Bob Anderson

Robert Carl Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 29, 1935 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Hammond HS (Hammond, IN)
Schools: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Tigers 1957-1963

Final Game: September 25, 1963
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1954	18	CHC-min	B	6	14	14																							CDR · IIIL
1955	19	CHC-min	A	33	67	67		13	4	0	2						.194	.194	.343	.537		23							DMO · WL
1956	20	CHC-min	Opn	71	20	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	12	.050	.050	.200	.250		4	0	0	0	0			LOS · PCL
1957	21	CHC-min	Opn	34	19	16	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		1	8	.313	.353	.313	.665		5	0	0	2	0			POR · PCL
1957	21	CHC	NL	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	22	CHC-min	AA	21	51	48	2	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	2	13	.104	.140	.250	.390		12		0	1	0			FTW · TL
1958	22	CHC	NL	17	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.118	.235	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	23	CHC	NL	37	90	80	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	34	.075	.119	.088	.207	-43	7	1	1	6	0	0	1
1960	24	CHC	NL	39	82	71	4	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	26	.169	.221	.169	.390	10	12	0	1	5	1	0	1
1961	25	CHC	NL	57	45	42	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	22	.143	.163	.286	.449	16	12	0	0	2	0	0	1
1962	26	CHC	NL	57	27	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	10	.130	.200	.217	.417	11	5	1	0	2	0	0	1
1963	27	DET	AL	32	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	176	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	28	OAK-min	A,AAA	36	69	67	1	12	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	.179	.191	.418	.609		28		0	1	0			LEW,DAL · NORW,PCL
7 Yrs				247	274	246	18	33	2	1	2	12	0	0	10	107	.134	.174	.175	.349	-5	43	2	2	15	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	180	161	12	22	1	1	1	8	0	0	7	70	.134	.174	.175	.349	-5	28	1	1	10	1	0

CHC (6 yrs)				215	265	237	17	29	1	1	2	10	0	0	10	104	.122	.164	.160	.324	-12	38	2	2	15	1	0
DET (1 yr)				32	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	176	5	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				215	265	237	17	29	1	1	2	10	0	0	10	104	.122	.164	.160	.324	-12	38	2	2	15	1	0
AL (1 yr)				32	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	176	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	21	CHC	NL	8	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/1
1958	22	CHC	NL	17	17	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1959	23	CHC	NL	37	90	-16	0	-0	0	10	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.6	.483	.496	-0.6	0.0	-3	$	1
1960	24	CHC	NL	39	82	-9	0	0	0	9	1	0.1	3	4	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	4	$	1
1961	25	CHC	NL	57	45	-5	-0	0	0	5	0	0.1	2	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1962	26	CHC	NL	57	27	-3	0	-0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1963	27	DET	AL	32	9	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
7 Seasons				247	274	-37	0	1	0	31	-5	-0.5	9	4	-0.5	.498	.500	-0.5	-0.0	4	$

CHC (6 yrs)				215	265	-38	0	0	0	30	-7	-0.7	9	2	-0.7	.497	.499	-0.7	0.0	2	$
DET (1 yr)				32	9	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1957	21	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.330	.000	.414	.000	.744	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1958	22	CHC	NL	17	15	0	0.0	105	.250	.118	.269	.118	.336	.118	.420	.235	.756	-37	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.133	.000	.000
1959	23	CHC	NL	90	81	1	0.3	103	.130	.075	.268	.119	.334	.088	.415	.207	.748	-43	.008	-16.5	-1.7	.147	.050	.013
1960	24	CHC	NL	82	65	3	1.2	98	.261	.169	.261	.221	.326	.169	.400	.390	.727	10	.091	-8.8	-0.9	.288	.056	.000
1961	25	CHC	NL	45	38	2	1.4	106	.222	.143	.270	.163	.337	.286	.421	.449	.757	16	.101	-5.4	-0.5	.361	.167	.143	.0
1962	26	CHC	NL	27	23	1	1.2	107	.231	.130	.275	.200	.343	.217	.417	.417	.760	11	.076	-3.2	-0.3	.333	.174	.087
1963	27	DET	AL	9	5	2	10.8	97	.667	.444	.259	.444	.326	.556	.400	1.000	.725	176	.849	0.9	0.1	1.000	.111	.111
7 Yrs				274	231	9	1.0	102	.225	.134	.267	.174	.333	.175	.412	.349	.744	-5	.063	-37.5	-3.8	.256	.081	.041	.0
162 Game Avg.				180	152	6	1.0	102	.225	.134	.267	.174	.333	.175	.412	.349	.744	-5	.063	-37.5	-3.8	.256	.081	.041

CHC (6 yrs)				265	226	7	0.8	102	.205	.122	.267	.164	.333	.160	.412	.324	.745	-12	.043	-38.4	-3.8	.238	.080	.038	.0
DET (1 yr)				9	5	2	10.8	97	.667	.444	.259	.444	.326	.556	.400	1.000	.725	176	.849	0.9	0.1	1.000	.111	.111

