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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 25 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	7	Apr 25 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
4	9	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	10	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-17	CG	52	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	11	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	12	May 1	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
8	13	May 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	14	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
10	15	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	16	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
12	17	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
13	18	May 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
14	19	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
15	20	May 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	3	3	3	9	0
16	21	May 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	22	May 18	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	23	May 19	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	24	May 20	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
20	25	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	26	May 22	NYG		CHC	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	27	May 23	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	28	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
24	29	May 27	NYG		STL	L,6-9	CG	50	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
25	30	May 28	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
26	31	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	32	May 30	NYG		PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	33	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
29	34	May 31 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	35	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	36	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
32	37	Jun 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	39 (1)	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	40	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
35	41	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
36	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
37	43	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	2	3	1	6	1
38	44	Jun 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
39	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	46	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
41	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	48	Jun 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	49	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	50	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	51	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
46	52	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	GS	37	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
47	53	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
48	54	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
49	55	Jun 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	56	Jun 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
51	57	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
52	58	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
53	59	Jun 25	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
54	60	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
55	61	Jun 27	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	3	1	12	2
56	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	63	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	64	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
59	65	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
60	66	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS	14	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	68 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	5	6	0	11	2
62	69	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	70	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
65	72	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
66	73	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	74	Jul 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
68	75	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
69	76	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
70	77	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
71	78	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	79	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	80	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
74	81	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
75	82	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
76	83	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	51	10.1	3	3	0	6	0
77	84	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
78	85	Jul 24 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	86	Jul 24 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	87	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
81	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
82	89	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
83	90	Jul 28	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
84	91	Jul 29	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
85	92	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	93	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,14-9	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
87	94	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	95	Aug 2	NYG		STL	L,5-21	CG	59	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	96	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	97	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
91	98	Aug 6	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
95	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	31	6.0	2	2	1	5	0
96	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
97	104	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-12	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
98	105	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
99	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
101	108	Aug 17	NYG		BSN	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
102	109	Aug 18	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
103	110	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
104	111	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
105	112	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	20	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	113	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
107	114	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	115	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	34	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	117 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	118	Aug 28 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
111	119	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
112	120	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	24	4.2	3	1	1	5	0
113	121	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	122	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	123	Sep 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
116	124	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
117	125	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
118	126	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
119	127	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	1	2	0	3	0
120	128	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	2	6	1	9	0
121	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	24	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
122	130	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
123	131	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
124	132	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
125	133	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
126	134	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	0	2	1	3	0
127	135	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	GS	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
128	136	Sep 12	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
129	137	Sep 13	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	138	Sep 15	NYG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	139	Sep 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-10	GS	35	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	140	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
133	143 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
134	144	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	145	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
136	146	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	147	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,7-11	GF	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
138	148	Sep 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
139	149	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
140	150	Sep 26	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	153 (2)	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
142	154	Oct 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
143	155	Oct 3	NYG		BSN	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
							143gm		1222.0	269	456	25	750	72