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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
14	14	May 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,15-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
15	15	May 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
16	16	May 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	17	May 6 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,1-1	CG	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
18	18	May 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
19	19	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
20	20	May 12	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
21	21	May 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
22	22	May 13 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	23	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	2	7	0	9	1
24	24	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	8	1	11	0
25	25	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
26	26	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
27	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	29	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
30	30	May 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
31	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
32	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	33	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
34	34	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-16	CG	51	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	35	May 27 susp	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
36	36	May 29	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	1	2	0	3	2
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
40	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
43	43	Jun 5	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	59	14.0	5	4	0	9	1
44	44	Jun 7	NYG		BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
45	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
50	50	Jun 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	4	5	1	10	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 16	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
55	55	Jun 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	51	12.2	5	5	0	10	2
56	56	Jun 19	NYG		BSN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 20	NYG		BSN	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	53	10.1	2	5	0	7	0
61	61	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	63 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	64	Jun 27 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
64	65	Jun 28	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
65	66	Jun 29	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	2	9	0
66	67	Jun 30	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	69	Jul 1 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
69	70	Jul 3	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-19	CG	53	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
72	73	Jul 5	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	74	Jul 6	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
74	75	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	76	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
76	77	Jul 8 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
77	78	Jul 8 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
78	79	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	W,9-7	CG	46	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
79	80	Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-14	CG	50	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
80	81	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	82	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
82	83	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	6	4	0	10	2
83	84	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	7	0	9	3
84	85	Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	86	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	87	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
87	88	Jul 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
88	89	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
89	90	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
90	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	52	12.2	0	8	0	8	1
91	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
93	94	Jul 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	40	10.2	6	6	0	12	3
94	95	Jul 28 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
95	96	Jul 28 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
96	97	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	6	0	12	0
97	98	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	CG	63	13.0	4	6	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	99	Aug 1	NYG		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
99	100	Aug 4	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
100	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
101	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	49	13.0	6	2	0	8	0
102	103	Aug 8	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	104	Aug 9	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
104	105	Aug 10	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	8	0	12	0
105	106	Aug 11	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
107	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
108	109	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
109	110	Aug 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
110	111	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
111	112	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS	0		1	7	0	8	2
112	113	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
113	114	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
114	115	Aug 18	NYG		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
115	116	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	117	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
117	118	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
118	119	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
119	120	Aug 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
120	121	Aug 25 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
121	122	Aug 25 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
122	123	Aug 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
123	124	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
124	125	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	126	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
126	127	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	GS	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	128	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	3	8	1
129	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
130	131	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
131	132	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
132	137 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	9	1	11	1
133	139 (1)	Sep 11	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	1	1	3	0
134	140	Sep 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	141	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
138	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
140	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
141	147	Sep 22	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
142	148	Sep 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
143	149	Sep 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
144	150	Sep 25	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
145	151	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
146	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
147	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	5	3	0	8	1
148	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,2-2	CG	0	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
							148gm		1311.0	333	515	32	880	81