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Buddy Kerr

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Full Name: John Joseph Kerr Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175 First Game: September 8, 1943
Birthdate: November 6, 1922 Final Game: September 30, 1951
Birthplace: Astoria, New York MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: November 7, 2006
Deathplace: New York, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Buddy Kerr (John Joseph Kerr) was born on November 6, 1922 in Astoria, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1943 for the New York Giants. In 1944, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 9 home runs and 63 RBI. Kerr played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Buddy Kerr's best season was 1944, when he knocked in 63 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1943 NY N 27 98 14 28 2 12 .286 .352 .378 3 0 8 5 2 2 1 0 2
1944 NY N 150 548 68 146 9 63 .266 .316 .387 31 4 37 32 3 10 14 0 14
1945 NY N 149 546 53 136 4 40 .249 .304 .319 20 3 41 34 2 16 5 0 11
1946 NY N 145 497 50 124 6 40 .249 .324 .338 20 3 53 31 2 19 7 0 10
1947 NY N 138 547 73 157 7 49 .287 .331 .386 23 5 36 49 0 13 2 0 12
1948 NY N 144 496 41 119 0 46 .240 .317 .288 16 4 56 36 0 3 9 0 7
1949 NY N 90 220 16 46 0 19 .209 .284 .227 4 0 21 23 2 7 0 0 1
1950 BOS N 155 507 45 115 2 46 .227 .296 .310 24 6 50 50 0 14 0 0 21
1951 BOS N 69 172 18 32 1 18 .186 .282 .227 4 0 22 20 1 5 0 0 2
Total 1067 3631 378 903 31 333 .249 .312 .328 145 25 324 280 12 89 38 0 80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1943 NY N SS 27 0 0 60 90 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1944 NY N SS 149 0 0 328 507 40 81 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1945 NY N SS 148 0 0 333 515 32 81 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1946 NY N SS 126 0 0 240 400 12 66 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1946 NY N 3B 18 0 0 24 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1947 NY N SS 138 0 0 270 461 17 77 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1948 NY N SS 143 0 0 269 456 25 72 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1949 NY N SS 89 0 0 125 224 15 33 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1950 BOS N SS 155 0 0 310 471 28 97 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1951 BOS N SS 63 0 0 110 173 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1951 BOS N 2B 5 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 18 0 0 24 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total SS 1038 0 0 2045 3297 185 548 0 0 0 0 0 .967
Total 2B 5 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1941).
  • Traded by New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Willard Marshall and Red Webb to Boston Braves in exchange for Eddie Stanky and Al Dark (December 14, 1949).

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