Jerry Adair

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Kenneth Jerry Adair (December 17, 1936— May 31, 1987) was a professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Kansas City Royals from Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

Adair was signed by the Orioles out of Oklahoma State University in 1958 for a $40,000 bonus. He was a horrible hitter throughout his career but was able to hang around for thirteen seasons on the strength of a fantastic glove. He was one of the best defensive second basemen of his era, setting then-major-league records for single-season fielding percentage (.994) and fewest errors (5) in 1964 and following that up by leading the league in fielding percentage again in 1965. After leaving major league baseball, he played in Japan for a year and later coached for the Oakland Athletics (1972-74) and the California Angels (1975). He died in 1987 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

[edit] Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	HR%	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	SLG	OBA	OPS	RC	RCAA	RCAP	OWP	RC/G	TB	EBH	ISO	SEC	BPA	IBB	HBP	SAC	SF	GIDP	OUTS	PA	POS
1958	Orioles	21	11	19	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	7	0	0	.105	.105	.150	.255	0	-3	-2	.000	0.00	2	0	.000	.053	.150	0	0	0	0	0	17	20	SS
1959	Orioles	21	12	35	3	11	0	1	0	0.00	2	1	5	0	0	.314	.371	.333	.705	4	0	0	.505	4.50	13	1	.057	.086	.389	0	0	0	0	0	24	36	2B
1960	Orioles	23	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	20.00	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.800	.200	1.000	1	0	0	.654	6.75	4	1	.600	.600	.800	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2B
1961	Orioles	24	133	386	41	102	21	1	9	2.33	37	35	51	5	2	.264	.394	.326	.719	50	-1	11	.483	4.55	152	31	.130	.228	.436	4	2	1	4	6	297	428	2B
1962	Orioles	25	139	538	67	153	29	4	11	2.04	48	27	77	7	7	.284	.414	.319	.734	66	-3	7	.476	4.30	223	44	.130	.180	.416	1	2	4	3	15	414	574	SS
1963	Orioles	26	109	382	34	87	21	3	6	1.57	30	9	51	3	3	.228	.346	.246	.592	27	-21	-15	.253	2.26	132	30	.118	.141	.317	2	2	3	5	17	323	401	2B
1964	Orioles	27	155	569	56	141	20	3	9	1.58	47	28	72	3	2	.248	.341	.283	.624	49	-29	-12	.293	2.89	194	32	.093	.144	.339	10	1	4	3	20	457	605	2B
1965	Orioles	28	157	582	51	151	26	3	7	1.20	66	35	65	6	4	.259	.351	.303	.653	55	-17	-8	.375	3.18	204	36	.091	.155	.349	7	2	4	2	26	467	625	2B
1966	Orioles	29	17	52	3	15	1	0	0	0.00	3	4	8	0	0	.288	.308	.333	.641	5	-1	0	.408	3.38	16	1	.019	.096	.333	0	0	1	1	1	40	58	2B
1966	Whitesox	29	105	370	27	90	18	2	4	1.08	36	17	44	3	2	.243	.335	.275	.610	31	-12	-6	.352	2.70	124	24	.092	.141	.328	0	1	9	5	14	310	402	SS
1966	TOTALS	29	122	422	30	105	19	2	4	.0.95	39	21	52	3	2	.249	.332	.282	.614	36	-13	-6	.359	2.78	140	25	.083	.135	.329	0	1	10	6	15	350	460	SS
1967	Whitesox	30	28	98	6	20	4	0	0	0.00	9	4	17	0	1	.204	.245	.240	.485	5	-6	-6	.179	1.55	24	4	.041	.71	.221	0	1	2	1	5	87	106	2B
1967	Redsox	30	89	316	41	92	13	1	3	0.95	26	13	35	1	4	.291	.367	.321	.688	34	-7	-4	.410	3.76	116	17	.076	.108	.354	0	2	4	2	10	244	337	3B
1967	TOTALS	30	117	414	47	112	17	1	3	0.72	35	17	52	1	5	.271	.338	.302	.640	39	-15	-10	.361	3.18	140	21	.068	.099	.323	0	3	6	3	15	331	443	3B
1968	Redsox	31	74	208	18	45	1	0	2	0.96	12	9	28	0	0	.216	.250	.252	.502	11	-14	-9	.179	1.66	52	3	.034	.077	.239	2	1	6	0	10	179	224	SS
1969	Royals	32	126	432	29	108	9	1	5	1.16	48	20	36	1	2	.250	.310	.285	.596	32	-29	-23	.229	2.42	134	15	.060	.102	.285	4	3	2	4	24	357	461	2B
1970	Royals	33	7	27	0	4	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	3	0	1	.148	.148	.281	.429	1	-3	-2	.063	1.04	4	0	.000	.148	.219	1	0	1	0	1	26	33	2B
TOTALS			1165	4019	378	1022	163	19	57	1.42	366	208	499	29	29	.254	.347	.292	.639	371	-146	-69	.346	3.09	1394	239	.093	.144	.344	31	17	41	30	149	3246	4315
LG AVERAGE				4098	510	1039	162	29	112	2.74	476	415	629	53	29	.254	.389	.324	.713	524	0	0	.500	4.36	1595	303	.136	.243	.431	37	27	35	31	92	3246	4607
POS AVERAGE				4055	476	1007	153	29	65	1.60	366	351	561	60	32	.248	.348	.310	.659	443	-82	0	.416	3.68	1413	247	.100	.194	.388	26	24	54	25	87	3246	4509

[edit] League Leadership Rankings

1962 AL
CAUGHT STEALING	8^TH	7

1963 AL
WORST RCAA	T4^TH	-21
GIDP	T7^TH	17

1964 AL
WORST OPS	6^TH	.624
WORST RCAA	T4^TH	-21
INTENTIONAL WALKS	T8^ST	10
GIDP	T4^TH	20

1965 AL
GAMES	T8^TH	157
AT BATS	10^TH	582
SINGLES	T10^TH	115
DOUBLES	7^TH	26
WORST OPS	8^TH	.653
GIDP	1^ST	26
OUTS	8^TH	467

1966 AL
SACRIFICES	T5^TH	10
SACRIFICE FLIES	T8^TH	6

1967 AL
GIDP	T8^TH	15

1968 AL
WORST RCAA	T10^TH	-14

1969 AL
WORST RCAA	T1^ST	-29
WORST RCAP	T2^ND	-23
GIDP	3^RD	24

[edit] External links

Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
The Deadball Era (obituary)
The Deadball Era (image)

Persondata
NAME	Adair, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sand Springs, Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH	May 31, 1987
PLACE OF DEATH	Tulsa, Oklahoma