John Kerr
1923–1934 · bats R / throws R · ASD, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
473G
.266AVG
.323OBP
.337SLG
More career statistics
388H
6HR
145RBI
26SB
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 | 1,457 | 1,458 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 16 | 18 |
| Batting · Runs | 172 | 173 |
| Batting · RBI | 145 | 142 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 26 | 27 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | 1,631 | 1,457 | 172 | 388 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 145 | 115 | 92 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 491 | .266 | .323 | .337 | .660 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1930-08-06 to 1930-08-17
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1929-06-13 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1930-09-19 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1931-07-27 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 235 | 780 | 178 | 3 | 56 | 54 | 37 | .258 | .297 | .326 |
| Away | 238 | 851 | 210 | 3 | 86 | 61 | 55 | .273 | .318 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 86 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .198 | .209 | .210 |
| May | 69 | 175 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 7 | .274 | .331 | .312 |
| June | 98 | 331 | 80 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 22 | .276 | .317 | .386 |
| July | 73 | 251 | 60 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 5 | .262 | .279 | .349 |
| August | 92 | 360 | 84 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 26 | .255 | .286 | .312 |
| September | 111 | 409 | 103 | 0 | 32 | 42 | 27 | .290 | .355 | .361 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .211 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 81 | 277 | 69 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 19 | .280 | .332 | .394 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 68 | 228 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 15 | .284 | .325 | .368 |
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 235 | 44 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 12 | .220 | .289 | .260 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 220 | 54 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 12 | .263 | .277 | .283 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 221 | 53 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 14 | .256 | .281 | .329 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 59 | 200 | 52 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | .287 | .315 | .403 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 182 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 7 | .264 | .319 | .321 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | .288 | .368 | .305 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Detroit Tigers | 19 | 43 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .209 | – | – |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 11 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1929 |  Chicago White Sox | 127 | 420 | 108 | 1 | 35 | 10 | .257 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 70 | 266 | 77 | 3 | 28 | 4 | .289 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 443 | 119 | 2 | 50 | 9 | .269 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 52 | 132 | 36 | – | 15 | 3 | .273 | – | – |
| 1933 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 40 | 8 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 103 | 28 | – | 12 | 1 | .272 | – | – |