Craig Anderson
Norman Craig Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 1, 1938 in Washington, DC
School: Lehigh University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1961
Final Game: May 31, 1964
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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
1961 22 STL NL 4 3 .571 3.26 25 0 13 0 0 1 38.2 38 15 14 3 12 0 21 1 0 3 164 136 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.75
1962 23 NYM NL 3 17 .150 5.35 50 14 20 2 0 4 131.1 150 108 78 18 63 2 62 5 0 8 617 77 1.622 10.3 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.98
1963 24 NYM NL 0 2 .000 8.68 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 17 15 9 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 51 40 2.143 16.4 0.0 2.9 5.8 2.00
1964 25 NYM NL 0 1 .000 5.54 4 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 21 9 8 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 61 64 1.846 14.5 0.0 2.1 3.5 1.67
4 Seasons 7 23 .233 5.10 82 17 34 2 0 5 192.1 226 147 109 21 81 2 94 6 0 12 893 81 1.596 10.6 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.16
162 Game Avg. 5 16 .233 5.10 56 12 23 1 0 3 132 155 101 75 14 56 1 65 4 0 8 613 81 1.596 10.6 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.16
NYM (3 yrs) 3 20 .130 5.56 57 17 21 2 0 4 153.2 188 132 95 18 69 2 73 5 0 9 729 73 1.672 11.0 1.1 4.0 4.3 1.06
STL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.26 25 0 13 0 0 1 38.2 38 15 14 3 12 0 21 1 0 3 164 136 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.75

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
1961 22 STL NL 25 164 149 15 38 8 1 3 6 2 12 21 .255 .313 .383 .695 .278 57 0 1 1 1 0
1962 23 NYM NL 50 616 538 108 150 22 4 18 17 7 63 62 .279 .358 .435 .793 .286 234 9 5 7 3 2
1963 24 NYM NL 3 51 47 15 17 2 1 0 0 0 3 6 .362 .400 .447 .847 .415 21 2 0 1 0 0
1964 25 NYM NL 4 61 55 9 21 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 .382 .407 .455 .861 .412 25 0 0 2 1 0
4 Seasons 82 892 789 147 226 34 7 21 23 10 81 94 .286 .355 .427 .782 .302 337 11 6 11 5 2
162 Game Avg. 56 613 542 101 155 23 5 14 16 7 56 65 .286 .355 .427 .782 .302 231 8 4 8 3 1
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
1962 23 NYM NL 50 14 0 11 3 0 2 1 12 .077 1 2 2 0 3 21% 35 63 5 16 10 5 4 3.8 2.9 4.7
1963 24 NYM NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 45 29 6 4 0 2 1.0 1.0 4.3
1964 25 NYM NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 43 43 43 2 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 7.0
3 Seasons 57 17 0 14 3 0 3 1 15 .063 1 2 2 0 4 24% 36 63 5 24 16 6 6 3.3 2.5 4.8
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
1961 22 STL NL 25 25 13 4 3 2 1 1 50% 6 4 16 5 31% 7 1.157 8 4 11 6 3 16 11 14 12 7 12 3 4.6
1962 23 NYM NL 50 36 20 3 6 10 4 6 40% 10 0 29 4 14% 8 1.246 17 10 9 11 7 18 15 21 20 5 20 5 5.4
1963 24 NYM NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.714 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1964 25 NYM NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.792 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.0
4 Seasons 82 65 34 7 9 12 5 7 42% 16 4 47 11 23% 1.168 25 16 22 17 10 38 27 38 34 14 34 8 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%
1961 22 STL NL 164 45% 1.8% 12.8% 7.3% 7.3% 32% 1.24 77% 25 0 0%
1962 23 NYM NL 616 40% 2.9% 10.1% 10.2% 7.1% 29% 1.38 75% 114 9 8%
1963 24 NYM NL 51 45% 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 5.9% 18% 10.00 80% 13 2 15%
1964 25 NYM NL 61 41% 0.0% 8.2% 4.9% 4.9% 14% 1.91 84% 17 0 0%
4 Seasons 892 41% 2.4% 10.5% 9.1% 7.0% 27% 1.47 76% 169 11 7%
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
1961 22 STL NL 164 38 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 6 4 0 67% 1 3 0 59 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 23 NYM NL 616 150 18 1 12 8 10 11 7 47 33 4 70% 22 8 2 252 17 7 71% 15 6 2 0 0 1 3 2 18 0
1963 24 NYM NL 51 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 67% 4 1 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1964 25 NYM NL 61 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 63% 0 0 0 29 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 892 226 21 1 18 11 10 14 7 67 46 5 69% 27 12 4 359 23 10 70% 21 8 2 1 0 1 4 2 30 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+
1961 22 4 3 .571 3.26 25 0 13 0 0 1 38.2 38 15 14 3 12 0 21 1 0 3 164 136 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.75 136
1962 23 7 20 .259 4.87 75 14 33 2 0 5 170.0 188 123 92 21 75 2 83 6 0 11 781 86 1.547 10.0 1.1 4.0 4.4 1.11 86
1963 24 7 22 .241 5.07 78 16 33 2 0 5 179.1 205 138 101 21 78 2 89 6 0 12 832 82 1.578 10.3 1.1 3.9 4.5 1.14 82
1964 25 7 23 .233 5.10 82 17 34 2 0 5 192.1 226 147 109 21 81 2 94 6 0 12 893 81 1.596 10.6 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.16 81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1961 22 3 1 .750 2.92 40.0 38 14 13 3 12 22 1 1.250 8.6 2.7 5.0 1.83 0.7 25
1962 23 6 8 .429 4.90 134.0 148 81 73 18 62 63 5 1.567 9.9 4.2 4.2 1.02 1.2 50
1963 24 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 19 11 10 0 3 6 0 2.200 17.1 2.7 5.4 2.00 0.0 3
1964 25 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 22 10 9 0 3 5 0 2.083 16.5 2.3 3.8 1.67 0.0 4
4 Seasons 9 11 .450 4.82 196.0 227 116 105 21 80 96 6 1.566 10.4 4.4 1.20 1.0 82

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL--17--6th

                                         

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