Dwain Anderson

Dwain Cleaven Anderson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 23, 1947 in Oakland, CA
High School: El Cerrito HS (El Cerrito, CA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1971
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Athletics/Indians 1971-1974

Final Game: May 28, 1974
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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
1965	17	OAK-min	A	9	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200		2							BUR · MIDW
1966	18	OAK-min	A-,A	61	214	190	28	48	10	0	1	17	6	1	24	45	.253	.336	.321	.658		61							LEW,LEE · NORW,FLOR
1967	19	OAK-min	A	123	473	428	44	109	20	4	2	20	3	2	45	66	.255	.326	.334	.660		143							PNS,BUR · CARL,MIDW
1968	20	OAK-min	A	122	425	425		108	15	8	4						.254	.254	.355	.609		151							PNS · CARL
1969	21	OAK-min	AA	87	322	294	38	79	12	2	6	38	6	1	28	71	.269	.332	.384	.717		113							BIR · SOUL
1970	22	OAK-min	AAA	130	515	456	62	115	14	2	15	69	3	1	50	134	.252	.327	.390	.718		178		2	5	2			IWA · AA
1971	23	OAK-min	AAA	120	464	396	51	89	10	3	3	32	3	2	60	115	.225	.335	.288	.623		114		6	2	0			IWA · AA
1971	23	OAK	AL	16	43	37	3	10	2	1	0	3	0	1	5	9	.270	.372	.378	.750	116	14	0	1	0	0	1	6/45
1972	24	OAK-min	AAA	7	20	14	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	6	4	.214	.450	.357	.807		5		0	0	0			IWA · AA
1972	24	TOT	MLB	60	152	142	14	36	4	1	1	8	0	1	9	27	.254	.303	.317	.620	78	45	4	1	0	0	1	65/4
1972	24	OAK	AL	3	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0	/56
1972	24	STL	NL	57	144	135	12	36	4	1	1	8	0	1	8	23	.267	.313	.333	.646	85	45	4	1	0	0	1	65/4
1973	25	TOT	NL	71	144	124	16	15	0	0	0	3	2	0	18	33	.121	.232	.121	.353	5	15	2	0	2	0	0	6/58
1973	25	STL	NL	18	21	17	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.118	.286	.118	.403	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	/68
1973	25	SDP	NL	53	123	107	11	13	0	0	0	3	2	0	14	29	.121	.223	.121	.345	2	13	2	0	2	0	0	6/5
1974	26	NYM-CLE-min	AAA	77	303	245	38	61	6	2	3	17	5	2	51	70	.249	.381	.327	.708		80		2	4	1			TID,OKC · IL,AA
1974	26	CLE	AL	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	0	0	0	/4
4 Yrs				149	342	306	33	62	6	2	1	14	2	2	32	70	.203	.282	.245	.527	53	75	6	2	2	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	372	333	36	67	7	2	1	15	2	2	35	76	.203	.282	.245	.527	53	82	7	2	2	0	2

STL (2 yrs)				75	165	152	17	38	4	1	1	8	0	1	12	27	.250	.309	.309	.618	77	47	4	1	0	0	1
OAK (2 yrs)				19	51	44	5	10	2	1	0	3	0	1	6	13	.227	.333	.318	.652	89	14	0	1	0	0	1
SDP (1 yr)				53	123	107	11	13	0	0	0	3	2	0	14	29	.121	.223	.121	.345	2	13	2	0	2	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				128	288	259	28	51	4	1	1	11	2	1	26	56	.197	.273	.232	.504	46	60	6	1	2	0	1
AL (3 yrs)				21	54	47	5	11	2	1	0	3	0	1	6	14	.234	.333	.319	.652	90	15	0	1	0	0	1

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
1971	23	OAK	AL	16	43	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	3	0.3	.509	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	6/45
1972	24	OAK	AL	3	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.448	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$9,600	/56
1972	24	STL	NL	57	144	-2	-1	0	-3	2	-4	-0.4	4	1	0.0	.493	.498	0.4	-0.0	4	$	65/4
1973	25	STL	NL	18	21	-2	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/68
1973	25	SDP	NL	53	123	-10	-0	0	-6	2	-15	-1.7	4	-11	-1.3	.469	.490	-0.6	-0.4	-5	$	6/5
1974	26	CLE	AL	2	3	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/4
4 Seasons				149	342	-15	-1	1	-11	5	-22	-2.4	10	-12	-1.4	.483	.497	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$9,600

