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John Anderson
John Joseph Anderson (Honest John)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 14, 1873 in Sarpsborg, Norway (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1894
Final Game: October 2, 1908
Died: July 23, 1949 in Worcester, MA
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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
1894 20 BRO NL 17 66 63 14 19 1 3 1 19 7 3 3 .302 .333 .460 .794 95 29 0 O/5
1895 21 BRO NL 102 437 419 76 120 11 14 9 87 24 12 29 .286 .314 .444 .758 101 186 5 1 *O
1896 22 BRO NL 108 451 430 70 135 23 17 1 55 37 18 23 .314 .344 .453 .798 115 195 2 1 O3
1897 23 BRO NL 117 527 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 29 17 .325 .357 .455 .812 119 224 7 11 *O/3
1898 24 TOT NL 135 569 520 82 153 33 22 9 81 20 0 29 .294 .348 .494 .842 140 257 14 6 0 *O3
1898 24 BRO NL 19 75 69 11 19 3 4 0 8 2 5 .275 .333 .435 .768 119 30 1 0 /O
1898 24 WHS NL 110 471 430 70 131 28 18 9 71 18 23 .305 .357 .516 .873 149 222 12 6 O3
1898 24 BRO NL 6 23 21 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .143 .217 .238 .455 30 5 1 0 0 O/3
1899 25 BRO NL 117 472 439 65 118 18 7 4 92 25 27 .269 .317 .369 .686 86 162 4 2 O3
1901 27 MLA AL 138 607 576 90 190 46 7 8 99 35 24 .330 .360 .476 .836 135 274 3 4 *3O
1902 28 SLB AL 126 551 524 60 149 29 6 4 85 15 21 .284 .316 .385 .701 94 202 3 3 *3/O
1903 29 SLB AL 138 577 550 65 156 34 8 2 78 16 23 .284 .312 .385 .698 111 212 0 4 *3/O
1904 30 NYY AL 143 598 558 62 155 27 12 3 82 20 23 .278 .313 .385 .699 116 215 6 11 *O3
1905 31 TOT AL 133 536 499 62 139 24 7 1 52 31 30 .279 .323 .361 .684 118 180 3 4 *O/3
1905 31 NYY AL 32 108 99 12 23 3 1 0 14 9 8 .232 .296 .283 .579 76 28 1 0 O/3
1905 31 WSH AL 101 428 400 50 116 21 6 1 38 22 22 .290 .330 .380 .710 129 152 2 4 O/3
1906 32 WSH AL 151 607 583 62 158 25 4 3 70 39 19 .271 .296 .343 .639 104 200 2 3 *O
1907 33 WSH AL 87 371 333 33 96 12 4 0 44 19 34 .288 .359 .348 .708 134 116 3 1 3O
1908 34 CHW AL 123 399 355 36 93 17 1 0 47 21 30 .262 .321 .315 .637 109 112 1 13 O/3
14 Seasons 1635 6768 6341 870 1841 328 124 49 976 338 0 310 55 .290 .329 .404 .733 114 2564 53 64 0
162 Game Avg. 162 671 628 86 182 32 12 5 97 33 31 .290 .329 .404 .733 114 254 5
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
BRO (6 yrs) 486 2051 1933 330 574 86 57 19 348 124 0 83 55 .297 .333 .430 .762 105 831 20 15 0
WSH (3 yrs) 339 1406 1316 145 370 58 14 4 152 80 75 .281 .323 .356 .679 119 468 7 8
SLB (3 yrs) 402 1735 1650 215 495 109 21 14 262 66 68 .300 .330 .417 .747 114 688 6 11
NYY (2 yrs) 175 706 657 74 178 30 13 3 96 29 31 .271 .311 .370 .681 109 243 7 11
WHS (1 yr) 110 471 430 70 131 28 18 9 71 18 23 .305 .357 .516 .873 149 222 12 6
CHW (1 yr) 123 399 355 36 93 17 1 0 47 21 30 .262 .321 .315 .637 109 112 1 13
AL (8 yrs) 1039 4246 3978 470 1136 214 49 21 557 196 204 .286 .324 .380 .704 115 1511 21 43
NL (6 yrs) 596 2522 2363 400 705 114 75 28 419 142 0 106 55 .298 .337 .446 .783 112 1053 32 21 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1894 BRO NL 20 OF 16 27 21 0 6 0 .778 1.31 .926 2.24 15-1-0
1894 BRO NL 20 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 3.40
1895 BRO NL 21 OF 101 245 205 11 29 4 .882 2.14 .920 2.14 89-0-12
1896 BRO NL 22 OF 68 138 121 9 8 4 .942 1.91 .933 2.12 33-9-26
1896 BRO NL 22 1B 42 444 417 19 8 26 .982 10.38 .980 10.21
1897 BRO NL 23 OF 115 282 253 11 18 2 .936 2.30 .935 2.06 115-0-0
1897 BRO NL 23 1B 3 30 26 1 3 1 .900 9.00 .980 10.00
1898 TOT NL 24 OF 115 273 237 23 13 4 .952 2.26 .936 2.03 32-79-4
1898 TOT NL 24 1B 19 189 170 10 9 15 .952 9.47 .978 10.06
1898 BRO NL 24 OF 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 .933 2.02 2-1-2
1898 WHS NL 24 OF 93 232 200 20 12 3 .948 2.37 .936 2.03 13-78-2
1898 WHS NL 24 1B 17 170 154 8 8 12 .953 9.53 .978 10.06
1898 BRO NL 24 OF 17 29 25 3 1 1 .966 1.65 .934 2.03 17-0-0
1898 BRO NL 24 1B 2 19 16 2 1 3 .947 9.00 .979 10.05
1899 BRO NL 25 OF 76 165 148 6 11 2 .933 2.03 .945 2.11 7-61-8
1899 BRO NL 25 1B 41 421 389 24 8 25 .981 10.07 .977 10.21
1901 MLA AL 27 1B 125 1401 1310 66 25 81 .982 11.01 .974 8.00
1901 MLA AL 27 OF 13 42 40 1 1 0 .976 3.15 .929 2.00 12-0-1
1902 SLB AL 28 1B 126 1430 1361 47 22 78 .985 11.17 .980 7.94
1902 SLB AL 28 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.03 2-0-1
1903 SLB AL 29 1B 133 1529 1416 91 22 71 .986 11.33 .981 7.52
1903 SLB AL 29 OF 7 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.14 .950 1.91 2-3-2
1904 NYY AL 30 OF 112 204 186 9 9 1 .956 1.74 .954 1.84 46-52-13
1904 NYY AL 30 1B 33 407 368 33 6 21 .985 12.15 .982 10.78
1905 TOT AL 31 OF 119 215 194 10 11 1 .949 1.71 .953 1.83 17-22-80
1905 TOT AL 31 1B 7 79 72 5 2 0 .975 11.00 .982 10.64
1905 NYY AL 31 OF 22 40 33 3 4 0 .900 1.64 .955 1.83 1-19-2
1905 NYY AL 31 1B 3 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 11.33 .982 10.63
1905 WSH AL 31 OF 97 175 161 7 7 1 .960 1.73 .953 1.83 16-3-78
1905 WSH AL 31 1B 4 45 40 3 2 0 .956 10.75 .982 10.65
1906 WSH AL 32 OF 151 320 286 19 15 2 .953 2.02 .963 1.87 151-0-0
1907 WSH AL 33 1B 61 658 615 32 11 13 .983 10.61 .982 10.95
1907 WSH AL 33 OF 26 60 56 2 2 0 .967 2.23 .958 1.83 26-0-0
1908 CHW AL 34 OF 87 109 96 9 4 7 .963 1.21 .953 1.80 13-2-72
1908 CHW AL 34 1B 9 85 80 4 1 4 .988 9.33 .984 11.04
14 Seasons OF 1009 2090 1852 111 127 27 .939 1.95 .943 1.97 560-229-219
11 Seasons 1B 599 6673 6224 332 117 335 .982 10.94 .979 8.79
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 3.40
14 Seasons TOT 1609 8765 8077 444 244 362 .972 5.30 .943 4.51 560-229-219
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1901 AL--.330--6th
1905 AL--.279--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1898 NL--.494--1st
1901 AL--.476--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1898 NL--.842--9th
1901 AL--.836--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1901 AL--138--3rd
1903 AL--138--9th
1906 AL--151--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1901 AL--576--3rd
1903 AL--550--6th
1906 AL--583--9th

