Dave Anderson
David Carter Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 1, 1960 in Louisville, KY
School: University of Memphis
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1983
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Batting

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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
1983 22 LAD NL 61 131 115 12 19 4 2 1 2 6 3 12 15 .165 .244 .261 .505 41 30 1 0 4 0 1 6/5
1984 23 LAD NL 121 433 374 51 94 16 2 3 34 15 5 45 55 .251 .331 .329 .660 88 123 8 2 7 5 4 *65
1985 24 LAD NL 77 262 221 24 44 6 0 4 18 5 4 35 42 .199 .310 .281 .591 69 62 4 1 4 1 3 56/4
1986 25 LAD NL 92 241 216 31 53 9 0 1 15 5 1 22 39 .245 .314 .301 .615 76 65 11 0 2 1 1 56/4
1987 26 LAD NL 108 297 265 32 62 12 3 1 13 9 5 24 43 .234 .299 .313 .612 64 83 2 1 6 1 1 65/4
1988 27 LAD NL 116 325 285 31 71 10 2 2 20 4 2 32 45 .249 .325 .319 .644 88 91 9 1 5 2 4 654
1989 28 LAD NL 87 163 140 15 32 2 0 1 14 2 0 17 26 .229 .310 .264 .574 67 37 1 0 5 1 1 65/4
1990 29 SFG NL 60 104 100 14 35 5 1 1 6 1 2 3 20 .350 .369 .450 .819 129 45 2 0 1 0 0 64/35
1991 30 SFG NL 100 240 226 24 56 5 2 2 13 2 4 12 35 .248 .286 .314 .600 72 71 8 0 2 0 2 635/4
1992 31 LAD NL 51 91 84 10 24 4 0 3 8 0 4 4 11 .286 .311 .440 .752 112 37 3 0 1 2 0 5/6
10 Seasons 873 2287 2026 244 490 73 12 19 143 49 30 206 331 .242 .312 .318 .629 79 644 49 5 37 13 17
162 Game Avg. 162 424 376 45 91 14 2 4 27 9 6 38 61 .242 .312 .318 .629 79 120 9 1 7 2 3
LAD (8 yrs) 713 1943 1700 206 399 63 9 16 124 46 24 191 276 .235 .312 .311 .622 77 528 39 5 34 13 15
SFG (2 yrs) 160 344 326 38 91 10 3 3 19 3 6 15 55 .279 .311 .356 .667 90 116 10 0 3 0 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1983 22 LAD NL 131 104 8 2.1 96 .182 .165 .262 .244 .330 .261 .388 .505 .719 41 .212 -9.6 -1.0 .450 .226 .096 1.7
1984 23 LAD NL 433 305 44 3.9 92 .283 .251 .261 .331 .326 .329 .380 .660 .705 88 .466 -4.1 -0.4 .614 .225 .078 5.0
1985 24 LAD NL 262 190 21 3.0 92 .227 .199 .256 .310 .324 .281 .382 .591 .706 69 .347 -8.1 -0.8 .535 .244 .081 4.4
1986 25 LAD NL 241 178 20 3.0 92 .294 .245 .253 .314 .322 .301 .382 .615 .704 76 .345 -6.1 -0.6 .520 .176 .056 1.7
1987 26 LAD NL 297 217 26 3.2 104 .275 .234 .267 .299 .336 .313 .416 .612 .751 64 .329 -13.6 -1.3 .533 .185 .079 1.8
1988 27 LAD NL 325 232 30 3.5 88 .288 .249 .254 .325 .317 .319 .373 .644 .690 88 .439 -3.7 -0.4 .560 .189 .070 2.7
1989 28 LAD NL 163 115 13 3.0 90 .272 .229 .253 .310 .320 .264 .376 .574 .696 67 .372 -5.7 -0.6 .514 .171 .036 1.3
1990 29 SFG NL 104 70 15 5.8 95 .430 .350 .260 .369 .325 .450 .390 .819 .715 129 .620 3.5 0.4 .681 .120 .100 1.0
1991 30 SFG NL 240 184 18 2.6 90 .286 .248 .253 .286 .320 .314 .379 .600 .699 72 .299 -9.1 -0.9 .445 .111 .066 2.0
1992 31 LAD NL 91 70 9 3.5 91 .292 .286 .258 .311 .323 .440 .380 .752 .703 112 .421 1.2 0.1 .552 .155 .155 .0
10 Seasons 2287 1665 204 3.3 93 .279 .242 .258 .312 .324 .318 .385 .629 .709 79 .386 -55.3 -5.7 .541 .187 .076 27.4
162 Game Avg. 424 309 38 3.3 93 .279 .242 .258 .312 .324 .318 .385 .629 .709 79 .386 -55.3 -5.7 .541 .187 .076 5
LAD (8 yrs) 1943 1411 171 3.3 93 .270 .235 .258 .312 .325 .311 .385 .622 .710 77 .382 -49.7 -5.1 .547 .201 .076 23.7
SFG (2 yrs) 344 254 33 3.5 92 .328 .279 .255 .311 .322 .356 .382 .667 .704 90 .410 -5.6 -0.6 .510 .113 .077 3.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 24 LAD NL NLCS STL L 4 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 LAD NL WS OAK W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 22 LAD NL 131 0.8% 11.5% 9.2% 5.3% 37% 1.25 7.7 115.0 57.5 0.93 76%
