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Red Kerr

John Graham Kerr (Johnny, Red)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: August 17, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: February 26, 2009
High School: Tilden in Chicago, Illinois
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Draft: Syracuse Nationals, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1954 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 31, 1954
As Coach: 4 Yrs, 93-190, .329 W-L% (Full Record)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 19, 2013 1:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #194. Marcus Camby… #195. Reggie Theus… #196. Randy Smith… #197. RED KERR… #198. Steve Francis… #199. Derek Harper… #200. Shareef Abdur-Rahim… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 72 1529 301 718 .419 152 223 .682 474 80 165 754
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 72 2114 377 935 .403 207 316 .655 607 84 168 961
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 72 2191 333 827 .403 225 313 .719 807 90 190 891
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 72 2384 407 1020 .399 280 422 .664 963 88 197 1094
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 72 2671 502 1139 .441 281 367 .766 1008 142 183 1285
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 75 2372 436 1111 .392 233 310 .752 913 167 207 1105
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 79 2676 419 1056 .397 218 299 .729 951 199 230 1056
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 80 2768 541 1220 .443 222 302 .735 1176 243 272 1304
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 80 2561 507 1069 .474 241 320 .753 1039 214 208 1255
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 80 2938 536 1250 .429 268 357 .751 1017 275 187 1340
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 80 1810 264 714 .370 126 181 .696 551 197 132 654
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 71 1770 286 692 .413 209 272 .768 586 225 148 781
Career NBA 905 27784 4909 11751 .418 2662 3682 .723 10092 2004 2287 12480

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 72 21.2 4.2 10.0 .419 2.1 3.1 .682 6.6 1.1 2.3 10.5
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 72 29.4 5.2 13.0 .403 2.9 4.4 .655 8.4 1.2 2.3 13.3
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 72 30.4 4.6 11.5 .403 3.1 4.3 .719 11.2 1.3 2.6 12.4
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 72 33.1 5.7 14.2 .399 3.9 5.9 .664 13.4 1.2 2.7 15.2
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 72 37.1 7.0 15.8 .441 3.9 5.1 .766 14.0 2.0 2.5 17.8
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 75 31.6 5.8 14.8 .392 3.1 4.1 .752 12.2 2.2 2.8 14.7
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 79 33.9 5.3 13.4 .397 2.8 3.8 .729 12.0 2.5 2.9 13.4
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 80 34.6 6.8 15.3 .443 2.8 3.8 .735 14.7 3.0 3.4 16.3
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 80 32.0 6.3 13.4 .474 3.0 4.0 .753 13.0 2.7 2.6 15.7
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 80 36.7 6.7 15.6 .429 3.4 4.5 .751 12.7 3.4 2.3 16.8
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 80 22.6 3.3 8.9 .370 1.6 2.3 .696 6.9 2.5 1.7 8.2
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 71 24.9 4.0 9.7 .413 2.9 3.8 .768 8.3 3.2 2.1 11.0
Career NBA 905 30.7 5.4 13.0 .418 2.9 4.1 .723 11.2 2.2 2.5 13.8

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 72 1529 7.1 16.9 .419 3.6 5.3 .682 11.2 1.9 3.9 17.8
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 72 2114 6.4 15.9 .403 3.5 5.4 .655 10.3 1.4 2.9 16.4
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 72 2191 5.5 13.6 .403 3.7 5.1 .719 13.3 1.5 3.1 14.6
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 72 2384 6.1 15.4 .399 4.2 6.4 .664 14.5 1.3 3.0 16.5
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 72 2671 6.8 15.4 .441 3.8 4.9 .766 13.6 1.9 2.5 17.3
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 75 2372 6.6 16.9 .392 3.5 4.7 .752 13.9 2.5 3.1 16.8
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 79 2676 5.6 14.2 .397 2.9 4.0 .729 12.8 2.7 3.1 14.2
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 80 2768 7.0 15.9 .443 2.9 3.9 .735 15.3 3.2 3.5 17.0
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 80 2561 7.1 15.0 .474 3.4 4.5 .753 14.6 3.0 2.9 17.6
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 80 2938 6.6 15.3 .429 3.3 4.4 .751 12.5 3.4 2.3 16.4
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 80 1810 5.3 14.2 .370 2.5 3.6 .696 11.0 3.9 2.6 13.0
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 71 1770 5.8 14.1 .413 4.3 5.5 .768 11.9 4.6 3.0 15.9
Career NBA 905 27784 6.4 15.2 .418 3.4 4.8 .723 13.1 2.6 3.0 16.2