STL (2 yrs)				75	165	-4	-0	0	-5	3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	0.3	-0.2	3	$
OAK (2 yrs)				19	51	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$9,600
SDP (1 yr)				53	123	-10	-0	0	-6	2	-15	-1.7	4	-11	-1.3	.469	.490	-0.6	-0.4	-5	$
CLE (1 yr)				2	3	0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

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
1971	23	OAK	AL	43	28	5	4.8	91	.357	.270	.253	.372	.324	.378	.375	.750	.700	116	.580	0.9	0.1	.679	.216	.108
1972	24	TOT	MLB	152	111	13	3.2	90	.307	.254	.255	.303	.323	.317	.376	.620	.699	78	.390	-4.3	-0.5	.486	.120	.063	.0
1972	24	OAK	AL	8	7	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.241	.125	.309	.000	.348	.125	.657	-60	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
1972	24	STL	NL	144	104	13	3.4	91	.315	.267	.255	.313	.324	.333	.377	.646	.701	85	.417	-3.0	-0.3	.510	.119	.067	.0
1973	25	TOT	NL	144	113	5	1.2	90	.165	.121	.253	.232	.321	.121	.377	.353	.698	5	.089	-15.3	-1.6	.315	.161	.000	.0
1973	25	STL	NL	21	15	1	1.8	97	.154	.118	.262	.286	.332	.118	.390	.403	.722	16	.170	-1.8	-0.2	.400	.235	.000
1973	25	SDP	NL	123	98	4	1.1	89	.167	.121	.252	.223	.319	.121	.374	.345	.694	2	.076	-13.5	-1.4	.302	.150	.000	.0
1974	26	CLE	AL	3	2	0	0.0	88	.500	.333	.257	.333	.321	.333	.370	.667	.691	94	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
4 Yrs				342	254	23	2.4	90	.260	.203	.254	.282	.322	.245	.376	.527	.698	53	.276	-18.8	-2.0	.433	.147	.042	1.3
162 Game Avg.				372	276	25	2.4	90	.260	.203	.254	.282	.322	.245	.376	.527	.698	53	.276	-18.8	-2.0	.433	.147	.042	1

STL (2 yrs)				165	119	14	3.2	92	.298	.250	.256	.309	.325	.309	.379	.618	.703	77	.387	-4.8	-0.5	.496	.132	.059	.0
OAK (2 yrs)				51	35	5	3.8	89	.323	.227	.251	.333	.322	.318	.371	.652	.693	89	.486	-0.4	-0.1	.571	.205	.091
SDP (1 yr)				123	98	4	1.1	89	.167	.121	.252	.223	.319	.121	.374	.345	.694	2	.077	-13.5	-1.4	.302	.150	.000	.0
CLE (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	88	.500	.333	.257	.333	.321	.333	.370	.667	.691	94	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				288	217	18	2.2	90	.248	.197	.254	.273	.322	.232	.377	.504	.699	46	.243	-18.3	-1.9	.409	.139	.035	1.3
AL (3 yrs)				54	37	5	3.6	89	.333	.234	.251	.333	.322	.319	.371	.652	.693	90	.459	-0.5	-0.1	.568	.191	.085

