Fred Anderson

John Frederick Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 11, 1885 in Calahan, NC
Schools: Davidson College (Davidson, NC), University of Maryland (College Park, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1909
Teams (by GP): Giants/Buffeds/Blues/RedSox 1909-1918

Final Game: July 9, 1918
Died: November 8, 1957 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, NC
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	23	WLS	D	10	7	.588		18																								WLS · ECAR
1909	23	BOS	AL	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	27	241	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00

1912	26	BKT	B	11	17	.393		27																								BKT · NENL
1913	27	BKT	B	16	7	.696		26																								BKT · NENL
1913	27	BOS	AL	0	6	.000	5.97	10	8	1	4	0	0	57.1	84	51	38	0	21	32	1	0	3	260	50	1.831	13.2	0.0	3.3	5.0	1.52
1914	28	BUF	FL	13	15	.464	3.08	37	28	7	21	2	0	260.1	243	115	89	8	64	144	2	1	9	1040	106	1.179	8.4	0.3	2.2	5.0	2.25
1915	29	BUF	FL	19	13	.594	2.51	36	28	5	14	5	0	240.0	192	80	67	5	72	142	3	0	4	938	125	1.100	7.2	0.2	2.7	5.3	1.97
1916	30	NYG	NL	9	13	.409	3.40	38	27	5	13	2	2	188.0	206	99	71	7	38	98	5	0	9	806	72	1.298	9.9	0.3	1.8	4.7	2.58
1917	31	NYG	NL	8	8	.500	*1.44*	38	18	15	8	1	3	162.0	122	40	26	1	34	69	2	0	5	632	*178*	0.963	6.8	0.1	1.9	3.8	2.03
1918	32	NYG	NL	4	2	.667	2.67	18	4	9	2	1	3	70.2	62	27	21	1	17	24	2	0	1	286	100	1.118	7.9	0.1	2.2	3.1	1.41
7 Yrs				53	57	.482	2.86	178	114	42	62	11	8	986.1	912	415	313	22	247	514	15	1	31	3989	102	1.175	8.3	0.2	2.3	4.7	2.08
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.482	2.86	41	27	10	14	3	2	230	212	97	73	5	58	120	3	0	7	929	102	1.175	8.3	0.2	2.3	4.7	2.08

NYG (3 yrs)				21	23	.477	2.52	94	49	29	23	4	8	420.2	390	166	118	9	89	191	9	0	15	1724	100	1.139	8.3	0.2	1.9	4.1	2.15
BOS (2 yrs)				0	6	.000	5.37	11	9	1	4	0	0	65.1	87	54	39	0	22	37	1	0	3	287	54	1.668	12.0	0.0	3.0	5.1	1.68
BUF (2 yrs)				32	28	.533	2.81	73	56	12	35	7	0	500.1	435	195	156	13	136	286	5	1	13	1978	114	1.141	7.8	0.2	2.4	5.1	2.10

NL (3 yrs)				21	23	.477	2.52	94	49	29	23	4	8	420.2	390	166	118	9	89	191	9	0	15	1724	100	1.139	8.3	0.2	1.9	4.1	2.15
FL (2 yrs)				32	28	.533	2.81	73	56	12	35	7	0	500.1	435	195	156	13	136	286	5	1	13	1978	114	1.141	7.8	0.2	2.4	5.1	2.10
AL (2 yrs)				0	6	.000	5.37	11	9	1	4	0	0	65.1	87	54	39	0	22	37	1	0	3	287	54	1.668	12.0	0.0	3.0	5.1	1.68

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1909	23	BOS	AL	8.0	1	1	3	3.38	3.37	0.06	0.00	102.0	3.38	0	0.0		-0.0	0.1	1	.512	.500	$

1913	27	BOS	AL	57.1	10	8	51	8.01	3.89	-0.31	0.00	100.0	4.21	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-19	.286	.487	$
1914	28	BUF	FL	260.1	37	28	115	3.98	4.12	0.07	0.00	102.0	4.13	3	0.3	1.0	-0.2	1.0	14	.509	.502	$
1915	29	BUF	FL	240.0	36	28	80	3.00	3.87	-0.08	0.00	103.0	4.06	28	3.5	1.0	-0.1	4.1	37	.596	.521	$
1916	30	NYG	NL	188.0	38	27	99	4.74	3.39	0.10	0.00	93.0	3.07	-35	-4.0	1.0	-0.1	-2.8	-22	.394	.475	$
1917	31	NYG	NL	162.0	38	18	40	2.22	3.46	0.36	0.00	95.0	2.94	13	1.6	1.0	-0.1	2.7	24	.543	.510	$
1918	32	NYG	NL	70.0	18	4	27	3.47	3.55	0.20	0.00	96.0	3.21	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.487	.499	$
7 Seasons				985.2	178	114	415	3.79	3.75	0.07	0.00	98.8	3.65	-17	-1.0	1.0	-0.6	3.6	37	.495	.499	$

