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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	0	0	1	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,7-10	GS	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 28 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 28 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 5 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
17	17	May 5 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
20	20	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	21	May 11	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
22	22	May 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	2	1	5	1
23	23	May 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	24	May 13	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
25	25	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-19	CG	54	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
27	27	May 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
28	28	May 19 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 22	NYG		STL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	30	May 23	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
32	32	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	33	May 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
35	35	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
36	36	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
41	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	4	3	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-10	CG	54	11.2	2	2	1	5	0
45	45	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
48	48	Jun 9 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
49	49	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	52	Jun 15	NYG		STL	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
53	53	Jun 16 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
54	54	Jun 16 (2)	NYG		STL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 18	NYG		CIN	L,0-10	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 19	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,5-8	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
60	60	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,15-10	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
61	61	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 25	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.2	1	3	0	4	1
65	65	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
66	66	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
67	67	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	9.1	2	4	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	72 (1)	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	73	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
73	74	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
74	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
75	76	Jul 12 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	77	Jul 12 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	78	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	79	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	80	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
81	82	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	83	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
84	85	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
85	86	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	87	Jul 24	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
87	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	7	0	12	0
89	90	Jul 26	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
90	91	Jul 27 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
91	92	Jul 27 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
92	93	Jul 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
93	94	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
94	95	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
95	96	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
96	97	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
98	99	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	100	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
100	110 (9)	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
101	111	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	112	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
103	113	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
104	114	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	115	Aug 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	42	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
106	116	Aug 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
107	117	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
108	118	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
109	119	Aug 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
110	120	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
111	121	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,8-13	CG	43	8.0	4	6	0	10	0
112	122	Aug 28 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
113	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
114	124	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
115	125	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	126	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
117	127	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	128	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	129	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
120	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	131	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
122	132	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	133	Sep 6	NYG		PHI	W,16-2	GS	18	4.0	1	5	0	6	1
124	134	Sep 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	135	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	48	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
126	136	Sep 9	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	2	3	0	5	1
127	137	Sep 10	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	138	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	139	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
130	140	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
131	141	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
132	142	Sep 14	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
133	143	Sep 15 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
134	144	Sep 15 (2)	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
135	145	Sep 17	NYG		STL	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
136	146	Sep 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
137	147	Sep 19	NYG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
138	148	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	149	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	150	Sep 25	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	7	6	0	13	1
141	151	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-8	CG	50	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
142	152	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
143	153	Sep 28	NYG		PHI	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
144	154	Sep 29	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							144gm		1236.0	264	428	14	706	68