Allan Anderson
Allan Lee Anderson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: January 7, 1964 in Lancaster, OH
High School: Lancaster (Lancaster, OH)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1986
Final Game: October 6, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 22 MIN AL 3 6 .333 5.55 21 10 3 1 0 0 84.1 106 54 52 11 30 3 51 1 2 2 371 77 1.613 11.3 1.2 3.2 5.4 1.70
1987 23 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 10.95 4 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 20 15 15 3 10 2 3 0 0 0 61 42 2.432 14.6 2.2 7.3 2.2 0.30
1988 24 MIN AL 16 9 .640 2.45 30 30 0 3 1 0 202.1 199 70 55 14 37 1 83 7 4 1 815 166 1.166 8.9 0.6 1.6 3.7 2.24
1989 25 MIN AL 17 10 .630 3.80 33 33 0 4 1 0 196.2 214 97 83 15 53 1 69 7 0 5 846 110 1.358 9.8 0.7 2.4 3.2 1.30
1990 26 MIN AL 7 18 .280 4.53 31 31 0 5 1 0 188.2 214 106 95 20 39 1 82 5 3 4 797 92 1.341 10.2 1.0 1.9 3.9 2.10
1991 27 MIN AL 5 11 .313 4.96 29 22 4 2 0 0 134.1 148 82 74 24 42 4 51 5 0 3 584 86 1.414 9.9 1.6 2.8 3.4 1.21
6 Seasons 49 54 .476 4.11 148 128 7 15 3 0 818.2 901 424 374 87 211 12 339 25 9 15 3474 102 1.358 9.9 1.0 2.3 3.7 1.61
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .476 4.11 36 32 2 4 1 0 202 222 104 92 21 52 3 84 6 2 4 856 102 1.358 9.9 1.0 2.3 3.7 1.61

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 22 MIN AL 21 371 335 54 106 27 1 11 5 4 30 51 .316 .371 .501 .873 .344 168 10 1 2 3 3
1987 23 MIN AL 4 61 51 15 20 5 0 3 1 0 10 3 .392 .492 .667 1.158 .378 34 6 0 0 0 2
1988 24 MIN AL 30 815 763 70 199 33 3 14 12 9 37 83 .261 .299 .367 .666 .276 280 25 7 3 5 1
1989 25 MIN AL 33 846 777 97 214 40 4 15 12 8 53 69 .275 .325 .395 .721 .285 307 21 7 4 5 1
1990 26 MIN AL 31 797 741 106 214 41 3 20 10 11 39 82 .289 .325 .433 .759 .300 321 19 5 4 8 1
1991 27 MIN AL 29 584 527 82 148 26 2 24 14 6 42 51 .281 .336 .474 .811 .271 250 9 5 4 6 4
6 Seasons 148 3474 3194 424 901 172 13 87 54 38 211 339 .282 .329 .426 .755 .291 1360 90 25 17 27 12
162 Game Avg. 36 856 787 104 222 42 3 21 13 9 52 84 .282 .329 .426 .755 .291 335 22 6 4 7 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1986 22 MIN AL 21 10 2 5 3 1 0 2 8 .200 1 2 1 0 3 30% 43 83 26 20 8 2 4 3.5 3.8 5.5
1987 23 MIN AL 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 42 35 5 3 0 2 9.5 10.1 4.3
1988 24 MIN AL 30 30 16 9 5 1 4 18 12 .600 1 0 3 1 21 70% 56 80 30 24 11 2 6 4.1 4.1 6.7 95 3 17 9 1 124
1989 25 MIN AL 33 33 17 10 6 2 3 20 13 .606 0 5 4 1 19 58% 49 74 11 14 5 3 11 5.8 5.8 6.0 89 10 8 14 1 124
1990 26 MIN AL 31 31 7 18 6 1 7 12 19 .387 2 3 5 1 16 52% 47 82 10 19 3 4 12 3.2 3.2 6.1 88 9 9 12 1 124
1991 27 MIN AL 29 22 5 9 8 1 2 9 13 .409 1 6 2 0 10 45% 45 80 11 18 5 0 9 3.7 3.6 5.5 82 10 8 4 0 114
6 Seasons 148 128 48 51 29 7 16 63 65 .492 5 16 15 3 69 54% 49 83 10 100 35 11 44 4.3 4.3 6.0 89 32 42 39 3 124
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 22 MIN AL 21 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 3 30% 5 0.876 1 4 5 4 2 5 8 3 8 3 8 0 8.1
1987 23 MIN AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.708 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5
1991 27 MIN AL 29 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 9 0.916 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 3 0 6.1 32
3 Seasons 54 20 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 16 6 38% 0.889 2 5 11 6 3 11 11 9 13 3 13 0 7.2 32