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	23	OAK	AL	43	0.0%	20.9%	11.6%	7.0%	30%	1.80	4.1		12.3	2.17	65%
1972	24	TOT	MLB	152	0.7%	17.8%	5.9%	4.0%	17%	3.00	5.3	142.0	17.8	1.41	75%
1972	24	OAK	AL	8	0.0%	50.0%	12.5%	0.0%		4.00	1.8			1.00	38%
1972	24	STL	NL	144	0.7%	16.0%	5.6%	4.2%	17%	2.88	5.9	135.0	16.9	1.44	77%
1973	25	TOT	NL	144	0.0%	22.9%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.83	3.8		41.3	1.24	63%
1973	25	STL	NL	21	0.0%	19.1%	19.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.3			1.75	62%
1973	25	SDP	NL	123	0.0%	23.6%	11.4%	0.0%	0%	2.07	3.7		35.7	1.17	63%
1974	26	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
4 Yrs				342	0.3%	20.5%	9.4%	2.6%	15%	2.19	4.4	306.0	21.9	1.41	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.62	6.4	46.6	9.1	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	23	OAK	AL	0.9	0.1	44	0.1	0.9	-0.8	1.16	-0.0	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.89	0.4	0.75	1
1972	24	TOT	MLB	-4.3	-0.5	154	-0.8	1.9	-2.7	.95	-0.7	-0.2	-11.6	-1.3	0.99	-7.5	0.70	7
1972	24	OAK	AL	-1.4	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.06	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.10	-1.7	1.17	0
1972	24	STL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	146	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	.95	-0.5	-0.1	-8.9	-0.9	0.98	-5.8	0.70	7
1973	25	TOT	NL	-15.3	-1.6	146	-0.7	1.5	-2.3	.90	-1.0	0.2	-9.8	-1.1	0.91	-10.5	1.26	15
1973	25	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.94	-0.1	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.93	-1.6	1.41	10
1973	25	SDP	NL	-13.5	-1.4	125	-0.4	1.4	-1.9	.89	-0.8	0.3	-8.2	-0.9	0.90	-8.9	0.98	5
1974	26	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.98	-0.2		0
4 Yrs				-18.8	-2.0	347	-1.4	4.3	-5.7	.95	-1.7	0.2	-20.5	-2.2	0.94	-17.7	1.07	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	23	OAK	AL	0	19%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	30%	5	5	0	2	2	0	3	0	3
1972	24	TOT	MLB	2	29%	64	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	47%	10	7	3	0	0	0	7	1	5
1972	24	OAK	AL	0	200%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	24	STL	NL	2	25%	59	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	47%	9	6	3	0	0	0	6	1	4
1973	25	TOT	NL	4	49%	84	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	48%	13	7	4	4	1	3	4	1	3
1973	25	STL	NL	0	83%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57%	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	2
1973	25	SDP	NL	4	41%	61	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	43%	10	5	3	2	0	2	2	1	1
1974	26	CLE	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	34%	170	2	2	50%	1	2	1	1	1	4	9	44%	28	19	7	6	3	3	14	2	11

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
1971	23	OAK	AL	43	14%	10			1	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	3	16%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	24	TOT	MLB	152	48%	36			7	0	0	0	0.70	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		32	4	13%	13	2	15%	105	7	7%	7	4	57%	7	3	43%	0
1972	24	OAK	AL	8	88%	0			0	0	0	0	1.17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	24	STL	NL	144	46%	36			7	0	0	0	0.70	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		31	4	13%	12	2	17%	99	7	7%	6	4	67%	6	3	50%	0
1973	25	TOT	NL	144	37%	15			15	1	0	0	1.26	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	27	2	7%	13	5	38%	69	4	6%	6	3	50%	6	2	33%	0
1973	25	STL	NL	21	67%	2			10	1	0	0	1.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1973	25	SDP	NL	123	32%	13			5	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	25	2	8%	12	5	42%	60	4	7%	5	3	60%	5	2	40%	0
1974	26	CLE	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				342	39%	62			23	1	0	0	1.07	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	66	6	9%	29	8	28%	195	14	7%	14	7	50%	14	5	36%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1971	23	16	43	37	3	10	2	1	0	3	0	1	5	9	.270	.372	.378	.750	116	14	0	1	0	1
1972	24	76	195	179	17	46	6	2	1	11	0	2	14	36	.257	.318	.330	.648	86	59	4	2	0	2
1973	25	147	339	303	33	61	6	2	1	14	2	2	32	69	.201	.282	.244	.526	52	74	6	2	2	2
1974	26	149	342	306	33	62	6	2	1	14	2	2	32	70	.203	.282	.245	.527	53	75	6	2	2	2

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
1971	23	16	45	38	4	11	2	1	0	4	0	6	9	.289	.400	.395	.795	6	16
1972	24	63	164	153	17	42	5	1	1	10	0	10	28	.275	.323	.340	.663	17	60
1973	25	71	146	125	18	16	0	0	0	3	2	19	33	.128	.243	.128	.371	4	71
1974	26	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		152	358	319	39	69	7	2	1	17	2	35	71	.216	.298	.260	.558	27	149
162 Game Avg.		162	382	340	42	74	7	2	1	18	2	37	76	.216	.298	.260	.558	29	149

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