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 72 1529 18.2 .462 .419 2.0 3.0 5.0 .157
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 72 2114 15.7 .447 .403 1.4 3.3 4.6 .105
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 72 2191 17.3 .462 .403 2.7 2.7 5.4 .117
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 72 2384 17.9 .454 .399 2.6 3.2 5.8 .118
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 72 2671 19.4 .494 .441 5.2 3.6 8.7 .157
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 75 2372 15.7 .443 .392 1.0 2.8 3.8 .078
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 79 2676 13.7 .445 .397 0.8 3.1 3.9 .070
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 80 2768 17.4 .482 .443 2.9 4.9 7.8 .136
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 80 2561 18.6 .519 .474 4.1 3.6 7.7 .144
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 80 2938 17.1 .476 .429 2.3 2.6 4.9 .080
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 80 1810 13.2 .412 .370 14.8 -1.2 2.1 0.9 .024
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 71 1770 16.3 .481 .413 16.4 1.5 1.6 3.1 .085
Career NBA 905 27784 16.8 .467 .418 15.6 25.4 36.4 61.8 .107

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 11 363 59 151 .391 34 61 .557 118 13 27 152
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 8 213 37 77 .481 15 33 .455 68 10 23 89
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 5 162 28 65 .431 20 29 .690 69 6 7 76
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 3 116 18 55 .327 14 18 .778 61 3 5 50
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 9 312 50 142 .352 30 33 .909 108 24 20 130
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 3 104 15 51 .294 11 12 .917 25 9 9 41
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 8 210 30 88 .341 16 23 .696 99 20 18 76
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 5 193 41 109 .376 6 8 .750 80 10 15 88
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 5 187 26 60 .433 16 21 .762 75 9 12 68
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 5 185 40 83 .482 15 20 .750 69 16 12 95
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 11 181 24 67 .358 15 21 .714 38 28 20 63
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 3 49 2 11 .182 1 2 .500 17 4 5 5
Career NBA 76 2275 370 959 .386 193 281 .687 827 152 173 933

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 11 33.0 5.4 13.7 .391 3.1 5.5 .557 10.7 1.2 2.5 13.8
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 8 26.6 4.6 9.6 .481 1.9 4.1 .455 8.5 1.3 2.9 11.1
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 5 32.4 5.6 13.0 .431 4.0 5.8 .690 13.8 1.2 1.4 15.2
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 3 38.7 6.0 18.3 .327 4.7 6.0 .778 20.3 1.0 1.7 16.7
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 9 34.7 5.6 15.8 .352 3.3 3.7 .909 12.0 2.7 2.2 14.4
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 3 34.7 5.0 17.0 .294 3.7 4.0 .917 8.3 3.0 3.0 13.7
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 8 26.3 3.8 11.0 .341 2.0 2.9 .696 12.4 2.5 2.3 9.5
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 5 38.6 8.2 21.8 .376 1.2 1.6 .750 16.0 2.0 3.0 17.6
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 5 37.4 5.2 12.0 .433 3.2 4.2 .762 15.0 1.8 2.4 13.6
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 5 37.0 8.0 16.6 .482 3.0 4.0 .750 13.8 3.2 2.4 19.0
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 11 16.5 2.2 6.1 .358 1.4 1.9 .714 3.5 2.5 1.8 5.7
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 3 16.3 0.7 3.7 .182 0.3 0.7 .500 5.7 1.3 1.7 1.7
Career NBA 76 29.9 4.9 12.6 .386 2.5 3.7 .687 10.9 2.0 2.3 12.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 11 363 5.9 15.0 .391 3.4 6.0 .557 11.7 1.3 2.7 15.1
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 8 213 6.3 13.0 .481 2.5 5.6 .455 11.5 1.7 3.9 15.0
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 5 162 6.2 14.4 .431 4.4 6.4 .690 15.3 1.3 1.6 16.9
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 3 116 5.6 17.1 .327 4.3 5.6 .778 18.9 0.9 1.6 15.5
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 9 312 5.8 16.4 .352 3.5 3.8 .909 12.5 2.8 2.3 15.0
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 3 104 5.2 17.7 .294 3.8 4.2 .917 8.7 3.1 3.1 14.2
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 8 210 5.1 15.1 .341 2.7 3.9 .696 17.0 3.4 3.1 13.0
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 5 193 7.6 20.3 .376 1.1 1.5 .750 14.9 1.9 2.8 16.4
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 5 187 5.0 11.6 .433 3.1 4.0 .762 14.4 1.7 2.3 13.1
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 5 185 7.8 16.2 .482 2.9 3.9 .750 13.4 3.1 2.3 18.5
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 11 181 4.8 13.3 .358 3.0 4.2 .714 7.6 5.6 4.0 12.5
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 3 49 1.5 8.1 .182 0.7 1.5 .500 12.5 2.9 3.7 3.7
Career NBA 76 2275 5.9 15.2 .386 3.1 4.4 .687 13.1 2.4 2.7 14.8

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1954-55 22 SYR NBA C 11 363 14.9 .427 .391 7.1 0.0 0.7 0.7 .091
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 8 213 15.5 .486 .481 8.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 .101
1956-57 24 SYR NBA C 5 162 24.5 .489 .431 7.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 .208
1957-58 25 SYR NBA C 3 116 22.1 .397 .327 5.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 .114
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 9 312 13.5 .415 .352 10.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.007
1959-60 27 SYR NBA C 3 104 9.9 .364 .294 11.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.073
1960-61 28 SYR NBA C 8 210 15.2 .387 .341 14.0 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .013
1961-62 29 SYR NBA C 5 193 15.9 .391 .376 9.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0 .008
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 5 187 14.6 .491 .433 6.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 .045
1963-64 31 PHI NBA C 5 185 19.5 .517 .482 13.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 .113
1964-65 32 PHI NBA C 11 181 12.0 .413 .358 21.2 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .015
1965-66 33 BAL NBA C 3 49 5.0 .210 .182 9.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.127
Career NBA 76 2275 15.6 .431 .386 10.3 0.0 2.5 2.5 .053