1984 23 LAD NL 433 0.7% 12.7% 10.4% 4.9% 22% 1.22 6.8 124.7 11.0 0.85 74%
1985 24 LAD NL 262 1.5% 16.0% 13.4% 3.8% 23% 1.20 5.3 55.3 12.3 0.71 67%
1986 25 LAD NL 241 0.4% 16.2% 9.1% 4.2% 19% 1.77 5.5 216.0 14.4 1.21 73%
1987 26 LAD NL 297 0.3% 14.5% 8.1% 5.4% 26% 1.79 6.2 265.0 20.4 1.04 75%
1988 27 LAD NL 325 0.6% 13.9% 9.9% 4.3% 20% 1.41 6.3 142.5 14.3 1.02 1.28 74% 16% 3.3% 50%
1989 28 LAD NL 163 0.6% 16.0% 10.4% 1.8% 9% 1.53 5.4 140.0 10.0 1.22 1.54 70% 18% 2.7% 27%
1990 29 SFG NL 104 1.0% 19.2% 2.9% 6.7% 20% 6.67 5.0 100.0 16.7 1.14 1.58 76% 26% 3.3% 19%
1991 30 SFG NL 240 0.8% 14.6% 5.0% 3.8% 16% 2.92 6.5 113.0 17.4 1.13 1.66 79% 21% 2.9% 21%
1992 31 LAD NL 91 3.3% 12.1% 4.4% 7.7% 29% 2.75 7.6 28.0 10.5 0.74 1.25 79% 30% 7.9% 12%
10 Seasons 2287 0.8% 14.5% 9.0% 4.6% 21% 1.61 6.1 106.6 14.2 1.06 1.10 74% 20% 3.8% 31%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 22 LAD NL 2 0 37% 52 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 55% 4 3 1 0 0 0 7 1 5
1984 23 LAD NL 5 0 35% 194 15 5 75% 13 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 59% 19 11 8 4 1 2 18 4 14
1985 24 LAD NL 4 0 26% 107 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 7 44% 11 7 4 7 3 3 7 2 4
1986 25 LAD NL 4 0 41% 108 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 40% 20 14 5 4 0 4 14 8 6
1987 26 LAD NL 7 0 36% 123 9 5 64% 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 46% 18 10 7 2 2 0 13 5 8
1988 27 LAD NL 5 0 28% 157 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 59% 13 8 5 3 2 1 13 1 11
1989 28 LAD NL 2 0 29% 65 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40% 10 7 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
1990 29 SFG NL 2 0 35% 53 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 58% 10 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2
1991 30 SFG NL 3 0 33% 105 2 4 33% 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 46% 15 11 4 4 1 3 7 2 5
1992 31 LAD NL 1 0 28% 41 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 46% 7 5 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
10 Seasons 35 0 33% 1005 49 30 62% 43 27 6 1 0 2 2 1 19 58 49% 127 81 44 24 9 13 90 26 61
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1983 22 LAD NL 131 20% 19 2 1 1 1 1.19 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 22 1 5% 19 8 42% 64 1 2% 3 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1984 23 LAD NL 433 33% 94 6 0 0 0 2.18 3 0 9 1 2 2 1 0 7 7 100% 74 8 11% 52 20 38% 235 32 14% 28 14 50% 29 12 41% 0
1985 24 LAD NL 262 32% 44 4 2 0 0 0.79 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 0 4 4 100% 54 4 7% 33 7 21% 171 17 10% 17 7 41% 10 2 20% 0
1986 25 LAD NL 241 34% 53 4 1 0 0 1.13 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 44 11 25% 23 6 26% 136 17 13% 14 7 50% 16 8 50% 0
1987 26 LAD NL 297 28% 62 7 2 0 1 0.94 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 37 2 5% 26 8 31% 134 12 9% 14 4 29% 23 7 30% 0
1988 27 LAD NL 325 42% 71 7 0 7 2 0 0 1.92 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 100% 49 9 18% 35 14 40% 190 20 11% 20 7 35% 21 5 24% 0
1989 28 LAD NL 163 50% 32 4 1 26 5 0 1 1.66 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 83% 29 1 3% 22 13 59% 97 14 14% 12 6 50% 12 3 25% 0
