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.
Statistics
Batting Stats
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
Fielding Stats
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
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).
