Dickey Kerr
1919–1925 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox
143G
.218AVG
.295OBP
.284SLG
More career statistics
60H
0HR
21RBI
4SB
53–34W–L
811.1IP
235K
3.84ERA
83GS
6SV
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 275 | 274 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 324 | 322 |
| Batting · RBI | 21 | 22 |
| Batting · Walks | 28 | 27 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,431 | 3,481 |
| Pitching · p er | 346 | 344 |
| Pitching · p h | 876 | 874 |
| Pitching · p hr | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,434 | 2,426 |
| Pitching · p k | 235 | 236 |
| Pitching · p w | 250 | 255 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | 324 | 275 | 40 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 78 | .218 | .295 | .284 | .579 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811.3 | 140 | 83 | 54 | 53 | 34 | 6 | 876 | 399 | 346 | 24 | 250 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.388 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1921-06-02 to 1921-06-23
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1919-06-26 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1921-06-06 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1921-05-16 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 71 | 152 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 13 | .200 | .276 | .264 |
| Away | 72 | 170 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 13 | .235 | .265 | .302 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .261 | .333 |
| May | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .130 | .300 | .217 |
| June | 25 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .212 | .236 | .269 |
| July | 31 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .254 | .269 | .313 |
| August | 25 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | .159 | .278 | .182 |
| September | 29 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .242 | .267 | .303 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .714 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 25 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | .192 | .246 | .212 |
| st-louis-browns | 23 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .196 | .231 | .304 |
| detroit-tigers | 20 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .205 | .246 | .273 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .353 | .321 |
| cleveland-guardians | 19 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .244 | .278 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 19 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .351 | .395 | .486 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .129 | .206 | .129 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  Chicago White Sox | 39 | 68 | 17 | – | 4 | 1 | .250 | 211 | 81 |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 46 | 89 | 14 | – | 6 | 1 | .157 | 252 | 72 |
| 1921 | Chicago White Sox | 45 | 105 | 25 | – | 11 | 2 | .238 | 307 | 79 |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 13 | 12 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 36 | 4 |