Allan Anderson

Allan Lee Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

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

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 43 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1986 22 MIN AL 84.1 21 10 54 5.76 4.56 -0.16 -0.02 102.9 4.82 -9 -0.9 .9 -0.1 -0.2 0 .458 .495 $
1987 23 MIN AL 12.1 4 2 15 10.95 5.62 0.09 0.01 102.3 5.67 -7 -0.6 .4 0.0 -0.5 -6 .348 .496 $
1988 24 MIN AL 202.1 30 30 70 3.11 4.34 0.08 0.14 101.5 4.47 30 3.5 -0.1 5.0 51 .615 .521 $70,000
1989 25 MIN AL 196.2 33 33 97 4.44 4.34 -0.15 0.15 104.5 4.85 8 0.9 -0.1 2.4 29 .527 .506 $200,000
1990 26 MIN AL 188.2 31 31 106 5.06 4.35 -0.01 0.16 106.9 4.82 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.2 16 .488 .498 $300,000
1991 27 MIN AL 134.1 29 22 82 5.49 4.52 0.24 0.11 103.1 4.53 -14 -1.4 .6 -0.1 -0.3 1 .450 .491 $785,000
6 Seasons 818.2 148 128 424 4.66 4.41 0.01 0.12 103.9 4.71 4 1.0 .7 -0.5 7.6 92 .507 .501 $1,355,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 0
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 9
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 14
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 6
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 7
6 Yrs 148 3474 3194 424 901 172 13 87 54 38 211 339 .282 .329 .426 .755 .291 1360 90 25 17 27 12 39
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 10
MLB Averages .257 .324 .389 .713 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 22 MIN AL -9.9 -1.0 388 -0.5 5.7 -6.2 .87 -1.1 0.5 -9.1 -0.9 0.87 -10.8 2 3 5
1987 23 MIN AL -7.6 -0.7 62 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .71 -0.8 0.5 -7.8 -0.7 0.71 -8.8 0 0 2
1988 24 MIN AL 31.5 3.4 845 3.2 16.3 -13.2 1.04 2.4 0.7 32.2 3.4 1.04 24.8 0 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 5.8 0.6 872 -0.7 12.9 -13.6 .85 -0.8 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.85 -5.8 0 0 0
1990 26 MIN AL -6.8 -0.7 827 -1.7 13.6 -15.3 .99 -0.2 -1.5 -12.3 -1.2 0.99 -3.7 0 0 0
1991 27 MIN AL -10.2 -1.0 606 -1.6 9.2 -10.8 .91 -1.4 -0.4 -14.2 -1.4 0.91 -14.2 1 1 4
6 Yrs 2.9 0.7 3600 -1.6 58.5 -60.1 .94 -1.9 0.2 -12.2 -0.7 0.94 -18.6 3 4 11

Starting Pitching*

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% 43.0 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% 38.5 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% 55.4 80 30 24 11 2 6 4.1 4.1 6.7 95 3 15 11 1 124
1989 25 MIN AL 33 33 17 10 6 2 3 20 13 .606 0 5 4 1 19 58% 48.9 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% 47.3 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 3 6 2 0 10 45% 45.5 80 11 18 5 0 9 3.7 3.6 5.5 82 10 8 4 0 114
6 Yrs 148 128 48 51 29 7 16 63 65 .492 7 16 15 3 69 54% 49 83 10 100 35 11 44 4.3 4.3 6.0 89 32 40 41 3 124
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -4 4.4 4.3 6.2 94

Reliever Pitching*

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 .874 2 3 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 .707 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 .911 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 3 0 6.1 32
3 Yrs 54 20 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 16 6 38% .885 3 4 11 6 3 11 11 9 13 3 13 0 7.2 32

Ratio Pitching*

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 26% 3.0% 13.8% 8.1% 10.5% 37% 0.82 74% 75 10 13%
1987 23 MIN AL 61 30% 4.9% 4.9% 16.4% 13.1% 40% 2.78 74% 19 6 32%
1988 24 MIN AL 815 17% 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 16% 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 15% 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 20% 4.1% 8.7% 7.2% 8.9% 35% 0.75 1.04 78% 22% 10.2% 14% 94 9 10%
6 Yrs 3474 18% 2.5% 9.8% 6.1% 7.8% 30% 0.81 1.08 80% 22% 6.3% 17% 646 90 14%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 15.1% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 819 2864 3.50 1821 64% 21% 14% 27% 38% 79% 0% 50% 82% 57% 4% 33 17 17% 137 55 6 31% 17 15 -4 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 848 2938 3.46 1857 63% 24% 12% 25% 39% 75% 0% 48% 84% 61% 4% 32 18 17% 140 54 3 29% 8 13 -2 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 Yrs 3048 10568 3.47 6707 63% 23% 12% 26% 38% 77% 0% 49% 84% 59% 4% 108 60 17% 510 217 20 28% 49 43 -6 4 17
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 4 1 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 8 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 Yrs 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 16 12 70 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 70 1.717 11.7 1.3 3.7 5.0 1.35 70
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 112 1.350 9.8 0.8 2.4 3.7 1.58 112
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 78.0 106 58 52 11 30 47 1 1.744 12.2 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 14 6 .700 2.78 188.0 205 64 58 14 38 77 7 1.293 9.8 1.8 3.7 2.03 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 7 12 .368 4.96 178.0 218 109 98 20 40 77 5 1.449 11.0 2.0 3.9 1.93 1.0 31
1991 27 5 9 .357 5.23 129.0 149 83 75 24 42 49 5 1.481 10.4 2.9 3.4 1.17 1.7 29
6 Yrs 38 45 .458 4.45 773.0 914 424 382 87 214 319 25 1.459 10.6 3.7 1.49 1.0 148

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1988 AL  5.0 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 AL  2.45 (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  0.623 (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)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  32 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1988 AL  3.4 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1988 AL  32.24 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1988 AL  3.2 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1988 AL  2.4 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1988 AL  3.4 (5th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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