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Jimmy Anderson

James Drew Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 22, 1976 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Western Branch HS (Chesapeake, VA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1999
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Cubs/RedSox 1999-2004

Final Game: July 21, 2004
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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
1999 23 PIT NL 13 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 24 PIT NL 27 54 50 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .140 .140 .160 .300 -24 8 0 0 4 0 0 1
2001 25 PIT NL 34 69 59 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .119 .175 .136 .310 -19 8 1 0 6 0 0 1
2002 26 PIT NL 28 47 42 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .119 .159 .119 .278 -26 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
2003 27 CIN NL 8 13 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2004 28 TOT MLB 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 28 CHC NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 28 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 122 193 170 11 23 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 44 .135 .174 .153 .327 -15 26 1 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 256 226 15 31 4 0 0 8 0 0 11 58 .135 .174 .153 .327 -15 35 1 0 20 0 0
PIT (4 yrs) 102 179 160 10 22 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 40 .138 .169 .156 .325 -16 25 1 0 13 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 8 13 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 8 1 0 0 2 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 117 193 170 11 23 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 44 .135 .174 .153 .327 -15 26 1 0 15 0 0
AL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1999 23 PIT NL 13 9 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .510 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $200,000 1
2000 24 PIT NL 27 54 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $215,000 1
2001 25 PIT NL 34 69 -8 -0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $285,000 1
2002 26 PIT NL 28 47 -7 -0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $305,000 1
2003 27 CIN NL 8 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $600,000 /1
2004 28 CHC NL 7 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
2004 28 BOS AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
6 Seasons 122 193 -26 -0 1 0 28 2 0.2 5 7 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 7 $1,605,000
PIT (4 yrs) 102 179 -25 -0 1 0 26 1 0.1 5 6 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 6 $1,005,000
BOS (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHC (1 yr) 7 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
CIN (1 yr) 8 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $600,000

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
1999 23 PIT NL 9 6 1 4.5 116 .429 .333 .276 .333 .351 .444 .444 .778 .795 95 .421 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .111 .111
2000 24 PIT NL 54 47 1 0.6 115 .179 .140 .272 .140 .349 .160 .444 .300 .794 -24 .016 -9.6 -0.9 .186 .020 .020
2001 25 PIT NL 69 59 2 0.9 114 .159 .119 .272 .175 .344 .136 .446 .310 .789 -19 .042 -10.9 -1.0 .226 .085 .017
2002 26 PIT NL 47 40 1 0.7 109 .167 .119 .268 .159 .342 .119 .427 .278 .769 -26 .026 -8.0 -0.8 .189 .048 .000
2003 27 CIN NL 13 10 1 2.7 105 .200 .111 .263 .273 .334 .111 .421 .384 .755 8 .247 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
2004 28 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .272 .000 .344 .000 .441 .000 .785 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2004 28 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .272 .000 .344 .000 .441 .000 .785 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 193 163 6 1.0 113 .183 .135 .271 .174 .345 .153 .439 .327 .784 -15 .047 -30.1 -2.9 .230 .065 .018
162 Game Avg. 256 216 8 1.0 113 .183 .135 .271 .174 .345 .153 .439 .327 .784 -15 .047 -30.1 -2.9 .230 .065 .018
PIT (4 yrs) 179 152 5 0.9 113 .183 .138 .271 .169 .345 .156 .440 .325 .786 -16 .039 -28.6 -2.7 .223 .056 .019
CHC (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .272 .000 .344 .000 .441 .000 .785 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
CIN (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 105 .200 .111 .263 .273 .334 .111 .421 .384 .755 8 .246 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
NL (6 yrs) 193 163 6 1.0 113 .183 .135 .271 .174 .345 .153 .439 .327 .784 -15 .048 -30.1 -2.9 .230 .065 .018

