Harry Anderson
Harry Walter Anderson (Harry the Horse)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 10, 1931 in North East, MD
School: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1957
Final Game: May 5, 1961
Died: June 11, 1998 in Greenville, DE
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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
1957 25 PHI NL 118 451 400 53 107 15 4 17 61 2 3 36 61 .268 .333 .453 .785 112 181 6 6 3 6 7 *7/9 MVP-25
1958 26 PHI NL 140 585 515 80 155 34 6 23 97 0 2 59 95 .301 .373 .524 .897 136 270 12 3 3 5 10 73 MVP-18
1959 27 PHI NL 142 561 508 50 122 28 6 14 63 1 1 43 95 .240 .304 .402 .706 86 204 9 5 2 3 14 *7
1960 28 TOT NL 80 184 159 16 34 5 0 6 21 0 0 21 39 .214 .311 .358 .670 83 57 2 2 1 1 1 37/9
1960 28 PHI NL 38 105 93 10 23 2 0 5 12 0 0 10 19 .247 .333 .430 .763 108 40 2 2 0 0 1 73
1960 28 CIN NL 42 79 66 6 11 3 0 1 9 0 0 11 20 .167 .282 .258 .540 48 17 0 0 1 1 0 3/79
1961 29 CIN NL 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 484 1785 1586 199 419 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 291 .264 .334 .450 .784 108 713 29 16 9 15 32
162 Game Avg. 162 597 531 67 140 27 5 20 81 1 2 53 97 .264 .334 .450 .784 108 239 10 5 3 5 11
PHI (4 yrs) 438 1702 1516 193 407 79 16 59 233 3 6 148 270 .268 .337 .458 .796 111 695 29 16 8 14 32
CIN (2 yrs) 46 83 70 6 12 3 0 1 9 0 0 11 21 .171 .280 .257 .538 47 18 0 0 1 1 0

