Buddy Kerr

1943–1951 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, CDA, NLS, New York Giants

1,067G

.249AVG

.312OBP

.328SLG

More career statistics

903H

31HR

333RBI

38SB

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	0	23
Batting · Doubles	145	144
Batting · Hit by pitch	12	11
Batting · Strikeouts	280	284
Batting · Runs	376	377
Batting · RBI	333	332
Batting · Stolen bases	38	39
Batting · Walks	324	326

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,067	4,056	3,631	376	903	145	25	31	333	324	280	38	0	12	0	1,191	.249	.312	.328	.640

Streaks

12longest hitting streak · 1945-07-05 to 1945-07-16

17longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
41	3 doubles	1950-08-26	1 in 2,195 player-games	box score ↗
15	2 stolen bases	1945-05-23	1 in 199 player-games	box score ↗
14	3 walks	1943-09-23	1 in 192 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	536	1989	443	26	166	149	128	.247	.298	.344
Away	531	2067	460	5	166	177	156	.250	.308	.311

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	78	285	56	2	26	25	20	.225	.284	.305
May	181	663	144	4	65	49	39	.244	.291	.315
June	208	825	189	3	64	76	53	.258	.321	.318
July	205	778	165	8	69	63	72	.236	.293	.326
August	172	672	155	7	46	55	53	.257	.312	.348
September	213	798	187	7	58	56	44	.259	.305	.343
October	10	35	7	0	4	2	3	.212	.257	.303

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
pittsburgh-pirates	159	621	129	4	33	56	40	.237	.298	.317
st-louis-cardinals	154	584	129	3	54	46	40	.246	.300	.314
brooklyn-dodgers	153	576	124	7	58	58	39	.248	.316	.339
cincinnati-reds	153	571	137	3	43	35	49	.261	.301	.338
philadelphia-phillies	149	559	122	5	46	60	45	.251	.326	.333
chicago-cubs	145	580	138	2	41	44	40	.262	.314	.323
boston-braves	118	455	104	6	48	22	23	.248	.277	.344
new-york-giants	36	110	20	1	9	5	8	.192	.227	.279

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1943	New York Giants	27	98	28	2	12	1	.286	–	–
1944	New York Giants	150	548	146	9	64	15	.266	–	–
1945	New York Giants	149	546	136	4	40	5	.249	–	–
1946	New York Giants	145	497	124	6	40	7	.249	–	–
1947	New York Giants	138	547	157	7	49	2	.287	–	–
1948	New York Giants	144	496	119	–	45	9	.240	–	–
1949	New York Giants	90	220	46	–	19	–	.209	–	–
1950	Boston Braves	155	507	115	2	45	–	.227	–	–
1951	Boston Braves	69	172	32	1	18	–	.186	–	–