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
1999 23 PIT NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 4.5 9.0 2.00 3.00 78% 0% 0.0% 0%
2000 24 PIT NL 54 0.0% 20.4% 0.0% 1.9% 14% 4.5 50.0 1.00 1.00 72% 7% 0.0% 21%
2001 25 PIT NL 69 0.0% 21.7% 5.8% 1.5% 14% 3.75 3.9 19.7 1.26 1.79 64% 18% 0.0% 21%
2002 26 PIT NL 47 0.0% 25.5% 4.3% 0.0% 0% 6.00 3.5 42.0 2.00 2.71 64% 15% 0.0% 0%
2003 27 CIN NL 13 0.0% 30.8% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.3 0.25 0.75 38% 43% 0.0% 0%
2004 28 TOT MLB 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2004 28 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
6 Yrs 193 0.0% 22.8% 4.2% 1.6% 13% 5.50 3.9 28.3 1.28 1.57 65% 14% 0.0% 15%
MLB Averages 2.9% 16.7% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 1.88 5.3 30.9 7.4 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.3% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 23 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 9 0.0 0.2 -0.1 .85 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.14 0.2 0
2000 24 PIT NL -9.6 -0.9 55 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .85 -0.9 -0.1 -9.5 -0.9 0.92 -10.4 0
2001 25 PIT NL -10.9 -1.0 70 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .99 -0.8 0.1 -7.7 -0.7 1.04 -8.1 0
2002 26 PIT NL -8.0 -0.8 47 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .79 -0.7 0.1 -5.9 -0.6 0.88 -6.9 0
2003 27 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .95 -0.2 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.89 -1.8 0
2004 28 TOT MLB -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
2004 28 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
2004 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -30.1 -2.9 195 -2.1 1.4 -3.4 .89 -2.4 0.1 -24.3 -2.3 0.96 -27.3 0

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
1999 23 PIT NL 0 0 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 PIT NL 0 0 71% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
2001 25 PIT NL 5 0 18% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 PIT NL 2 0 14% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 CIN NL 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2004 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 CHC 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
6 Yrs 7 0 36% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17% 8 8 0 0 0 0 4 1 2

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
1999 23 PIT NL 9 56% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 2 22% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2000 24 PIT NL 54 67% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 8 2 25% 30 1 3% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
2001 25 PIT NL 69 84% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 19 1 5% 18 2 11% 56 3 5% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2002 26 PIT NL 47 72% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0 0% 10 2 20% 24 1 4% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2003 27 CIN NL 13 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 28 TOT MLB 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 CHC NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 193 76% 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 15 75% 43 1 2% 41 8 20% 129 7 5% 11 2 18% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 72% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 23 PIT NL 9 22 2.44 20 91% 35% 5% 25% 35% 65% 0% 59% 92% 56% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2000 24 PIT NL 54 152 2.81 117 77% 18% 26% 20% 37% 82% 0% 63% 69% 52% 2% 1 1 4% 2 0 4% 2 1 18% 0 0 0
2001 25 PIT NL 69 220 3.19 159 72% 28% 15% 25% 31% 72% 0% 52% 79% 49% 6% 4 0 7% 5 1 1% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
2002 26 PIT NL 47 175 3.72 119 68% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 0% 50% 80% 34% 2% 1 0 9% 4 3 4% 2 0 25% 0 0 0
2003 27 CIN NL 13 49 3.77 31 63% 26% 16% 35% 23% 74% 0% 47% 78% 46% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 23% 3 2 50% 0 0 0
2004 28 TOT MLB 1 3 3.00 3 100% 67% 0% 0% 33% 33% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 CHC NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 67% 0% 0% 33% 33% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 193 621 3.22 449 72% 25% 17% 26% 31% 75% 0% 54% 77% 46% 3% 6 1 6% 11 4 4% 8 3 30% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
1999 23 13 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 95 4 0 0 0 0 0
2000 24 40 63 59 7 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .169 .169 .203 .373 -6 12 0 0 4 0 0
2001 25 74 132 118 9 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .144 .172 .169 .342 -12 20 1 0 10 0 0
2002 26 102 179 160 10 22 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 40 .138 .169 .156 .325 -16 25 1 0 13 0 0
2003 27 110 192 169 11 23 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 44 .136 .175 .154 .329 -14 26 1 0 15 0 0
2004 28 122 193 170 11 23 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 44 .135 .174 .153 .327 -15 26 1 0 15 0 0

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
1999 23 13 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .444 .778 1 13
2000 24 27 54 50 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 .140 .140 .160 .300 1 27
2001 25 34 67 58 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 15 .103 .148 .121 .268 1 34
2002 26 28 48 43 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .140 .178 .140 .317 1 28
2003 27 8 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 8
2004 28 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
6 Yrs 122 192 170 8 22 3 0 0 5 0 7 44 .129 .164 .147 .311 4 122
162 Game Avg. 162 255 226 11 29 4 0 0 7 0 9 58 .129 .164 .147 .311 5 122

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