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
1957 25 PHI NL 451 311 61 5.3 100 .274 .268 .265 .333 .328 .453 .410 .785 .738 112 .563 6.7 0.7 .735 .273 .185 3.6
1958 26 PHI NL 585 382 100 7.0 105 .328 .301 .269 .373 .336 .524 .419 .897 .756 136 .680 27.5 2.7 .882 .334 .223 .0
1959 27 PHI NL 561 401 62 4.1 106 .269 .240 .271 .304 .338 .402 .420 .706 .757 86 .449 -11.2 -1.1 .636 .246 .161 1.9
1960 28 TOT NL 184 129 19 4.0 100 .243 .214 .264 .311 .330 .358 .405 .670 .735 83 .456 -3.6 -0.4 .630 .277 .145 .0
1960 28 PHI NL 105 72 13 4.9 99 .261 .247 .263 .333 .329 .430 .404 .763 .733 108 .548 0.9 0.1 .722 .290 .183 .0
1960 28 CIN NL 79 57 6 2.8 101 .217 .167 .265 .282 .332 .258 .407 .540 .739 48 .312 -4.5 -0.5 .509 .258 .091 .0
1961 29 CIN NL 4 3 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .272 .250 .339 .250 .424 .500 .764 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
5 Seasons 1785 1226 242 5.3 104 .287 .264 .268 .334 .334 .450 .416 .784 .750 108 .564 18.9 1.8 .736 .284 .185 5.7
162 Game Avg. 597 410 81 5.3 104 .287 .264 .268 .334 .334 .450 .416 .784 .750 108 .564 6 1 .736 .284 .185 2
PHI (4 yrs) 1702 1166 236 5.4 104 .290 .268 .268 .337 .334 .458 .416 .796 .750 111 .574 23.8 2.3 .748 .286 .190 5.7
CIN (2 yrs) 83 60 6 2.7 101 .224 .171 .266 .280 .332 .257 .408 .538 .740 47 .291 -4.9 -0.5 .500 .243 .086 .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
1957 25 PHI NL 451 3.8% 13.5% 8.0% 8.0% 34% 1.69 6.6 23.5 6.6 0.50 73%
1958 26 PHI NL 585 3.9% 16.2% 10.1% 10.8% 41% 1.61 5.4 22.4 5.3 0.69 69%
1959 27 PHI NL 561 2.5% 16.9% 7.7% 8.6% 39% 2.21 5.3 36.3 8.1 0.61 72%
1960 28 TOT NL 184 3.3% 21.2% 11.4% 6.0% 32% 1.86 4.1 26.5 7.6 0.78 63%
1960 28 PHI NL 105 4.8% 18.1% 9.5% 6.7% 30% 1.90 4.9 18.6 7.8 0.82 66%
1960 28 CIN NL 79 1.3% 25.3% 13.9% 5.1% 36% 1.82 3.3 66.0 7.3 0.71 58%
1961 29 CIN NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 0.00 75%
5 Seasons 1785 3.4% 16.3% 8.9% 8.9% 38% 1.83 5.5 26.4 6.6 0.62 70%
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
1957 25 PHI NL 5 0 27% 148 2 3 40% 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 8 40% 26 17 7 7 2 4 7 1 5
1958 26 PHI NL 7 0 29% 220 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 55% 25 12 12 13 7 6 18 4 13
1959 27 PHI NL 10 0 23% 189 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 31% 23 16 5 8 6 1 18 7 9
1960 28 TOT NL 2 0 20% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 33% 8 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 1
1960 28 PHI NL 1 0 17% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 1
1960 28 CIN NL 1 0 24% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 24 0 26% 624 3 6 33% 3 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 27 24 42% 82 50 27 30 17 11 45 12 28
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
1957 25 PHI NL 452 93% 107 11 3 1 1 1.87 17 1 6 16 1 4 13 2 3 3 100% 100 6 6% 43 17 40% 304 46 15% 34 19 56% 17 7 41% 0
1958 26 PHI NL 585 77% 155 10 1 0 1 2.59 23 0 13 20 3 11 12 1 3 3 100% 140 12 9% 49 15 31% 420 77 18% 48 23 48% 36 15 42% 0
1959 27 PHI NL 561 71% 122 6 1 0 0 2.77 14 0 13 12 2 6 8 0 6 2 33% 108 9 8% 40 14 35% 374 51 14% 31 17 55% 30 11 37% 0
1960 28 TOT NL 184 93% 34 29 1 0 2 1.28 6 0 3 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 100% 39 2 5% 21 7 33% 119 17 14% 16 6 38% 15 7 47% 0
1960 28 PHI NL 105 93% 23 8 1 0 1 1.76 5 0 3 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 25 2 8% 12 4 33% 70 9 13% 8 3 38% 9 4 44% 0
1960 28 CIN NL 79 94% 11 21 0 0 1 1.10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 14 0 0% 9 3 33% 49 8 16% 8 3 38% 6 3 50% 0
1961 29 CIN NL 4 100% 1 4 1 0 0 1.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 1786 81% 419 60 7 1 4 1.75 60 1 35 54 6 25 35 3 13 9 69% 387 29 7% 154 53 34% 1219 191 16% 129 65 50% 99 40 40% 0
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
1957 25 118 451 400 53 107 15 4 17 61 2 3 36 61 .268 .333 .453 .785 112 181 6 6 3 6 7
1958 26 258 1036 915 133 262 49 10 40 158 2 5 95 156 .286 .355 .493 .848 126 451 18 9 6 11 17
1959 27 400 1597 1423 183 384 77 16 54 221 3 6 138 251 .270 .337 .460 .798 111 655 27 14 8 14 31
1960 28 480 1781 1582 199 418 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 290 .264 .335 .450 .785 109 712 29 16 9 15 32
1961 29 484 1785 1586 199 419 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 291 .264 .334 .450 .784 108 713 29 16 9 15 32

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
1957 25 123 474 422 57 116 16 4 18 66 2 39 64 .275 .342 .460 .801 66 118
1958 26 147 612 542 85 163 36 6 24 103 0 62 100 .301 .373 .522 .895 106 140
1959 27 148 583 530 52 127 29 6 15 65 1 45 99 .240 .304 .402 .705 64 142
1960 28 84 197 170 17 39 6 0 7 23 0 24 41 .229 .330 .388 .718 21 80
1961 29 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
5 Seasons 506 1870 1668 211 445 87 16 64 257 3 170 305 .267 .338 .453 .791 257 484
162 Game Avg. 162 599 534 68 142 28 5 20 82 1 54 98 .267 .338 .453 .791 82 484

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (25, 0%)
1958 NL (18, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL  .373 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 NL  .524 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 NL  .897 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 NL  270 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1958 NL  34 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1958 NL  97 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 NL  95 (1st)
1959 NL  95 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 NL  136 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 NL  100 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  2.7 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  63 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 NL  .680 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (5th)
1959 NL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  10 (6th)
1959 NL  14 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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