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Harry Anderson

Harry Walter Anderson (Harry the Horse)

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 10, 1931 in North East, MD
School: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1957
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds 1957-1961

Final Game: May 5, 1961
Died: June 11, 1998 in Greenville, DE
Buried: Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, DE
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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
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 25 PHI NL 118 452 400 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 .763 109 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 Yrs 484 1786 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. 162 598 531 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 1703 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

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 Awards
1957 25 PHI NL 118 452 5 0 0 -0 -5 0 -0.1 15 15 1.3 .500 .500 1.6 -0.6 16 $ *7/9 MVP-25
1958 26 PHI NL 140 585 24 -0 -0 -7 -7 10 1.0 20 30 2.9 .508 .507 3.8 -1.5 37 $ 73 MVP-18
1959 27 PHI NL 142 561 -12 -4 -1 10 -6 -13 -1.3 19 6 0.5 .491 .492 -0.6 0.5 -4 $ *7
1960 28 PHI NL 38 105 1 -1 -0 -4 -2 -5 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .485 .496 0.1 -0.6 2 $ 73
1960 28 CIN NL 42 79 -4 1 0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 3/79
1961 29 CIN NL 4 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
5 Seasons 484 1786 14 -5 -1 -0 -21 -13 -1.6 60 47 4.1 .497 .499 4.7 -2.3 47 $
PHI (4 yrs) 438 1703 19 -5 -1 -0 -20 -7 -1.0 57 50 4.4 .498 .499 4.9 -2.2 50 $
CIN (2 yrs) 46 83 -5 1 0 0 -1 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $

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
1957 25 PHI NL 452 311 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 .758 86 .449 -11.4 -1.1 .636 .246 .161 1.9
1960 28 TOT NL 184 129 19 4.0 99 .243 .214 .263 .311 .329 .358 .404 .670 .734 83 .456 -3.5 -0.4 .630 .277 .145 .0
1960 28 PHI NL 105 72 13 4.9 98 .261 .247 .262 .333 .328 .430 .402 .763 .730 109 .549 1.0 0.1 .722 .290 .183 .0
1960 28 CIN NL 79 57 6 2.8 101 .217 .167 .266 .282 .332 .258 .408 .540 .739 48 .312 -4.5 -0.5 .509 .258 .091 .0
1961 29 CIN NL 4 3 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .271 .250 .338 .250 .422 .500 .760 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
5 Yrs 1786 1226 242 5.3 104 .287 .264 .268 .334 .334 .450 .416 .784 .750 108 .564 18.8 1.8 .736 .284 .185 5.7
162 Game Avg. 598 410 81 5.3 104 .287 .264 .268 .334 .334 .450 .416 .784 .750 108 .564 6 1 .736 .284 .185 2
PHI (4 yrs) 1703 1166 236 5.4 104 .290 .268 .268 .337 .334 .458 .416 .796 .750 111 .574 23.7 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*

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 452 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 Yrs 1786 3.4% 16.3% 8.9% 8.9% 38% 1.83 5.5 26.4 6.6 0.62 70%
MLB Averages 2.4% 13.2% 8.8% 6.7% 29% 1.51 6.7 37.6 8.3 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 25 PHI NL 6.7 0.7 461 1.1 8.8 -7.6 1.03 1.0 0.1 9.0 0.9 0.99 7.9 1.86 11
1958 26 PHI NL 27.5 2.7 590 3.0 14.0 -11.0 1.16 2.9 -0.3 33.3 3.2 0.99 32.6 2.60 10
1959 27 PHI NL -11.4 -1.1 567 -1.2 9.5 -10.7 1.05 -0.6 -0.6 0.2 0.0 0.96 -4.7 2.67 6
1960 28 TOT NL -3.6 -0.4 185 0.5 3.6 -3.2 1.11 0.5 -0.1 2.8 0.3 0.95 3.5 1.24 29
1960 28 PHI NL 0.8 0.1 105 0.4 2.4 -2.0 1.20 0.8 -0.5 3.6 0.4 0.96 7.3 1.76 8
1960 28 CIN NL -4.5 -0.5 80 0.1 1.2 -1.1 .98 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 -0.1 0.93 -3.9 1.04 21
1961 29 CIN NL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.12 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.95 -0.5 1.12 4
5 Yrs 18.7 1.8 1807 3.4 35.9 -32.6 1.09 3.8 -0.6 44.6 4.4 0.98 38.7 1.71 60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 Yrs 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

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
1957 25 PHI NL 452 93% 107 11 3 1 1 1.86 17 1 6 16 1 4 13 2 3 3 100% 100 6 6% 43 17 40% 304 46 15% 34 19 56% 22 8 36% 0
1958 26 PHI NL 585 77% 155 10 1 0 1 2.60 23 0 13 20 3 11 12 1 3 3 100% 140 12 9% 49 15 31% 420 77 18% 48 23 48% 24 10 42% 0
1959 27 PHI NL 561 71% 122 6 1 0 0 2.67 14 0 13 12 2 6 8 0 6 2 33% 108 9 8% 40 14 35% 374 51 14% 31 17 55% 18 13 72% 0
1960 28 TOT NL 184 93% 34 29 1 0 2 1.24 6 0 3 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 100% 39 2 5% 21 7 33% 119 17 14% 16 6 38% 11 6 55% 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% 7 4 57% 0
1960 28 CIN NL 79 94% 11 21 0 0 1 1.04 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 14 0 0% 9 3 33% 49 8 16% 8 3 38% 4 2 50% 0
1961 29 CIN NL 4 100% 1 4 1 0 0 1.12 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 Yrs 1786 81% 419 60 7 1 4 1.71 60 1 35 54 6 25 35 3 13 9 69% 387 29 7% 154 53 34% 1219 191 16% 129 65 50% 76 37 49% 0
MLB Averages 49% 75% 10% 31% 14% 50% 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 SF IBB
1957 25 118 452 400 53 107 15 4 17 61 2 3 36 61 .268 .333 .453 .785 112 181 6 6 3 6 7
1958 26 258 1037 915 133 262 49 10 40 158 2 5 95 156 .286 .355 .493 .848 125 451 18 9 6 11 17
1959 27 400 1598 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 1782 1582 199 418 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 290 .264 .335 .450 .785 108 712 29 16 9 15 32
1961 29 484 1786 1586 199 419 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 291 .264 .334 .450 .784 108 713 29 16 9 15 32

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 25 123 475 421 58 115 16 4 18 67 2 39 64 .273 .339 .458 .797 65 118
1958 26 147 616 543 85 164 36 6 24 103 0 62 100 .302 .374 .523 .897 107 140
1959 27 148 585 530 52 127 29 6 15 66 1 45 99 .240 .304 .402 .705 64 142
1960 28 84 193 167 17 36 5 0 6 22 0 22 41 .216 .313 .353 .666 19 80
1961 29 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
5 Yrs 506 1873 1665 212 442 86 16 63 258 3 168 305 .265 .336 .450 .786 255 484
162 Game Avg. 162 600 533 68 142 28 5 20 83 1 54 98 .265 .336 .450 .786 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1497th)

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  27 (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)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  33.26 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.9 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.2 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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