Jim Anderson
James Lea Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 23, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Kennedy (Granada Hills, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1978
Final Game: September 26, 1984
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1978 CAL AL 21 SS 47 34 329.2 179 72 99 8 21 .955 0.9 3.3 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1 4.67 3.64 .964 4.92 4.19
1978 CAL AL 21 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1979 CAL AL 22 SS 82 63 564.1 332 126 189 17 42 .949 1.0 2.1 0.0 -4.0 4.0 1 5.02 3.84 .966 5.01 4.10
1979 CAL AL 22 3B 10 5 63.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -21.0 -1.1 -0.8 -0.4 0 1.71 1.20 .950 3.07 2.66
1979 CAL AL 22 2B 6 1 14.0 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 1.3 111.4 1.3 -0.1 1.4 0 8.36 2.17 .977 5.53 4.80
1979 CAL AL 22 C 3 1 11.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -205.7 -2 4.63 2.00 .983 5.48 4.70 1 3 4 0 0%
1980 SEA AL 23 SS 65 52 455.1 287 87 188 12 38 .958 2.0 5.3 2.0 -0.1 2.1 0 5.44 4.23 .963 4.99 4.26
1980 SEA AL 23 3B 33 32 274.0 106 31 65 10 7 .906 -3.2 -14.0 -3.2 -2.1 -1.1 0 3.15 2.91 .954 3.01 2.59
1980 SEA AL 23 DH 5
1980 SEA AL 23 2B 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 5.70 4.90
1980 SEA AL 23 C 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.60 0 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 24 SS 68 52 477.2 284 88 181 15 44 .947 -0.3 -0.8 -1.3 -1.8 0.5 1 5.07 3.96 .968 4.99 4.19
1981 SEA AL 24 3B 2 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 .933 3.00 2.50
1983 TEX AL 26 SS 27 11 127.0 80 17 60 3 7 .963 -0.2 -1.9 0.8 3.8 -2.9 -1 5.46 2.85 .962 4.75 4.15
1983 TEX AL 26 2B 17 11 114.0 69 26 41 2 6 .971 2.4 25.3 2.4 1.0 1.4 0 5.29 3.94 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 TEX AL 26 3B 3 2 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -40.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.75 0.33 1.000 3.08 2.57
1983 TEX AL 26 OF 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.64 0.67 1.000 2.54 2.17
1983 TEX AL 26 DH 2
1983 TEX AL 26 LF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.36 1.90
1983 TEX AL 26 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 1.80
1984 TEX AL 27 SS 31 14 146.1 89 35 53 1 13 .989 3.3 27.1 2.3 1.6 0.7 1 5.41 2.84 .961 4.76 3.93
1984 TEX AL 27 3B 6 0 16.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.5 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 3.38 1.00 .950 2.76 2.18
1984 TEX AL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
6 Seasons SS 320 226 2100.1 1251 425 770 56 165 .955 6.7 3.8 3.7 -0.3 4.1 3 5.12 3.73 .965 4.95 4.15
5 Seasons 3B 54 39 368.0 128 37 81 10 8 .922 -4.2 -13.7 -4.2 -2.7 -1.5 0 2.89 2.19 .953 3.01 2.55
5 Seasons 2B 27 12 133.1 85 32 51 2 8 .976 4.0 36.0 4.0 1.2 2.8 0 5.60 3.07 .981 5.39 4.77
2 Seasons DH 7
3 Seasons C 5 1 15.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -153.2 -2 5.17 1.80 .989 5.46 4.70 1 3 4 0 0%
1 Season OF 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.64 0.67 1.000 2.54 2.17
1 Season LF 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.36 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 1.80
6 Seasons TOT 409 279 2628.1 1475 504 903 68 181 .954 4.4 2.0 3.4 -1.9 5.4 0 3 -2 4.82 3.44 .919 4.70 3.97 1 3 4 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1978 CAL AL 21 48 34 48 48 0 0 0 1 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CAL AL 22 96 70 96 95 0 3 0 6 11 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1980 SEA AL 23 116 87 116 98 0 1 0 2 33 65 0 0 0 0 3 9 11
1981 SEA AL 24 70 52 70 68 0 0 0 0 2 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1983 TEX AL 26 50 26 50 47 0 1 0 17 3 27 2 0 1 3 1 0 5
1984 TEX AL 27 39 14 39 38 0 0 0 1 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 419 283 419 394 0 5 0 27 56 320 2 0 1 3 4 9 27
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 CAL AL 21 1445 48% 77% 24% 137 90% 0 73 34 32 7 103 80 20 0 0 8 1 7 0 7 21 11 1 5 1 3 21 12 9 0 0 0
1979 CAL AL 22 2506 50% 79% 23% 262 89% 0 128 70 47 11 185 141 39 0 4 17 2 12 3 13 41 15 1 13 4 4 38 17 21 2 1 1
1980 SEA AL 23 2057 60% 79% 28% 225 92% 5 86 40 39 7 189 137 42 4 3 12 2 8 2 8 37 15 2 13 3 2 35 17 18 2 1 1
1981 SEA AL 24 2137 56% 80% 28% 216 89% 1 84 28 48 8 185 143 38 1 1 14 0 9 5 10 43 15 8 11 2 4 41 23 18 2 1 1
1983 TEX AL 26 581 64% 83% 25% 66 94% 0 17 6 6 5 60 42 16 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 7 4 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1
1984 TEX AL 27 641 44% 80% 26% 56 100% 0 37 15 16 6 51 45 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0 1 6 1 3 11 1 10 2 0 2
6 Seasons 9367 54% 79% 26% 962 91% 6 425 193 188 44 773 588 161 5 10 55 5 39 11 40 162 60 13 49 11 17 152 74 78 9 3 6
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 CAL AL 22 272 50% 79% 23% 11 91% 0 4 1 1 2 8 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 23 1223 57% 83% 27% 95 89% 2 31 19 3 9 64 50 9 2 3 10 0 7 3 8 8 5 0 7 1 1 0 0
1981 SEA AL 24 10 50% 80% 50% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 26 51 59% 73% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 27 83 58% 75% 17% 5 100% 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1639 56% 81% 26% 115 90% 2 37 21 4 12 80 62 13 2 5 10 0 7 3 8 9 6 0 8 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 CAL AL 21 3 100% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CAL AL 22 52 48% 77% 29% 8 100% 0 5 1 2 2 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 23 12 58% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 26 491 56% 78% 31% 46 93% 1 26 7 17 2 40 37 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 2 1 0 2 6 2 4 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 27 9 89% 89% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 567 56% 78% 31% 57 95% 1 33 9 19 5 50 45 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 3 1 1 2 8 3 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1979 CAL AL 22 59 1.54 1.54 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 23 16 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 26 6 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 81 3.45 3.45 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 4.28 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1979 CAL AL 22 1 3 16 4 0 0 0% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.97
1980 SEA AL 23 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 26 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1 3 27 4 0 0 0% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.97
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

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%
1983 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 88% 73% 18% 6 17%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 88% 73% 18% 6 17%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.7% 57% 79% 26% 51%

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%
1983 TEX AL 26 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 14 64% 86% 43% 1 100%
1 Season 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 14 64% 86% 43% 1 100%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 55%

* 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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