1990 29 SFG NL 104 55% 35 9 1 13 6 1 1 1.85 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 24 2 8% 9 3 33% 64 6 9% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1991 30 SFG NL 240 35% 56 28 0 29 4 0 2 1.26 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 100% 47 8 17% 21 8 38% 145 12 8% 8 2 25% 11 3 27% 0
1992 31 LAD NL 91 78% 24 9 0 13 6 1 3 1.46 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 100% 21 3 14% 14 6 43% 52 5 10% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 0
10 Seasons 2287 37% 490 57 2 111 29 3 9 1.50 19 0 53 11 8 8 11 0 40 37 93% 401 49 12% 254 93 37% 1288 136 11% 127 53 42% 132 45 34% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 LAD NL 317 1166 3.68 711 61% 32% 11% 24% 34% 68% 4% 42% 84% 29% 6% 20 0 18% 56 12 9% 30 9 27% 8 0 0
1989 28 LAD NL 152 557 3.66 332 60% 27% 14% 26% 34% 73% 0% 43% 81% 33% 5% 8 1 18% 28 9 10% 15 5 28% 11 1 2
1990 29 SFG NL 72 261 3.63 166 64% 31% 11% 23% 34% 69% 0% 44% 83% 22% 1% 1 0 17% 12 8 4% 3 2 33% 32 0 0
1991 30 SFG NL 240 756 3.15 486 64% 26% 13% 21% 40% 74% 3% 47% 82% 28% 5% 12 1 17% 40 18 5% 12 4 37% 0 0 0
1992 31 LAD NL 91 316 3.47 198 63% 24% 13% 24% 38% 76% 0% 47% 83% 35% 7% 6 0 13% 12 3 8% 7 5 45% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 872 3056 3.50 1893 62% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 2% 44% 83% 30% 5% 47 2 17% 148 50 8% 67 25 32% 51 1 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 22 61 131 115 12 19 4 2 1 2 6 3 12 15 .165 .244 .261 .505 41 30 1 0 4 0 1
1984 23 182 564 489 63 113 20 4 4 36 21 8 57 70 .231 .311 .313 .624 77 153 9 2 11 5 5
1985 24 259 826 710 87 157 26 4 8 54 26 12 92 112 .221 .311 .303 .614 75 215 13 3 15 6 8
1986 25 351 1067 926 118 210 35 4 9 69 31 13 114 151 .227 .311 .302 .614 75 280 24 3 17 7 9
1987 26 459 1364 1191 150 272 47 7 10 82 40 18 138 194 .228 .309 .305 .614 73 363 26 4 23 8 10
1988 27 575 1689 1476 181 343 57 9 12 102 44 20 170 239 .232 .312 .308 .619 76 454 35 5 28 10 14
1989 28 662 1852 1616 196 375 59 9 13 116 46 20 187 265 .232 .312 .304 .616 75 491 36 5 33 11 15
1990 29 722 1956 1716 210 410 64 10 14 122 47 22 190 285 .239 .315 .312 .627 78 536 38 5 34 11 15
1991 30 822 2196 1942 234 466 69 12 16 135 49 26 202 320 .240 .312 .313 .624 77 607 46 5 36 11 17
1992 31 873 2287 2026 244 490 73 12 19 143 49 30 206 331 .242 .312 .318 .629 79 644 49 5 37 13 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 22 61 130 117 14 21 4 2 1 2 7 13 15 .179 .262 .274 .535 9 61
1984 23 121 442 385 57 105 18 2 3 38 17 50 55 .273 .355 .353 .708 49 121
1985 24 77 267 226 27 49 7 0 4 20 6 39 42 .217 .333 .301 .634 23 77
1986 25 92 242 218 35 55 9 0 1 17 5 23 39 .252 .322 .307 .630 22 92
1987 26 108 294 267 32 64 12 3 1 13 9 25 43 .240 .306 .318 .624 26 108
1988 27 116 332 293 36 79 11 2 2 23 4 36 45 .270 .349 .341 .691 35 116
1989 28 87 166 145 17 37 2 0 1 16 2 20 26 .255 .343 .290 .633 15 87
1990 29 60 104 101 16 36 5 1 1 7 1 3 20 .356 .375 .455 .830 17 60
1991 30 100 238 226 27 56 5 2 2 15 2 12 35 .248 .286 .314 .600 20 100
1992 31 51 89 83 12 23 4 0 3 10 0 4 11 .277 .303 .434 .737 11 51
10 Seasons 873 2304 2061 273 525 77 12 19 161 53 225 331 .255 .328 .331 .659 227 873
162 Game Avg. 162 428 382 51 97 14 2 4 30 10 42 61 .255 .328 .331 .659 42 873

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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