Hits s c a p y
1901 AL--190--2nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1898 NL--257--4th
1901 AL--274--3rd
1906 AL--200--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1898 NL--33--5th
1901 AL--46--2nd
1903 AL--34--5th
1906 AL--25--7th

Triples s c a p y
1896 NL--17--6th
1898 NL--22--1st
Career--124--90th

Home Runs s c a p y
1895 NL--9--10th
1898 NL--9--4th
1901 AL--8--4th
1906 AL--3--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1901 AL--99--3rd
1902 AL--85--9th
1903 AL--78--10th
1904 AL--82--4th
1906 AL--70--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1901 AL--35--7th
1905 AL--31--9th
1906 AL--39--1st
Career--338--113th

Singles s c a p y
1906 AL--126--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1898 NL--140--7th
1901 AL--135--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1901 AL--98--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1901 AL--26--8th
1907 AL--14--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1901 AL--2.6--8th
1907 AL--1.6--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1898 NL--64--1st
1901 AL--61--3rd
1903 AL--44--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1901 AL--217--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1901 AL--.683--7th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1898 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1898 NL--0--1st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1895 NL--13.1--10th
1898 NL--12.4--5th
1901 AL--13.0--3rd
1906 AL--5.6--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1895 NL--46.556--6th
1898 NL--57.778--4th
1901 AL--72.000--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (345), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 75 (316), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1019), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Zack Wheat (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Zack Wheat (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Zack Wheat (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

August 26, 1894: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grooms from Haverhill (New England) for $400.

May 19, 1898: Sent to the Washington Senators by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms as part of a conditional deal.

September 21, 1898: Returned by the Washington Senators to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms as part of a conditional deal.

March 24, 1900: Purchased by Milwaukee (American) from the Brooklyn Superbas.

September 26, 1900: Drafted by the Brooklyn Superbas from Milwaukee (American) in the 1900 rule 5 draft.

February, 1901: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Milwaukee Brewers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 6, 1903: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Highlanders for Jack O'Connor.

May 30, 1905: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the New York Highlanders.

December 12, 1907: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Washington Senators.

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