NYG (3 yrs)				420.0	94	49	166	3.56	3.44	0.21	0.00	94.3	3.04	-25	-2.6	1.0	-0.3	0.1	5	.472	.495	$
BOS (2 yrs)				65.1	11	9	54	7.44	3.83	-0.27	0.00	100.2	4.10	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.1	-1.6	-18	.306	.493	$
BUF (2 yrs)				500.1	73	56	195	3.51	4.00	-0.00	0.00	102.5	4.10	31	3.8	1.0	-0.3	5.1	51	.552	.512	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1917	31	NYG	NL	WS	L	CHW	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
1 WS							0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	13.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	32	NYG	NL	286	0.4%	8.4%	5.9%	1.4%	7%	79%
1 Yr				286	0.4%	8.4%	5.9%	1.4%	7%	79%
MLB Averages					0.3%	7.7%	7.5%	2.6%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1909	23	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	27	241	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00	241
1910	24	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	27	241	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00	241
1911	25	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	27	241	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00	241
1912	26	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	27	241	0.500	3.4	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00	241
1913	27	0	6	.000	5.37	11	9	1	4	0	0	65.1	87	54	39	0	22	37	1	0	3	287	54	1.668	12.0	0.0	3.0	5.1	1.68	54
1914	28	13	21	.382	3.54	48	37	8	25	2	0	325.2	330	169	128	8	86	181	3	1	12	1327	91	1.277	9.1	0.2	2.4	5.0	2.10	91
1915	29	32	34	.485	3.10	84	65	13	39	7	0	565.2	522	249	195	13	158	323	6	1	16	2265	102	1.202	8.3	0.2	2.5	5.1	2.04	102
1916	30	41	47	.466	3.18	122	92	18	52	9	2	753.2	728	348	266	20	196	421	11	1	25	3071	94	1.226	8.7	0.2	2.3	5.0	2.15	94
1917	31	49	55	.471	2.87	160	110	33	60	10	5	915.2	850	388	292	21	230	490	13	1	30	3703	102	1.179	8.4	0.2	2.3	4.8	2.13	102
1918	32	53	57	.482	2.86	178	114	42	62	11	8	986.1	912	415	313	22	247	514	15	1	31	3989	102	1.175	8.3	0.2	2.3	4.7	2.08	102

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
1909	23	0	0		2.25	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	0	0.625	4.5	1.1	5.6	5.00	0.0	1

1913	27	1	4	.200	7.79	52.0	93	50	45	0	23	29	1	2.231	16.1	4.0	5.0	1.26	0.0	10
1914	28	15	12	.556	3.49	250.0	259	108	97	9	68	138	2	1.308	9.3	2.4	5.0	2.03	0.3	37
1915	29	16	9	.640	3.08	228.0	212	87	78	6	80	135	3	1.281	8.4	3.2	5.3	1.69	0.2	36
1916	30	7	12	.368	5.16	178.0	251	113	102	9	46	93	6	1.669	12.7	2.3	4.7	2.02	0.5	38
1917	31	14	3	.824	2.02	156.0	145	39	35	1	40	67	2	1.186	8.4	2.3	3.9	1.68	0.1	38
1918	32	5	4	.556	3.69	83.0	89	38	34	1	24	28	3	1.361	9.7	2.6	3.0	1.17	0.1	18
7 Yrs		58	44	.569	3.70	955.0	1053	437	393	26	282	495	17	1.398	9.9		4.7	1.76	0.2	178

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1915 FL 3.7 (9th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1915 FL 4.1 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1917 NL 1.44 (1st)	Wins s c a p y 1915 FL 19 (10th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1915 FL .594 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1914 FL 1.179 (9th) 1915 FL 1.100 (4th) 1917 NL 0.963 (1st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 FL 7.200 (5th) 1917 NL 6.778 (2nd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 FL 2.213 (7th) 1916 NL 1.819 (7th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 FL 4.978 (6th) 1915 FL 5.325 (1st) 1916 NL 4.692 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1916 NL 2 (8th) 1917 NL 3 (2nd) 1918 NL 3 (1st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1914 FL 144 (10th) 1915 FL 142 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1915 FL 5 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1914 FL 8 (5th) 1916 NL 7 (4th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1914 FL 2.250 (6th) 1915 FL 1.972 (4th) 1916 NL 2.579 (5th) 1917 NL 2.029 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1917 NL 0.056 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1914 FL 9 (3rd) 1916 NL 9 (4th) 1917 NL 5 (9th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1917 NL 15 (5th) 1918 NL 9 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1915 FL 125 (8th) 1917 NL 178 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1915 FL 18 (8th) 1917 NL 19 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1915 FL 2.0 (8th) 1917 NL 2.2 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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