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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
Schools: 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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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

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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 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 (1456th)

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--7th

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

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Gray InkBatting - 9 (1444), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1914), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1647), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Fred Hopke (minors) and Wally Post to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Gonzalez and Lee Walls.

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