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Buddy
Kerr		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 6, 1922 in Usa, NY, ASTORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1949   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 20 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 8
1944 21 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1945 22 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1946 23 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1947 24 CIN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1948 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1949 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 8
1950 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1951 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1952 29 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 10 9 10 7 7 7
1953 30 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 10 9 9 7 7 7
1954 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1955 32 BRK NL $ 540,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6
1956 33 STL NL $ 666,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 666,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 10 9 10 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 20 AA   137 534 62 120 24 5 6 37 12 8 66 25 .225 .310 .322 .632 55.9  
1944 21 AA   137 517 55 127 37 1 10 51 7 4 78 44 .246 .345 .379 .724 70.6  
1945 22 AA   136 506 51 129 24 4 11 65 7 5 62 51 .255 .336 .383 .720 66.8  
1946 23 AA   137 491 51 114 23 4 3 43 7 5 74 47 .232 .333 .314 .646 55.7  
1947 24 AAA   83 309 28 72 15 0 3 33 7 3 42 44 .233 .325 .311 .635 33.9  
    AA   54 198 18 55 10 1 3 34 3 1 26 21 .278 .362 .384 .745 28.4  
1948 25 CIN NL 14 41 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 2 .171 .346 .195 .541 4.0 0.2
    AAA   26 99 13 24 4 1 0 9 3 1 9 13 .242 .306 .303 .609 9.5  
1949 26 CIN NL 146 423 58 100 22 1 2 36 1 1 55 43 .236 .325 .307 .632 43.1 3.8
1950 27 SDP NL 9 30 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .167 .257 .233 .490 1.7 0.0
    AAA   82 314 40 67 19 2 2 21 1 1 51 33 .213 .323 .306 .629 34.1  
1951 28 SDP NL 51 100 10 21 4 0 1 8 1 0 8 11 .210 .266 .280 .546 8.0 0.0
1952 29 SDP NL 80 129 13 23 7 1 0 11 0 0 23 14 .178 .297 .248 .545 11.5 0.0
1953 30 SDP NL 133 395 36 84 24 3 2 31 2 2 62 56 .213 .317 .304 .621 41.6 2.7
1954 31 SDP NL 111 240 26 49 14 1 1 14 3 1 30 46 .204 .293 .283 .576 19.8 0.7
1955 32 BRK NL 77 214 31 50 8 1 2 18 1 2 29 37 .234 .325 .308 .634 21.8 2.1
1956 33 BRK NL 73 205 29 38 4 0 0 14 2 0 41 46 .185 .324 .205 .529 18.8 0.9
  STL NL 25 15 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .267 .443 0.8 0.0
  TOT   98 220 36 39 4 0 1 15 2 0 43 50 .177 .314 .209 .523 19.6 0.9
9 Years Sim 719 1792 217 378 84 8 9 140 10 6 264 263 .211 .312 .282 .594 171.1 10.4
3 Years AAA 191 722 81 163 38 3 5 63 11 5 102 90 .226 .319 .307 .626 77.6  
5 Years AA 601 2246 237 545 118 15 33 230 36 23 306 188 .243 .333 .353 .686 277.4  
8 Years Minors 792 2968 318 708 156 18 38 293 47 28 408 278 .239 .330 .342 .671 355.0  
162 Game Average 403 48 85 18 1 2 31 2 1 59 59 .211 .312 .282 .594 38.6  
Career Highs 146 423 58 100 24 3 2 36 3 2 62 56 .236 .346 .308 .634 43.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   959 117 192 42 5 5 67 3 3 121 135 .200 .289 .270 .559 79.7
vs LH   833 100 186 42 3 4 73 7 3 143 128 .223 .337 .295 .632 94.4
Home 349 870 111 191 41 6 5 72 4 2 123 127 .220 .314 .298 .612 89.2
Away 370 922 106 187 43 2 4 68 6 4 141 136 .203 .309 .267 .576 85.0
RISP   401 0 80 10 4 1 119 0 0 58 63 .200 .294 .252 .546 34.2
