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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, University of Maryland (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
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 27 239 0.500 3.4 0.0 1.1 5.6 5.00
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 107 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 5 632 177 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 99 1.118 7.9 0.1 2.2 3.1 1.41
7 Seasons 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 115 1.141 7.8 0.2 2.4 5.1 2.10
NL (3 yrs) NL 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) FL 32 28 .533 2.81 73 56 12 35 7 0 500.1 435 195 156 13 136 286 5 1 13 1978 115 1.141 7.8 0.2 2.4 5.1 2.10
AL (2 yrs) AL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1909 23 BOS AL 8.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1913 27 BOS AL 57.1 8 51 29 -1 1.0 -22 -2.4 $
1914 28 BUF FL 260.1 28 115 138 1 1.0 23 2.7 $
1915 29 BUF FL 240.0 28 80 118 -2 1.0 38 4.8 $
1916 30 NYG NL 188.0 27 99 82 1 1.0 -17 -3.3 $
1917 31 NYG NL 162.0 18 40 72 5 1.0 32 3.0 $
1918 32 NYG NL 70.2 4 27 32 1 1.0 5 0.3 $
7 Seasons 986.1 114 415 475 5 1.0 60 5.2 $
NYG (3 yrs) 420.2 49 166 186 7 1.0 20 0.0 $
BOS (2 yrs) 65.1 9 54 33 -1 1.0 -21 -2.3 $
BUF (2 yrs) 500.1 56 195 256 -1 1.0 61 7.5 $

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

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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
1909 23 BOS AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -21 0 0 0 /1
1913 27 BOS AL 10 20 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .050 .050 .050 .100 -71 1 0 0 1
1914 28 BUF FL 39 93 90 3 17 3 0 0 5 0 3 32 .189 .215 .222 .437 23 20 0 0 1
1915 29 BUF FL 36 83 80 4 12 1 0 0 2 0 2 21 .150 .171 .163 .333 -3 13 0 1 1
1916 30 NYG NL 38 64 58 6 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 18 .138 .167 .207 .374 17 12 1 4 1
1917 31 NYG NL 38 50 42 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 .071 .133 .071 .205 -36 3 0 5 1
1918 32 NYG NL 18 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 3 1
7 Seasons 180 336 312 17 41 6 1 0 12 0 0 10 98 .131 .161 .157 .318 -6 49 1 13
162 Game Avg. 162 302 281 15 37 5 1 0 11 0 9 88 .131 .161 .157 .318 -6 44 1 12
NYG (3 yrs) 94 136 119 10 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 38 .092 .129 .126 .255 -20 15 1 12
BOS (2 yrs) 11 24 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .043 .083 .043 .127 -63 1 0 0
BUF (2 yrs) 75 176 170 7 29 4 0 0 7 0 5 53 .171 .194 .194 .388 11 33 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 94 136 119 10 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 38 .092 .129 .126 .255 -20 15 1 12
FL (2 yrs) 75 176 170 7 29 4 0 0 7 0 5 53 .171 .194 .194 .388 11 33 0 1
AL (2 yrs) 11 24 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .043 .083 .043 .127 -63 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1909 23 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1913 27 BOS AL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1914 28 BUF FL 93 -9 -1 0 0 0 5 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1915 29 BUF FL 83 -10 0 0 0 0 4 1 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1916 30 NYG NL 64 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1917 31 NYG NL 50 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1918 32 NYG NL 22 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 1
7 Seasons 336 -41 -1 0 0 0 16 7 -19 -2.8 -19 -2.1 -0.7 $
NYG (3 yrs) 136 -18 0 0 0 0 6 4 -8 -1.3 -8 -0.8 -0.5 $
BOS (2 yrs) 24 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
BUF (2 yrs) 176 -19 -1 0 0 0 9 2 -9 -1.2 -9 -1.1 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1917 31 NYG NL WS CHW L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1909 BOS AL 23 P 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25 2.00 .940 3.15 3.20
1913 BOS AL 27 P 10 57.1 19 5 13 1 0 .947 2.83 1.80 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 BUF FL 28 P 37 260.1 79 7 69 3 2 .962 2.63 2.05 .947 3.04 3.00
1915 BUF FL 29 P 36 240.0 74 5 65 4 2 .946 2.62 1.94 .956 3.08 3.05
1916 NYG NL 30 P 38 188.0 40 2 38 0 0 1.000 1.91 1.05 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 NYG NL 31 P 38 162.0 47 0 46 1 0 .979 2.56 1.21 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 NYG NL 32 P 18 70.2 38 4 34 0 0 1.000 4.84 2.11 .965 2.93 2.94
7 Seasons P 178 986.1 299 23 267 9 5 .970 2.65 1.63 .955 2.94 2.90
7 Seasons TOT 178 986.1 299 23 267 9 5 .970 2.65 1.63 .955 2.94 2.90
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1915 FL  4.8 (4th)
1917 NL  3.0 (10th)

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  177 (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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1916 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Togie Pittinger (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Lavender (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jesse Duryea (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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