BAL		WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
117	145	Sep 8 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
118	146	Sep 8 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
119	147	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
120	148	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
121	149	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
122	150	Sep 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
123	151	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
124	152	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS 2B
125	153	Sep 19 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
126	154	Sep 19 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
127	155	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
128	156	Sep 21	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	GS	19	5.2	1	1	1	3	1	2B
129	161 (4)	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR SS
130	162	Sep 29	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
131	163	Sep 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
							136gm		1008.0	259	299	11	569	62