NL (6 yrs)				265	226	7	0.8	102	.205	.122	.267	.164	.333	.160	.412	.324	.745	-12	.043	-38.4	-3.8	.238	.080	.038	.0
AL (1 yr)				9	5	2	10.8	97	.667	.444	.259	.444	.326	.556	.400	1.000	.725	176	.849	0.9	0.1	1.000	.111	.111

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	21	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				25%
1958	22	CHC	NL	17	0.0%	52.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			2.00	47%
1959	23	CHC	NL	90	0.0%	37.8%	3.3%	1.1%	17%	11.33	2.4		26.7	1.39	51%
1960	24	CHC	NL	82	0.0%	31.7%	4.9%	0.0%	0%	6.50	2.7		71.0	0.95	56%
1961	25	CHC	NL	45	4.4%	48.9%	2.2%	4.4%	33%	22.00	1.9	21.0	8.4	2.00	40%
1962	26	CHC	NL	27	0.0%	37.0%	7.4%	3.7%	33%	5.00	2.3		23.0	2.00	48%
1963	27	DET	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	11.1%	25%		3.0		4.5	1.00	67%
7 Yrs				274	0.7%	39.1%	3.7%	1.8%	15%	10.70	2.3	123.0	20.5	1.36	50%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.7%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.5	37.9	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1957	21	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.58	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.65	-1.1
1958	22	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.3	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.94	-0.3	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.84	-3.2
1959	23	CHC	NL	-16.6	-1.7	88	-1.1	0.8	-1.9	.99	-1.5	0.3	-15.8	-1.6	1.03	-16.3
1960	24	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	83	-1.2	0.5	-1.6	1.00	-0.9	-0.2	-10.1	-1.0	0.97	-9.9
1961	25	CHC	NL	-5.4	-0.5	45	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	.86	-0.2	0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.88	-2.6
1962	26	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.14	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.95	-2.9
1963	27	DET	AL	0.9	0.1	9	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.83	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.1	0.81	0.9
7 Yrs				-37.7	-3.8	271	-2.8	2.6	-5.4	.97	-3.2	0.4	-32.5	-3.3	0.96	-35.0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	21	CHC	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	22	CHC	NL	0	50%	3	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1959	23	CHC	NL	1	60%	16	3	14%	4	3	1	0	0	3	3	0
1960	24	CHC	NL	1	24%	35	1	22%	6	5	1	0	0	3	2	1
1961	25	CHC	NL	1	60%	8	2	14%	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	1
1962	26	CHC	NL	0	20%	9	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	DET	AL	0	25%	8	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				3	37%	79	7	15%	15	13	2	1	1	10	8	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	21	CHC	NL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	22	CHC	NL	17	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	23	CHC	NL	90	23%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	15	1	7%	20	4	20%	67	3	4%	6	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1960	24	CHC	NL	82	34%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	5	42%	18	0	0%	20	2	10%	53	1	2%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	0
1961	25	CHC	NL	45	27%	6			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	4	1	25%	29	4	14%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1962	26	CHC	NL	27	27%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	7	1	14%	8	1	13%	15	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	27	DET	AL	9	33%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				274	30%	33			0	0	0	0		2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	24	15	63%	48	2	4%	53	8	15%	175	11	6%	10	1	10%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1957	21	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1958	22	25	21	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.095	.095	.095	.190	-49	2	0	0	0	0
1959	23	62	111	101	7	8	1	0	0	3	3	46	.079	.114	.089	.203	-44	9	1	1	6	0
1960	24	101	193	172	11	20	1	0	0	4	7	72	.116	.159	.122	.281	-22	21	1	2	11	1
1961	25	158	238	214	16	26	1	0	2	9	8	94	.121	.160	.154	.314	-14	33	1	2	13	1
1962	26	215	265	237	17	29	1	1	2	10	10	104	.122	.164	.160	.324	-12	38	2	2	15	1
1963	27	247	274	246	18	33	2	1	2	12	10	107	.134	.174	.175	.349	-5	43	2	2	15	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	21	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1958	22	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
1959	23	39	95	84	8	7	1	0	0	4	4	36	.083	.135	.095	.230	1	37
1960	24	41	88	76	5	14	0	0	0	1	5	27	.184	.241	.184	.425	3	39
1961	25	60	47	44	5	6	0	0	2	5	1	23	.136	.156	.273	.428	2	57
1962	26	57	27	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	2	10	.130	.200	.217	.417	1	57
1963	27	32	9	9	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	2	32
7 Yrs		255	288	258	20	34	2	1	2	13	12	111	.132	.176	.171	.346	9	247
162 Game Avg.		162	183	164	13	22	1	1	1	8	8	71	.132	.176	.171	.346	6	247

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