Pinch Hitting   41 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .098 .174 .171 .345 0.7
Close/Late   174 25 34 11 0 1 6 0 0 14 25 .195 .254 .276 .530 11.7
Mar/Apr 105 264 33 55 8 0 2 18 0 2 29 37 .208 .286 .261 .547 20.3
May 134 323 32 63 7 1 2 25 1 1 44 50 .195 .293 .241 .534 25.3
June 134 355 40 72 18 0 0 27 2 1 49 59 .203 .301 .254 .554 29.5
July 116 286 40 80 25 1 1 31 3 1 39 37 .280 .363 .385 .747 40.7
August 114 298 34 57 15 4 2 19 2 0 52 40 .191 .311 .289 .600 30.7
Sep/Oct 116 266 38 51 11 2 2 20 2 1 51 40 .192 .320 .271 .590 27.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 25 CIN NL SS 8 8 71.0 4 33 2 3 .949 4.69   0.3
    2B 6 5 39.0 13 16 0 4 1.000 6.69   0.2
1949 26 CIN NL SS 145 144 1168.3 214 577 20 103 .975 6.09   7.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1950 27 SDP NL SS 6 6 53.0 12 25 1 4 .974 6.28   0.3
    3B 3 2 17.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 4.24   0.1
1951 28 SDP NL 2B 24 10 111.7 31 49 0 17 1.000 6.45   0.6
    SS 14 14 111.0 20 39 1 9 .983 4.78   0.5
    3B 11 4 41.0 6 12 0 1 1.000 3.95   0.3
1952 29 SDP NL SS 25 19 163.0 27 77 5 12 .954 5.74   1.2
    3B 26 12 125.7 8 30 1 3 .974 2.72   0.4
    2B 9 4 42.3 10 26 0 5 1.000 7.65   0.2
1953 30 SDP NL SS 100 97 755.7 114 307 19 59 .957 5.01   4.2
    3B 36 34 280.7 15 81 3 5 .970 3.08   1.6
    2B 5 0 9.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.1
1954 31 SDP NL SS 83 52 503.3 64 163 7 33 .970 4.06   1.6
    2B 19 16 127.0 31 56 3 11 .967 6.17   0.7
    3B 7 1 14.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.1
1955 32 BRK NL SS 71 65 561.0 94 243 5 50 .985 5.41   2.4
    2B 4 0 5.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.77   0.0
1956 33 BRK NL SS 56 53 553.4 87 244 17 53 .951 5.38   3.0
    3B 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.8 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  STL NL SS 19 18 37.9 6 17 1 4 .958 5.46   0.1
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 527 476 3977.6 642 1725 78 330 .968 5.36   20.6
  3B 88 53 486.3 32 137 4 10 .977 3.13   2.6
  2B 69 35 340.7 91 155 3 40 .988 6.50   1.8
Career Totals   684 564 4804.6 765 2017 85 380 .970 5.21   25.0
Career Highs   148 144 1175.3 216 580 22 104 .994 6.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1951 28 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Dick Schofield (981)
  2. Tim Foli (959)
  3. Red Barkley (953)
  4. Jim Anderson (941)
  5. Billy Grabarkewitz (939)
  6. Milt Bolling (935)
  7. Bob Sadowski (933)
  8. Rod Gaspar (929)
  9. Bernie Williams (927)
  10. Syd O'Brien (920)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1943
Injured on 3/22/1945 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/20/1947 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/11/1948, off Mickey Mcdermott (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1949, off Bob Chipman (MIN)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1949
Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 3/3/1950 (Going to SDP: LF Wally Westlake, SS Buddy Kerr. Going to CIN: P Sandy Ullrich)
Injured on 8/9/1950 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/21/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $540,000 per year
7/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $666,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 9/1/1955 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Brooklyn to St. Louis on 7/1/1956 (Going to STL: SS Buddy Kerr, SS Wayne Terwilliger. Going to BRK: C Del Rice, 2B George Kell)
 
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