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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 PHI NL 25 OF 109 104 913.0 221 213 5 3 1 .986 -0.5 -0.7 3.5 2.3 1.2 -4 2.15 2.00 .980 2.29 2.07 MVP-25
1957 PHI NL 25 LF 108 104 906.0 219 211 6 2 1 .991 -0.5 -0.7 3.5 2.3 1.2 -4 2.16 2.01 .978 2.03 1.71 MVP-25
1957 PHI NL 25 RF 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 1.93 1.70 MVP-25
1958 PHI NL 26 LF 88 82 738.2 164 156 4 4 1 .976 -6.0 -9.7 -5.0 0.8 -5.9 -1 1.95 1.82 .975 2.00 1.54 MVP-18
1958 PHI NL 26 OF 87 82 738.2 163 155 4 4 1 .975 -6.0 -9.7 -5.0 0.8 -5.9 -1 1.94 1.83 .980 2.26 1.95 MVP-18
1958 PHI NL 26 1B 49 47 435.0 435 397 29 9 39 .979 -0.6 -1.7 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 8.81 8.69 .990 9.54 8.11 MVP-18
1959 PHI NL 27 LF 137 136 1159.0 310 286 18 6 4 .981 10.5 10.9 7.5 4.1 3.4 3 2.36 2.22 .971 2.04 1.59
1959 PHI NL 27 OF 137 136 1159.0 306 283 17 6 4 .980 10.5 10.9 7.5 4.1 3.4 3 2.33 2.19 .977 2.21 1.90
1960 TOT NL 28 1B 27 23 176.1 189 174 13 2 9 .989 -1.0 -6.8 -1.0 -1.1 0.0 0 9.54 6.93 .990 9.56 8.20
1960 TOT NL 28 OF 20 17 143.2 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -21.7 -2.6 -0.8 -1.8 0 1.88 1.50 .977 2.20 1.92
1960 TOT NL 28 LF 18 16 131.2 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -19.1 -2.1 -0.5 -1.6 0 1.98 1.61 .972 1.98 1.54
1960 PHI NL 28 LF 16 14 118.2 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -21.2 -2.1 -0.1 -2.0 0 1.97 1.63 .973 1.98 1.54
1960 PHI NL 28 OF 16 14 118.2 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -21.2 -2.1 -0.1 -2.0 0 1.97 1.63 .977 2.20 1.92
1960 PHI NL 28 1B 12 11 79.1 88 81 6 1 3 .989 -1.6 -24.2 -1.6 -0.5 -1.2 0 9.87 7.25 .990 9.56 8.20
1960 CIN NL 28 1B 15 12 97.0 101 93 7 1 6 .990 0.6 7.4 0.6 -0.6 1.2 0 9.28 6.67 .990 9.57 8.20
1960 CIN NL 28 OF 4 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0 1.44 1.00 .975 2.20 1.92
1960 CIN NL 28 LF 2 2 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 2.08 1.50 .967 2.01 1.55
1960 CIN NL 28 RF 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -50.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 0.75 0.50 1.000 2.03 1.75
4 Seasons OF 353 339 2954.1 720 680 27 13 6 .982 1.4 0.6 3.4 6.4 -3.1 -2 2.15 2.00 .979 2.25 1.97
4 Seasons LF 351 338 2935.1 722 681 29 12 6 .983 1.9 0.8 3.9 6.7 -2.9 -2 2.18 2.02 .974 2.02 1.61
2 Seasons 1B 76 70 611.1 624 571 42 11 48 .982 -1.6 -3.1 -1.6 -1.8 0.1 0 9.02 8.07 .990 9.55 8.14
2 Seasons RF 3 1 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -31.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 1.42 1.00 .967 1.99 1.73
5 Seasons TOT 429 409 3565.2 1344 1251 69 24 54 .982 -0.2 -0.1 1.8 4.6 -3.0 -2 0 3.33 3.08 .966 3.50 3.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 PHI NL 25 118 104 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 1 109 13 1
1958 PHI NL 26 140 129 140 140 0 0 49 0 0 0 88 0 0 87 11 0
1959 PHI NL 27 142 136 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 137 6 0
1960 CIN NL 28 42 15 42 42 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 25 0
1960 PHI NL 28 38 25 38 38 0 0 12 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 13 0
1961 CIN NL 29 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seasons 484 409 484 484 0 0 76 0 0 0 351 0 3 353 72 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 PHI NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 3 0 33 26 0 39 3 0 18 5 0 10 0 0 12 11 1 112 45 40.2% 66 1 0.9% 5 3887 65% 78% 32% 442 49%
1958 PHI NL 26 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 38 28 1 31 6 0 11 7 0 10 3 0 5 5 0 95 49 51.6% 44 1 1.1% 3 3216 59% 80% 32% 368 43%
1959 PHI NL 27 6 0 5 1 0 18 0 5 5 4 38 29 3 37 10 0 30 11 5 17 6 1 22 19 0 144 75 52.1% 60 9 6.3% 9 5124 54% 79% 30% 586 52%
1960 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 5 35.7% 9 0 0.0% 1 549 53% 80% 26% 56 46%
1960 CIN NL 28 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 0 0 0 0 0 53 60% 70% 23% 5 60%
4 Seasons 12 0 11 1 0 29 0 7 10 4 114 84 4 114 21 0 60 24 5 37 9 1 40 36 1 365 174 47.7% 179 11 3.0% 18 12829 59% 79% 31% 1457 48%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 PHI NL 26 1920 63% 79% 27% 108 94% 0 395 33 360 2 44 26 19 6 0 0 9 1 7 1 4 41 1 0 0 38 1 3 1 2 9 78%
1960 CIN NL 28 419 63% 81% 29% 23 100% 0 88 5 84 0 10 8 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 4 100%
1960 PHI NL 28 365 63% 81% 27% 17 94% 0 81 4 77 0 7 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 100%
2 Seasons 2704 63% 80% 27% 148 95% 0 564 42 521 2 61 40 29 9 0 0 11 3 7 1 4 50 1 0 0 45 1 5 1 3 16 88%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 50% 79% 21% 3 67%
1960 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 55 56% 78% 35% 4 25%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 89 54% 79% 29% 7 43%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

* 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.

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