Bob Anderson
Robert Carl Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 29, 1935 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Hammond (Hammond, IN)
Schools: Michigan State University, Western Michigan University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1957
Final Game: September 25, 1963
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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
1957 21 CHC NL 0 1 .000 7.71 8 0 2 0 0 0 16.1 20 16 14 2 8 1 7 1 1 0 76 50 1.714 11.0 1.1 4.4 3.9 0.88
1958 22 CHC NL 3 3 .500 3.97 17 8 4 2 0 0 65.2 61 29 29 3 29 1 51 1 0 1 275 98 1.371 8.4 0.4 4.0 7.0 1.76
1959 23 CHC NL 12 13 .480 4.13 37 36 1 7 1 0 235.1 245 117 108 21 77 3 113 5 3 4 1004 96 1.368 9.4 0.8 2.9 4.3 1.47
1960 24 CHC NL 9 11 .450 4.11 38 30 3 5 0 1 203.2 201 105 93 26 68 8 115 7 0 9 868 92 1.321 8.9 1.1 3.0 5.1 1.69
1961 25 CHC NL 7 10 .412 4.26 57 12 21 1 0 8 152.0 162 85 72 14 56 11 96 2 0 4 659 98 1.434 9.6 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.71
1962 26 CHC NL 2 7 .222 5.02 57 4 16 0 0 4 107.2 111 70 60 9 60 5 82 5 0 8 492 83 1.588 9.3 0.8 5.0 6.9 1.37
1963 27 DET AL 3 1 .750 3.30 32 3 15 0 0 0 60.0 58 28 22 5 21 2 38 6 0 4 260 113 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.7 1.81
7 Seasons 36 46 .439 4.26 246 93 62 15 1 13 840.2 858 450 398 80 319 31 502 27 4 30 3634 93 1.400 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.57
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .439 4.26 49 19 12 3 0 3 169 172 90 80 16 64 6 101 5 1 6 729 93 1.400 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.57
CHC (6 yrs) 33 45 .423 4.33 214 90 47 15 1 13 780.2 800 422 376 75 298 29 464 21 4 26 3374 92 1.406 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.3 1.56
DET (1 yr) 3 1 .750 3.30 32 3 15 0 0 0 60.0 58 28 22 5 21 2 38 6 0 4 260 113 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.7 1.81
NL (6 yrs) 33 45 .423 4.33 214 90 47 15 1 13 780.2 800 422 376 75 298 29 464 21 4 26 3374 92 1.406 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.3 1.56
AL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 3.30 32 3 15 0 0 0 60.0 58 28 22 5 21 2 38 6 0 4 260 113 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.7 1.81

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
1957 21 CHC NL 8 76 63 16 20 3 1 2 0 1 8 7 .317 .397 .492 .889 .327 31 4 1 3 1 1
1958 22 CHC NL 17 275 239 29 61 5 3 3 4 3 29 51 .255 .335 .339 .673 .309 81 10 1 3 3 1
1959 23 CHC NL 37 1004 901 117 245 31 11 21 24 6 77 113 .272 .329 .401 .730 .288 361 23 5 11 10 3
1960 24 CHC NL 38 868 787 105 201 27 8 26 13 8 68 115 .255 .320 .409 .729 .271 322 18 7 6 0 8
1961 25 CHC NL 57 659 588 85 162 19 7 14 7 4 56 96 .276 .338 .403 .742 .307 237 22 2 9 4 11
1962 26 CHC NL 57 491 417 70 111 17 1 9 13 6 60 82 .266 .362 .376 .739 .309 157 6 5 5 4 5
1963 27 DET AL 32 260 225 28 58 10 0 5 5 1 21 38 .258 .335 .369 .704 .288 83 9 6 6 2 2
7 Seasons 246 3633 3220 450 858 112 31 80 66 29 319 502 .266 .335 .395 .730 .292 1272 92 27 43 24 31
162 Game Avg. 49 729 646 90 172 22 6 16 13 6 64 101 .266 .335 .395 .730 .292 255 18 5 9 5 6
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
1958 22 CHC NL 17 8 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 .500 0 1 2 0 4 50% 48 75 23 4 0 4 2 5.0 4.7 6.0
1959 23 CHC NL 37 36 12 13 11 4 5 19 17 .528 1 5 7 1 19 53% 50 80 18 32 8 20 6 4.2 4.1 6.5
1960 24 CHC NL 38 30 9 10 11 0 1 13 16 .448 3 4 5 0 18 60% 52 75 23 35 14 14 9 3.6 3.7 6.3
1961 25 CHC NL 57 12 3 7 2 1 2 4 8 .333 1 1 1 0 6 50% 44 64 21 21 13 7 3 3.9 3.7 5.7
1962 26 CHC NL 57 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 2 50% 48 71 27 43 16 2 0 3.7 2.3 6.0
1963 27 DET AL 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 1 33% 48 68 37 12 5 2 1 3.5 5.3 5.0
6 Seasons 238 93 29 35 29 6 10 43 49 .467 6 13 15 1 50 54% 50 80 18 147 56 49 21 4.0 3.9 6.2
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
1957 21 CHC NL 8 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 3 0.682 2 3 3 0 2 6 5 3 6 1 6 3 6.1
1958 22 CHC NL 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.983 1 0 8 0 1 8 1 8 9 0 9 3 6.0
1959 23 CHC NL 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 1.124 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1960 24 CHC NL 38 8 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 1 1.072 3 4 1 1 1 6 4 4 4 1 4 1 5.6
1961 25 CHC NL 57 45 21 4 3 17 8 9 47% 18 1 47 15 32% 7 1.174 21 7 16 19 6 20 24 21 25 10 26 13 5.6
1962 26 CHC NL 57 53 16 1 6 7 4 3 57% 13 3 44 23 52% 8 1.186 23 12 16 15 10 27 26 26 31 13 32 13 4.7
1963 27 DET AL 32 29 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 8 0.624 1 6 21 1 1 27 8 21 12 5 12 6 4.7
7 Seasons 246 153 62 7 11 25 13 12 52% 32 4 121 53 44% 1.073 52 32 65 36 22 94 69 83 87 31 89 39 5.1

