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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	29	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	T,6-6	GS	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
6	6	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
7	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,11-12	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYG		BRO	W,11-8	GS	37	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	GS	36	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-9	GS	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
14	14	May 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
15	15	May 3	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	16	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,11-4	CG	45	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
17	17	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 6	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
19	19	May 7	NYG		STL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	27 (7)	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	30 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	31	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	34 (2)	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	35	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	GS	28	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	37 (1)	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
26	39 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	GF	20	5.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	40	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	41	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	GF	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	42	Jun 1	NYG		CHC	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	0
30	43	Jun 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	44	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,15-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
32	45	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
33	46	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	47	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	4	1	6	1
35	48	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	49	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
37	50	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	51	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	52	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
40	53	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
41	54	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	55	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
43	58 (2)	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	59	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	48	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
45	60	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	61	Jun 23	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	62	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	63	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
49	64	Jun 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
50	65	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
51	66	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	67	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	68	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	GS	0	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	69	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	70	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,8-13	GS	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	71	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,16-0	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
57	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	8.2	3	3	1	7	0
59	74	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
60	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	5	0	7	1
61	76	Jul 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
62	77	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	78	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	79	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
65	80	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	GS	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
66	81	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
67	92 (10)	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
68	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	GF	13	2.0	1	1	1	3	0
69	95 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	96	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	104 (7)	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	121 (16)	Aug 26	NYG		STL	W,4-2	GF	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	122	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
74	123	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
75	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
76	125	Aug 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
77	126	Aug 29	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	128 (1)	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	130 (1)	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
82	134	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
83	135	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
84	137 (1)	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-1	GF	13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	138	Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
86	149 (10)	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	153 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	GF	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	154	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	155	Oct 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
							89gm		623.1	125	224	15	364	33