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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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

3631

903

.249

378

RBI

333

OBP

.312

SLG

.328

OPS

.640

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
6	6	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	47	11.1	2	2	1	5	1
7	7	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
8	8	Apr 29	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,26-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	CG	35	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
12	12	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
13	13	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 5	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
17	17	May 7 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	18	May 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
19	19	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
20	20	May 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
21	21	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
22	22	May 14 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	41	9.2	4	3	1	8	1
23	23	May 14 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
24	24	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
25	25	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
26	26	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
27	27	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
28	28	May 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	2	6	2	10	0
29	34 (5)	May 28 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
30	35	May 29	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	4	0	11	2
31	36	May 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
33	38	May 31	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	39	Jun 1	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
35	40	Jun 2	NYG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
36	41	Jun 3	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	4	4	0	8	0
37	42	Jun 4 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	43	Jun 4 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
39	44	Jun 7	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
40	45	Jun 8	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
41	46	Jun 11 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
42	47	Jun 11 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	2	4	0	6	2
43	48	Jun 12	NYG		BRO	W,15-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
44	49	Jun 13	NYG		BRO	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
45	50	Jun 15	NYG		BRO	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	3	10	0
46	51	Jun 17 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
47	52	Jun 17 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
48	53	Jun 18 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-2	GF	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	54	Jun 18 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	55	Jun 19	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
51	56	Jun 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	4	6	0	10	1
52	57	Jun 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	58	Jun 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	60 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-5	GS	27	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	61	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
56	62	Jun 28	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
57	63	Jun 29	NYG	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG	18	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
58	64	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
59	65	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	66	Jul 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	67	Jul 2 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	68	Jul 2 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
63	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	29	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
65	71	Jul 5	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	72	Jul 6	NYG	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
67	73	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	74	Jul 7 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
69	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
70	76	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	77	Jul 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	78	Jul 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
73	79	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	80	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
75	81	Jul 16 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
76	82	Jul 16 susp	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	83	Jul 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
78	84	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
79	85	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-6	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	86	Jul 21	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
81	87	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
82	88	Jul 23 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	89	Jul 23 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
84	90	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
85	91	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	L,0-15	CG	51	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
86	92	Jul 26	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
87	93	Jul 28	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
88	94	Jul 29 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
89	95	Jul 29 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	50	11.0	1	8	0	9	1
90	96	Jul 30 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
91	97	Jul 30 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	98	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	1	9	1	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	99	Aug 1	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
94	100	Aug 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
95	101	Aug 5	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
96	102	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
97	103	Aug 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
98	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	105	Aug 9	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
100	106	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	107	Aug 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,8-12	GS	35	6.2	2	4	0	6	1
102	108	Aug 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	109	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
104	110	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
105	111	Aug 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
106	112	Aug 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	113	Aug 16	NYG	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	114	Aug 17	NYG	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
109	115	Aug 18	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
110	116	Aug 19	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
111	117	Aug 20 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
112	118	Aug 20 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
113	119	Aug 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
114	120	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	121	Aug 25	NYG		BRO	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	122	Aug 26	NYG		BRO	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
117	123	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
118	124	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
119	125	Aug 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
120	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	127	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
122	128	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
123	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
124	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
125	131	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
126	132	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-14	CG	47	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
127	133	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
128	134	Sep 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
129	135	Sep 10	NYG		BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
130	136	Sep 14	NYG		PHI	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
131	137	Sep 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
132	138	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
133	139	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	43	9.1	3	2	0	5	0
134	140	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
135	141	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	142	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,8-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
137	143	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
138	144	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
139	145	Sep 23	NYG		PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	13.0	2	4	1	7	0
140	146	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
141	147	Sep 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	10	1	13	2
142	148	Sep 25	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
143	149	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
144	150	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	8	2	10	2
145	151	Sep 27	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
146	152	Sep 28	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
147	153	Sep 29	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
148	154	Oct 1 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	50	13.0	3	3	0	6	2
149	155	Oct 1 (2)	NYG		STL	L,6-10	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
							149gm		1295.0	328	507	40	875	81