John Kerr

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Full Name: John Francis Kerr	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/158	First Game: May 1, 1923
Birthdate: November 26, 1898	Final Game: September 30, 1934
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: October 19, 1993
Deathplace: Long Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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John Kerr (John Francis Kerr) was born on November 26, 1898 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1923 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 1 home run and 39 RBI. Kerr played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that John Kerr's best season was 1931, when he knocked in 50 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1923	DET	A	19	42	4	9	0	1	.214	.283	.238	1	0	4	5	0	2	0	0	0
1924	DET	A	17	11	3	3	0	1	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1929	CHI	A	127	419	50	108	1	39	.258	.310	.332	20	4	31	24	1	26	9	0	0
1930	CHI	A	70	266	37	77	3	27	.289	.351	.410	11	6	21	23	4	6	4	0	0
1931	CHI	A	128	444	51	119	2	50	.268	.324	.329	17	2	35	22	2	10	9	0	0
1932	WAS	A	51	132	14	36	0	15	.273	.338	.333	6	1	13	3	0	3	3	0	0
1933	WAS	A	28	40	5	8	0	0	.200	.256	.200	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0
1934	WAS	A	31	103	8	28	0	12	.272	.324	.311	4	0	8	13	0	2	1	0	0
Total			471	1457	172	388	6	145	.266	.323	.337	59	13	115	92	7	52	26	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1923	DET	A	SS	15	0	0	19	45	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	.877
1924	DET	A	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1924	DET	A	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	CHI	A	2B	122	0	0	307	459	23	84	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1929	CHI	A	SS	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	CHI	A	SS	20	0	0	42	52	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1930	CHI	A	2B	52	0	0	130	166	6	33	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1931	CHI	A	SS	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	CHI	A	2B	117	0	0	297	366	22	78	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1931	CHI	A	3B	7	0	0	9	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1932	WAS	A	3B	8	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	WAS	A	2B	17	0	0	46	57	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1932	WAS	A	SS	14	0	0	25	37	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1933	WAS	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1933	WAS	A	2B	16	0	0	25	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1933	WAS	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1934	WAS	A	3B	17	0	0	21	47	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1934	WAS	A	2B	13	0	0	42	29	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			OF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	337	0	0	847	1108	60	214	0	0	0	0	0	.970
Total			SS	51	0	0	90	143	16	19	0	0	0	0	0	.936
Total			3B	36	0	0	32	63	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	.950

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago White Sox from Hollywood (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1928).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Carl Reynolds to Washington Senators in exchange for Jackie Hayes, Bump Hadley and Sad Sam Jones (December 4, 1931).

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