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1955-56 23 SYR NBA C 1 0 16:00 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 8 0 2 4
1958-59 26 SYR NBA C 1 0 21:00 3 14 .214 1 2 .500 9 2 0 7
1962-63 30 SYR NBA C 1 0 11:00 0 4 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2
Career NBA 3 0 48 5 22 .227 3 5 .600 19 3 5 13

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Red Kerr 8.7 7.8 7.7 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.1 0.9
Tree Rollins 92.6 9.2 7.3 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.6 1.0
Elden Campbell 92.4 8.2 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.6 1.1
Caldwell Jones 91.1 8.1 7.6 6.2 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.1 2.5 0.9
Mychal Thompson 89.8 8.2 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 2.6 2.1
James Donaldson 86.5 10.4 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 2.5 1.4
Marcus Camby 85.8 10.3 8.5 7.6 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.5 3.7 3.5 2.1 1.5 0.9
Rik Smits 85.7 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.7
Mike Gminski 85.1 9.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.5
Byron Beck 84.9 8.1 7.7 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.1 4.4 0.8
Billy Paultz 84.6 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7 0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Red Kerr 8.7 7.8 7.7 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.1 0.9
Mychal Thompson 89.8 8.2 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 2.6 2.1
Tree Rollins 89.7 9.2 7.3 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.6 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1
Elden Campbell 89.2 8.2 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.1 0.0
Rik Smits 85.7 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.1 5.0 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.7
James Donaldson 85.6 10.4 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 2.5 1.4 1.0 0.2
Byron Beck 84.9 8.1 7.7 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.1 4.4 0.8
Caldwell Jones 84.7 8.1 7.6 6.2 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.8
Mike Gminski 84.6 9.2 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Billy Paultz 84.5 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 84.4 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.8 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.0 2.9 2.5 2.5 0.7 0.5

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1951-52 19 ILLINOIS 26 143 365 71 124 357 .392 .573 13.7
1952-53 20 ILLINOIS 22 153 397 80 123 386 .385 .650 17.5
1953-54 21 ILLINOIS 22 210 520 136 214 556 .404 .636 25.3
Career 70 506 1282 287 461 1299 .395 .623 18.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1956 NBA
1959 NBA
1963 NBA
Honors
1953-54 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
MVP Award Shares
1962-63 NBA 0.027 (6)
Career 0.027 (127)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1955 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
Games
1954-55 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 75 (2)
1960-61 NBA 79 (1)
 1961-62 NBA 80 (1)
 1962-63 NBA 80 (1)
 1963-64 NBA 80 (2)
1964-65 NBA 80 (1)
Minutes Played
1958-59 NBA 2671 (10)
1963-64 NBA 2938 (10)
Field Goals
1958-59 NBA 502 (8)
Total Rebounds
1956-57 NBA 807 (7)
1957-58 NBA 963 (5)
1958-59 NBA 1008 (4)
1959-60 NBA 913 (7)
1960-61 NBA 951 (9)
1961-62 NBA 1176 (5)
1962-63 NBA 1039 (6)
1963-64 NBA 1017 (8)
Career NBA 10092 (34)
Career 10092 (38)
Field Goal Pct
1954-55 NBA .419 (10)
1958-59 NBA .441 (6)
1962-63 NBA .474 (10)
Minutes Per Game
1958-59 NBA 37.1 (10)
Rebounds Per Game
1956-57 NBA 11.2 (7)
1957-58 NBA 13.4 (5)
1958-59 NBA 14.0 (4)
1959-60 NBA 12.2 (9)
1960-61 NBA 12.0 (9)
1961-62 NBA 14.7 (5)
1962-63 NBA 13.0 (6)
1963-64 NBA 12.7 (8)
Career NBA 11.2 (24)
Career 11.2 (29)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1954-55 NBA .419 (10)
1958-59 NBA .441 (6)
1962-63 NBA .474 (10)
Offensive Win Shares
1958-59 NBA 5.2 (10)
Defensive Win Shares
1955-56 NBA 3.3 (7)
1957-58 NBA 3.2 (9)
1958-59 NBA 3.6 (6)
1961-62 NBA 4.9 (6)
Win Shares
1958-59 NBA 8.7 (8)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.169 (152)
NBA Elo Player Rating
209th (overall) as of May 18, 2013, 5:00AM
      

Transactions

April 24, 1954: Drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1954 NBA Draft.

September 22, 1965: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers to the Baltimore Bullets for Wali Jones.

May 1, 1966: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls from the Baltimore Bullets in the NBA expansion draft.

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