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 of sixteen to twenty-two. A couple of the teams he played for were the Cairo Egyptians, and the Cleburne Railroaders. The first minor league team that Dickey played for was the Milwaukee Brewers. In two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers he pitched 484 innings. Dickey played in the minor leagues from 1913 to 1918, and won a hundred and seventeen games during this time.\n', '

Richard Henry Kerr married Cora Downing at the age of twenty-one, on July 7, 1914. Cora also went by her nickname. The same as her famous husband. Cora was also known as "Pep". The couple remained married all the way up until Kerr\'s death. He died just before their 49th wedding anniversary.\n', '

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