John Anderson

John Charles Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 23, 1929 in St. Paul, MN
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1958
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Phillies/Cardinals/Orioles 1958-1962

Final Game: June 23, 1962
Died: December 20, 1998 in Houston, TX
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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
1952	22	PHI-min	C	36	65	65		16	1	0	0						.246	.246	.262	.508		17							SLC · PION
1953	23	PHI-min	B	40	95	95		21	3	2	0						.221	.221	.295	.516		28							TER · IIIL
1954	24	PHI-min	A	25	54	54		17	3	0	0						.315	.315	.370	.685		20							SPO,SDY · WINT,EL
1955	25	PHI-min	B,AAA	24	57	57		18	0	0	0						.316	.316	.316	.632		18							REI,SYR · CARL,IL
1956	26	PHI-min	A,AAA	30	52	52		8	2	0	0						.154	.154	.173	.327		9							SDY,MIA · EL,IL
1957	27	PHI-min	AA,AAA	40	39	30	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	11	.167	.286	.200	.486		6		0	4	0			TUL,MIA · TL,IL
1958	28	PHI-min	AAA	31	30	25	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	7	.160	.250	.200	.450		5		0	2	0	0		MIA · IL
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1959	29	BAL-min	AAA	31	77	72	0	10	1	0	0	4	0		2	14	.139	.162	.153	.315		11		0	3	0	0		MIA · IL
1960	30	BAL-min	AAA	30	25	21	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.238	.333	.286	.619		6		0	1	0			MIA · IL
1960	30	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1961	31	BAL-min	AAA	34	72	70	7	10	2	0	0	5	0		2	19	.143	.167	.171	.338		12							ROC · IL
1962	32	BAL-min	AAA	15	40	36	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.083	.154	.083	.237		3		1	1	0			ROC · IL
1962	32	TOT	NL	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	32	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	32	HOU	NL	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	33	TEX-ANA-min	AAA	34	42	38	5	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	16	.132	.214	.237	.451		9							TTO,HAW · IL,PCL
1964	34	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	25	38	34	3	6	3	0	1	5	0	0	0	13	.176	.176	.353	.529		12		0	4	0			TTO · IL
1965	35	HOU-BOS-min	AAA	17	22	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.053	.100	.053	.153		1		0	2	0			OKC,TTO · PCL,IL
1966	36	HOU-min	AAA	45	42	35	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.257	.316	.257	.573		9		0	4	0			OKC · PCL
1967	37	HOU-min	AA	17	31	29	1	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	8	.241	.290	.345	.635		10							AMA · TL
3 Yrs				24	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	41	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	20	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0

PHI (1 yr)				5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				20	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				4	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
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1960	30	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1962	32	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	32	HOU	NL	10	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
3 Seasons				24	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

PHI (1 yr)				5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
HOU (1 yr)				10	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1958	28	PHI	NL	4	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.250	.336	.000	.419	.250	.756	-26	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

1962	32	TOT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.397	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	32	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.397	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				6	5	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.167	.333	.000	.410	.167	.744	-50	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
162 Game Avg.				41	34	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.167	.333	.000	.410	.167	.744	-50	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000

PHI (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.250	.336	.000	.419	.250	.756	-26	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.397	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	28	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5				25%

1962	32	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1962	32	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
3 Yrs				6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	0.0%		3.00	1.7			1.00	33%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.54	6.6	37.2	8.3	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1958	28	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.63	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.76	-0.3	0

1960	30	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1962	32	TOT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.68	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.86	-0.6	0
1962	32	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	32	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.68	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.86	-0.6	0
3 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.65	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.79	-0.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	28	PHI	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	0

1962	32	TOT	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
1962	32	HOU	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
3 Yrs				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

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
1958	28	PHI	NL	4	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	32	TOT	NL	2	50%	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
1962	32	HOU	NL	2	50%	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
3 Yrs				6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1958	28	5	4	3	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26
1959	29	5	4	3	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26
1960	30	9	4	3	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26
1961	31	9	4	3	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26
1962	32	24	6	5	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50

Neutralized Batting

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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
1958	28	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	5

1962	32	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
2 Yrs		20	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	20
162 Game Avg.		162	49	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	24	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	20

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