Dickey Kerr

Richard Henry Kerr, otherwise known as Dickey Kerr, was born in St. Louis, Missouri July 3, 1893 to Richard J., and Anna Kerr. Previously, known as Anna Tieman prior to marrying Dickey\'s father. Dickey\'s father made his living as a firefighter before getting a job working on rafts along the Mississippi. His father had a large family to support. Dickey had eight siblings. Baseball was not Dickey\'s first time in the athletic world. Prior to playing baseball, Dickey Kerr competed in amateur boxing. Kerr started playing baseball at the age of fourteen years old alongside amateur adult baseball players.\n', '

In the year of 1909, Dickey, and one of his brothers joined the Paragould Scouts a league in N.E. Arkansas. At the age of 16, this is where the left hander\'s professional baseball career began to take off. Dickey played for a few different lower level baseball teams from the ages o…