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1986 22 MIN AL 371 74% 3.0% 13.8% 8.1% 10.5% 37% 0.82 74% 75 10 13%
1987 23 MIN AL 61 70% 4.9% 4.9% 16.4% 13.1% 40% 2.78 74% 19 6 32%
1988 24 MIN AL 815 83% 1.7% 10.2% 4.5% 6.1% 25% 0.78 0.96 82% 21% 5.2% 28% 156 25 16%
1989 25 MIN AL 846 84% 1.8% 8.2% 6.3% 7.0% 28% 0.86 1.21 83% 21% 4.5% 11% 160 21 13%
1990 26 MIN AL 797 85% 2.5% 10.3% 4.9% 8.0% 30% 0.84 1.18 81% 22% 6.5% 14% 142 19 13%
1991 27 MIN AL 584 80% 4.1% 8.7% 7.2% 8.9% 35% 0.75 1.04 78% 22% 10.2% 14% 94 9 10%
6 Seasons 3474 82% 2.5% 9.8% 6.1% 7.8% 30% 0.81 1.08 80% 22% 6.3% 17% 646 90 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 MIN AL 815 2852 3.50 1815 64% 21% 14% 27% 38% 79% 0% 51% 82% 57% 4% 33 17 17% 136 55 6 31% 17 15 0 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 846 2934 3.47 1856 63% 24% 12% 25% 39% 75% 0% 48% 84% 61% 4% 32 18 17% 140 54 3 29% 8 13 0 3 7
1990 26 MIN AL 797 2733 3.43 1770 65% 23% 11% 27% 38% 76% 0% 49% 84% 61% 2% 16 12 17% 139 64 3 29% 17 4 0 1 10
1991 27 MIN AL 584 2033 3.48 1259 62% 25% 11% 25% 39% 75% 1% 46% 85% 58% 5% 27 13 16% 94 44 8 22% 7 11 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3042 10552 3.47 6700 64% 23% 12% 26% 38% 77% 0% 49% 84% 59% 4% 108 60 17% 509 217 20 28% 49 43 0 4 17
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1986 22 MIN AL 371 106 11 0 5 8 3 9 2 26 14 3 54% 3 2 2 140 5 4 56% 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 0
1987 23 MIN AL 61 20 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 MIN AL 815 199 25 3 14 0 9 14 0 5 9 31 17 2 55% 9 1 0 290 12 9 57% 10 9 2 0 0 0 6 2 14 0
1989 25 MIN AL 846 214 19 0 15 0 8 13 2 7 8 39 21 4 54% 14 5 0 328 12 8 60% 11 7 1 1 0 0 3 3 12 0
1990 26 MIN AL 797 214 11 1 20 0 14 18 2 13 7 39 28 0 72% 6 4 1 291 10 11 48% 10 10 0 1 0 0 9 8 22 0
1991 27 MIN AL 584 148 40 1 24 0 10 22 2 12 12 23 14 0 61% 7 3 0 192 14 6 70% 12 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 0
6 Seasons 3474 901 95 5 87 0 47 77 10 48 39 163 97 9 60% 39 15 3 1271 54 38 59% 49 32 5 6 0 0 20 13 70 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1986 22 3 6 .333 5.55 21 10 3 1 0 0 84.1 106 54 52 11 30 3 51 1 2 2 371 77 1.613 11.3 1.2 3.2 5.4 1.70 77
1987 23 4 6 .400 6.24 25 12 3 1 0 0 96.2 126 69 67 14 40 5 54 1 2 2 432 69 1.717 11.7 1.3 3.7 5.0 1.35 69
1988 24 20 15 .571 3.67 55 42 3 4 1 0 299.0 325 139 122 28 77 6 137 8 6 3 1247 113 1.344 9.8 0.8 2.3 4.1 1.78 113
1989 25 37 25 .597 3.72 88 75 3 8 2 0 495.2 539 236 205 43 130 7 206 15 6 8 2093 111 1.350 9.8 0.8 2.4 3.7 1.58 111
1990 26 44 43 .506 3.95 119 106 3 13 3 0 684.1 753 342 300 63 169 8 288 20 9 12 2890 105 1.347 9.9 0.8 2.2 3.8 1.70 105
1991 27 49 54 .476 4.11 148 128 7 15 3 0 818.2 901 424 374 87 211 12 339 25 9 15 3474 102 1.358 9.9 1.0 2.3 3.7 1.61 102

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1986 22 2 6 .250 6.00 78.0 105 58 52 11 30 47 1 1.731 12.1 3.5 5.4 1.57 1.3 21
1987 23 0 1 .000 11.45 11.0 19 16 14 3 10 3 0 2.636 15.5 8.2 2.5 0.30 2.5 4
1988 24 13 7 .650 2.81 189.0 204 66 59 14 38 78 7 1.280 9.7 1.8 3.7 2.05 0.7 30
1989 25 10 11 .476 4.05 189.0 217 94 85 15 54 66 7 1.434 10.3 2.6 3.1 1.22 0.7 33
1990 26 8 11 .421 4.88 179.0 216 108 97 20 39 78 5 1.425 10.9 2.0 3.9 2.00 1.0 31
1991 27 5 9 .357 5.23 129.0 150 83 75 24 43 49 5 1.496 10.5 3.0 3.4 1.14 1.7 29
6 Seasons 38 45 .458 4.44 775.0 911 425 382 87 214 321 25 1.452 10.6 3.7 1.50 1.0 148

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 AL--2.446--1st

Wins s c a p y
1988 AL--16--8th
1989 AL--17--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 AL--1.166--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--1.646--1st
1990 AL--1.860--1st

Games Started s c a p y
1989 AL--33--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 AL--24--5th

Hits s c a p y
1990 AL--214--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--.623--9th

Losses s c a p y
1990 AL--18--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 AL--7--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 AL--166--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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