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Kenneth Jerry Adair ( December 17, 1936, Sand Springs, OK - May 31, 1987, Tulsa, OK) was a professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Kansas City Royals.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- 741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped) and the California Angels ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i).
YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS
1958 Orioles 21 11 19 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 7 0 0 .105 .105 .150 .255
1959 Orioles 22 12 35 3 11 0 1 0 0.00 2 1 5 0 0 .314 .371 .333 .705
1960 Orioles 23 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .800 .200 1.000
1961 Orioles 24 133 386 41 102 21 1 9 2.33 37 35 51 5 2 .264 .394 .326 .719
1962 Orioles 25 139 538 67 153 29 4 11 2.04 48 27 77 7 7 .284 .414 .319 .734
1963 Orioles 26 109 382 34 87 21 3 6 1.57 30 9 51 3 3 .228 .346 .246 .592
1964 Orioles 27 155 569 56 141 20 3 9 1.58 47 28 72 3 2 .248 .341 .283 .624
1965 Orioles 28 157 582 51 151 26 3 7 1.20 66 35 65 6 4 .259 .351 .303 .653
1966 Orioles 29 17 52 3 15 1 0 0 0.00 3 4 8 0 0 .288 .308 .333 .641
Whitesox 29 105 370 27 90 18 2 4 1.08 36 17 44 3 2 .243 .335 .275 .610
TOTALS 122 422 30 105 19 2 4 0.95 39 21 52 3 2 .249 .332 .282 .614
1967 Whitesox 30 28 98 6 20 4 0 0 0.00 9 4 17 0 1 .204 .245 .240 .485
Redsox 30 89 316 41 92 13 1 3 0.95 26 13 35 1 4 .291 .367 .321 .688
TOTALS 117 414 47 112 17 1 3 0.72 35 17 52 1 5 .271 .338 .302 .640
1968 Redsox 31 74 208 18 45 1 0 2 0.96 12 9 28 0 0 .216 .250 .252 .502
1969 Royals 32 126 432 29 108 9 1 5 1.16 48 20 36 1 3 .250 .310 .285 .596
1970 Royals 33 7 27 0 4 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 3 0 1 .148 .148 .281 .429
TOTALS 1165 4019 378 1022 163 19 57 1.42 366 208 499 29 29 .254 .347 .292 .639
LG AVERAGE 4098 510 1039 162 29 112 2.74 476 415 629 53 29 .254 .389 .324 .713
POS AVERAGE 4055 476 1007 153 29 65 1.60 366 351 561 60 32 .248 .348 .310 .659
YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS
1958 Orioles 0 -3 -2 .000 0.00 2 0 .000 .053 .150 0 0 0 0 0 17 20 SS
1959 Orioles 4 0 0 .505 4.50 13 1 .057 .086 .389 0 0 0 0 0 24 36 2B
1960 Orioles 1 0 0 .654 6.75 4 1 .600 .600 .800 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 2B
1961 Orioles 50 -1 11 .483 4.55 152 31 .130 .228 .436 4 2 1 4 6 297 428 2B
1962 Orioles 66 -3 7 .476 4.30 223 44 .130 .180 .416 1 2 4 3 15 414 574 SS
1963 Orioles 27 -21 -15 .253 2.26 132 30 .118 .141 .317 2 2 3 5 17 323 401 2B
1964 Orioles 49 -29 -12 .293 2.89 194 32 .093 .144 .339 10 1 4 3 20 457 605 2B
1965 Orioles 55 -17 -8 .375 3.18 204 36 .091 .155 .349 7 2 4 2 26 467 625 2B
1966 Orioles 5 -1 0 .408 3.38 16 1 .019 .096 .333 0 0 1 1 1 40 58 2B
Whitesox 31 -12 -6 .352 2.70 124 24 .092 .141 .328 0 1 9 5 14 310 402 SS
TOTALS 36 -13 -6 .359 2.78 140 25 .083 .135 .329 0 1 10 6 15 350 460
1967 Whitesox 5 -6 -6 .179 1.55 24 4 .041 .071 .221 0 1 2 1 5 87 106 2B
Redsox 34 -7 -4 .410 3.76 116 17 .076 .108 .354 0 2 4 2 10 244 337 3B
TOTALS 39 -13 -10 .361 3.18 140 21 .068 .099 .323 0 3 6 3 15 331 443
1968 Redsox 11 -14 -9 .179 1.66 52 3 .034 .077 .239 2 1 6 0 10 179 224 SS
1969 Royals 32 -29 -23 .229 2.42 134 15 .060 .102 .285 4 3 2 4 24 357 461 2B
1970 Royals 1 -3 -2 .063 1.04 4 0 .000 .148 .219 1 0 1 0 1 26 33 2B
TOTALS 371 -146 -69 .346 3.09 1394 239 .093 .144 .344 31 17 41 30 149 3246 4315
LG AVERAGE 524 0 0 .500 4.36 1595 303 .136 .243 .431 37 27 35 31 92 3246 4607
POS AVERAGE 443 -82 0 .416 3.68 1413 247 .100 .194 .388 26 24 54 25 87 3246 4509
JERRY ADAIR LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS
1962 AL
CAUGHT STEALING T8TH 7
1963 AL
WORST RCAA T4TH -21;
GIDP T7TH 17
1964 AL
WORST OPS 6TH .624;
WORST RCAA T1ST -29;
INTENTIONAL WALKS T8TH 10;
GIDP T4TH 20
1965 AL
GAMES T8TH 157;
AT BATS 10TH 582;
SINGLES T10TH 115;
DOUBLES 7TH 26;
WORST OPS 8TH .653;
GIDP 1ST 26;
OUTS 8TH 467
1966 AL
SACRIFICES T5TH 10;
SACRIFICE FLIES T8TH 6
1967 AL
GIDP T8TH 15
1968 AL
WORST RCAA T10TH -14
1969 AL
WORST RCAA T1ST -29;
WORST RCAP T2ND -23;
GIDP 3RD 24
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