[1] In 1917, he joined the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association, then one of the top minor leagues, for whom he pitched 448 innings in two seasons.

[1] Buck Weaver and Clarence "Pants" Rowland recommended Kerr for the major leagues and the Chicago White Sox team.

[1] The owner of the Chicago White Sox at the time was Charles Comiskey, and the manager was Kid Gleason.

[4] These teammates were permanently banned from Major League Baseball after throwing the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds were Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, Buck Weaver, Fred McMullin, and Swede Risberg.

[citation needed] Nevertheless, owner Comiskey refused to give Kerr what he believed to be a fair raise.

[1] In 1925, Kerr made a short comeback to the major leagues, playing for the White Sox.

[6] Kerr told Musial, then beset by arm problems, to stop pitching and become a batter.

[2] Writer Jim Baker noted that of the thirteen principal members of the 1919 White Sox, only Kerr and Nemo Leibold neither were banned for life nor were selected for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

He "received the inaugural Tris Speaker Memorial Award from the Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America",[1] an award given to athletes, and baseball officials that have made some sort of exceptional contribution towards the game.

[10] Kerr lost his fight with cancer and died May 4, 1963, and he is buried in Houston, Texas at the Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery.

[11][10] In the 1988 film Eight Men Out, about the Black Sox scandal, Kerr was portrayed by actor Jace Alexander.