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Sparky Anderson
George Lee Anderson (Captain Hook)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 10, 1959
  vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1959
Born February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, SD

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 25 PHI NL 152  477   42  104   9  3   0   34   6  9  42  53  .218  .282  .249   43  119   5   2   1   1  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1 Season       152  477   42  104   9  3   0   34   6  9  42  53  .218  .282  .249   43  119   5   2   1   1  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        508   45  111  10  3   0   36   6 10  45  56  .218  .282  .249   43  127   5   2   1   1  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 25 PHI NL  527  404   32   2.1   106| .218  .271| .282  .338| .249  .420| .531  .757|  43  .194 -39.5  -3.9  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1 Season        527  404   32   2.1   106| .218  .271| .282  .338| .249  .420| .531  .757|  43  .194 -39.5  -3.9  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1959 25 PHI NL 2B 152 343 403 12 70 .984 .976 4.91 4.78 5.39 5.27 145 1244.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 25 PHI NL 2B 152 343 403 12 70 .984 .976 4.91 4.78 5.39 5.27 145 1244.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 152 343 403 12 70 .984 .976 4.91 4.78 5.39 5.27 145 1244.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 152 343 403 12 70 .984 .976 4.91 4.78 5.39 5.27 145 1245
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1959 NL-152-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1959 NL-15-10

Caught Stealing
1959 NL-9-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 23, 1958: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden, and Gene Snyder.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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