Jerry Adair
Baltimore Orioles 1958–1966; Chicago White Sox 1966; Boston Red Sox 1967; Chicago White Sox 1967; Boston Red Sox 1968; Kansas City Royals 1969–1970
Percentile snapshot
1965 season — qualified batters
of 96 qualified 1965 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | -34.8 | -25.9 | .129 | -0.2 |
| 1959 | 12 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .333 | .371 | .705 | 96.9 | 97.2 | .322 | 0.1 |
| 1960 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | 154.3 | 161.1 | .413 | 0.1 |
| 1961 | 133 | 428 | 386 | 41 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 51 | 5 | 2 | .264 | .326 | .394 | .719 | 94.0 | 96.6 | .323 | 1.4 |
| 1962 | 139 | 574 | 538 | 67 | 153 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 27 | 77 | 7 | 7 | .284 | .319 | .414 | .734 | 101.5 | 103.0 | .328 | 2.7 |
| 1963 | 109 | 401 | 382 | 34 | 87 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 3 | .228 | .246 | .346 | .592 | 60.6 | 68.0 | .260 | -0.4 |
| 1964 | 155 | 605 | 569 | 56 | 141 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 28 | 72 | 3 | 2 | .248 | .283 | .341 | .624 | 66.7 | 74.6 | .275 | -0.1 |
| 1965 | 157 | 625 | 582 | 51 | 151 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 35 | 65 | 6 | 4 | .259 | .303 | .351 | .653 | 82.0 | 85.2 | .296 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 122 | 460 | 422 | 30 | 105 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 52 | 3 | 2 | .249 | .282 | .332 | .614 | 80.6 | 82.4 | .279 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 117 | 443 | 414 | 47 | 112 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 52 | 1 | 5 | .271 | .302 | .338 | .640 | 83.9 | 84.6 | .297 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 74 | 224 | 208 | 18 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .252 | .250 | .502 | 37.7 | 48.6 | .235 | -0.5 |
| 1969 | 126 | 461 | 432 | 29 | 108 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .285 | .310 | .596 | 60.5 | 66.5 | .275 | -0.4 |
| 1970 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .281 | .148 | .429 | 19.4 | 22.3 | .216 | -0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-05-10 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1962-08-24 | NYY @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1969-08-28 | KC @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1962-06-30 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1964-09-30 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.