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%
1957 21 CHC NL 76 39% 2.6% 9.2% 10.5% 7.9% 30% 1.22 72% 19 4 21%
1958 22 CHC NL 275 45% 1.1% 18.6% 10.6% 4.0% 18% 2.26 68% 53 10 19%
1959 23 CHC NL 1004 48% 2.1% 11.3% 7.7% 6.3% 26% 1.67 77% 189 23 12%
1960 24 CHC NL 868 47% 3.0% 13.3% 7.8% 7.0% 30% 1.72 74% 154 18 12%
1961 25 CHC NL 659 41% 2.1% 14.6% 8.5% 6.1% 25% 1.70 73% 137 22 16%
1962 26 CHC NL 491 40% 1.8% 16.7% 12.2% 5.5% 24% 1.15 67% 110 6 5%
1963 27 DET AL 260 35% 1.9% 14.6% 8.1% 5.8% 26% 1.80 71% 59 9 15%
7 Seasons 3633 44% 2.2% 13.8% 8.8% 6.1% 26% 1.64 73% 721 92 13%
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
1957 21 CHC NL 76 20 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 8 4 0 50% 3 0 0 32 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 22 CHC NL 249 61 3 0 9 1 2 2 1 12 5 3 42% 2 1 0 85 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 26
1959 23 CHC NL 980 245 21 0 13 15 6 18 3 61 35 7 57% 14 4 1 364 24 6 80% 24 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 24
1960 24 CHC NL 868 201 26 0 11 12 14 14 12 38 20 7 53% 14 9 2 305 13 8 62% 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 25 CHC NL 659 162 14 1 24 8 6 9 5 46 24 6 52% 15 4 2 249 7 4 64% 6 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 13 0
1962 26 CHC NL 478 111 9 1 18 4 5 6 3 37 23 6 62% 9 8 4 185 13 6 68% 9 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 13
1963 27 DET AL 260 58 5 0 3 1 4 3 2 20 9 4 45% 6 4 2 113 5 1 83% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Seasons 3570 858 80 2 83 42 38 53 27 222 120 33 54% 63 30 11 1333 66 29 69% 60 25 4 4 2 0 3 0 90 63
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+
1957 21 0 1 .000 7.71 8 0 2 0 0 0 16.1 20 16 14 2 8 1 7 1 1 0 76 50 1.714 11.0 1.1 4.4 3.9 0.88 50
1958 22 3 4 .429 4.72 25 8 6 2 0 0 82.0 81 45 43 5 37 2 58 2 1 1 351 83 1.439 8.9 0.5 4.1 6.4 1.57 83
1959 23 15 17 .469 4.28 62 44 7 9 1 0 317.1 326 162 151 26 114 5 171 7 4 5 1355 92 1.387 9.2 0.7 3.2 4.8 1.50 92
1960 24 24 28 .462 4.21 100 74 10 14 1 1 521.0 527 267 244 52 182 13 286 14 4 14 2223 92 1.361 9.1 0.9 3.1 4.9 1.57 92
1961 25 31 38 .449 4.23 157 86 31 15 1 9 673.0 689 352 316 66 238 24 382 16 4 18 2882 93 1.377 9.2 0.9 3.2 5.1 1.61 93
1962 26 33 45 .423 4.33 214 90 47 15 1 13 780.2 800 422 376 75 298 29 464 21 4 26 3374 92 1.406 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.3 1.56 92
1963 27 36 46 .439 4.26 246 93 62 15 1 13 840.2 858 450 398 80 319 31 502 27 4 30 3634 93 1.400 9.2 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.57 93

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
1957 21 0 1 .000 8.44 16.0 22 17 15 2 9 7 1 1.938 12.4 5.1 3.9 0.78 1.1 8
1958 22 3 4 .429 4.29 65.0 64 34 31 3 30 50 1 1.446 8.9 4.2 6.9 1.67 0.4 17
1959 23 12 14 .462 4.31 236.0 256 126 113 22 80 113 5 1.424 9.8 3.1 4.3 1.41 0.8 37
1960 24 10 12 .455 4.48 203.0 216 112 101 28 73 115 8 1.424 9.6 3.2 5.1 1.58 1.2 38
1961 25 8 9 .471 4.12 155.0 165 79 71 14 57 98 2 1.432 9.6 3.3 5.7 1.72 0.8 57
1962 26 4 7 .364 4.84 106.0 109 63 57 9 59 81 5 1.585 9.3 5.0 6.9 1.37 0.8 57
1963 27 3 3 .500 3.63 57.0 60 26 23 5 22 36 6 1.439 9.5 3.5 5.7 1.64 0.8 32
7 Seasons 40 50 .444 4.41 838.0 892 457 411 83 330 500 28 1.458 9.6 5.4 1.52 0.9 246

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1961 NL  57 (5th)
1962 NL  57 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1961 NL  8 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 NL  235.3 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1959 NL  36 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 NL  26 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL  77 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  245 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL  .803 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1959 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 NL  108 (3rd)
1960 NL  93 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1960 NL  9 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1959 NL  1004 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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