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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1952	22	PHI-min	C	14	9	.609	2.81	32	25					205.0	180	84	64		71								1.224	7.9		3.1			SLC · PION
1953	23	PHI-min	B	18	11	.621	3.31	34	28					231.0	225	116	85	13	73								1.290	8.8	0.5	2.8			TER · IIIL
1954	24	PHI-min	A	13	6	.684	2.62	24	22					175.0	148	63	51	9	53								1.149	7.6	0.5	2.7			SPO,SDY · WINT,EL
1955	25	PHI-min	B,AAA	8	8	.500	3.34	24	18					151.0	142	77	56	12	49								1.265	8.5	0.7	2.9			REI,SYR · CARL,IL
1956	26	PHI-min	A,AAA	9	7	.563	2.10	26	21					154.0	130	41	36	6	30								1.039	7.6	0.4	1.8			SDY,MIA · EL,IL
1957	27	PHI-min	AA,AAA	10	8	.556	2.58	40	10		6	1		122.0	113	40	35	9	36	2	54	4	0	4			1.221	8.3	0.7	2.7	4.0	1.50	TUL,MIA · TL,IL
1958	28	PHI-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.23	31	9		4	1		103.0	100	40	37	6	38	7	48	5	0	3			1.340	8.7	0.5	3.3	4.2	1.26	MIA · IL
1958	28	PHI	NL	0	0		7.88	5	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	17	14	5	4	0	9	1	0	0	78	52	1.875	14.6	2.8	2.3	5.1	2.25

1959	29	BAL-min	AAA	12	9	.571	2.74	30	29		10	3		204.0	187	72	62	9	41	4	95	3	0	7			1.118	8.2	0.4	1.8	4.2	2.32	MIA · IL
1960	30	BAL-min	AAA	2	10	.167	5.96	30	11		4	0		83.0	101	60	55	9	36	3	36	3	0	5			1.651	11.0	1.0	3.9	3.9	1.00	MIA · IL
1960	30	BAL	AL	0	0		13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	7	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	31	2.571	15.4	0.0	7.7	1.9	0.25

1961	31	BAL-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.65	33	32					195.0	207	95	79	20	39								1.262	9.6	0.9	1.8			ROC · IL
1962	32	BAL-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.03	15	15		4	1		105.0	114	49	47	11	18	1	58	1	0	1			1.257	9.8	0.9	1.5	5.0	3.22	ROC · IL
1962	32	TOT	NL	0	0		4.13	15	0	2	0	0	1	24.0	30	13	11	1	6	3	9	0	0	2	107	97	1.500	11.3	0.4	2.3	3.4	1.50
1962	32	STL	NL	0	0		1.42	5	0	1	0	0	1	6.1	4	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	0	1	26	319	1.105	5.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
1962	32	HOU	NL	0	0		5.09	10	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	26	12	10	1	3	1	6	0	0	1	81	75	1.642	13.2	0.5	1.5	3.1	2.00
1963	33	TEX-ANA-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.80	28	11					116.0	139	55	49	15	17		67						1.345	10.8	1.2	1.3	5.2	3.94	TTO,HAW · IL,PCL
1964	34	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	5	11	.313	3.29	25	16		5	1		112.0	103	44	41	10	22	4	55	1	0	2			1.116	8.3	0.8	1.8	4.4	2.50	TTO · IL
1965	35	HOU-BOS-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.82	16	8		1	1		56.0	73	31	30	2	13	3	26	1	0	0			1.536	11.7	0.3	2.1	4.2	2.00	OKC,TTO · PCL,IL
1966	36	HOU-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.82	44	7		3	0		125.0	153	75	67	11	21	3	74	1	0	6			1.392	11.0	0.8	1.5	5.3	3.52	OKC · PCL
1967	37	HOU-min	AA	7	8	.467	3.78	16	13					88.0	104	47	37	8	15		50						1.352	10.6	0.8	1.5	5.1	3.33	AMA · TL
3 Yrs				0	0		6.45	24	1	7	0	0	1	44.2	64	37	32	6	14	3	19	1	0	2	211	63	1.746	12.9	1.2	2.8	3.8	1.36
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.45	65	3	19	0	0	3	122	174	101	87	16	38	8	52	3	0	5	574	63	1.746	12.9	1.2	2.8	3.8	1.36

PHI (1 yr)				0	0		7.88	5	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	17	14	5	4	0	9	1	0	0	78	52	1.875	14.6	2.8	2.3	5.1	2.25
STL (1 yr)				0	0		1.42	5	0	1	0	0	1	6.1	4	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	0	1	26	319	1.105	5.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		5.09	10	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	26	12	10	1	3	1	6	0	0	1	81	75	1.642	13.2	0.5	1.5	3.1	2.00
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	7	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	31	2.571	15.4	0.0	7.7	1.9	0.25

NL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.63	20	1	5	0	0	1	40.0	56	30	25	6	10	3	18	1	0	2	185	72	1.650	12.6	1.4	2.3	4.1	1.80
AL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	7	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	31	2.571	15.4	0.0	7.7	1.9	0.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1958	28	PHI	NL	16.0	5	1	17	9.56	4.57	-0.43	0.00	101.5	5.08	-8	-0.7	.2	0.2	-0.4	-6	.354	.495	$

1960	30	BAL	AL	4.2	4	0	7	13.50	4.93	0.46	-0.20	91.3	3.89	-5	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-5	.382	.497	$

1962	32	STL	NL	6.1	5	0	1	1.42	4.28	0.38	-0.18	111.2	4.14	2	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.540	.501	$
1962	32	HOU	NL	17.2	10	0	12	6.11	4.98	-0.68	-0.21	96.2	5.24	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	0.0	0	.481	.499	$
3 Seasons				44.2	24	1	37	7.46	4.73	-0.32	-0.13	99.7	4.89	-13	-1.2	.5	0.3	-0.5	-8	.450	.498	$

PHI (1 yr)				16.0	5	1	17	9.56	4.57	-0.43	0.00	101.5	5.08	-8	-0.7	.2	0.2	-0.4	-6	.354	.495	$
STL (1 yr)				6.1	5	0	1	1.42	4.28	0.38	-0.18	111.2	4.14	2	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.540	.501	$
HOU (1 yr)				17.2	10	0	12	6.11	4.98	-0.68	-0.21	96.2	5.24	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	0.0	0	.481	.499	$
BAL (1 yr)				4.2	4	0	7	13.50	4.93	0.46	-0.20	91.3	3.89	-5	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-5	.382	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	78	72	17	26	4	0	5	2	0	4	9	.361	.403	.625	1.028	.362	45	0	1	1	0	0	1

1960	30	BAL	AL	4	25	18	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	.444	.545	.778	1.323	.471	14	1	0	3	0	0	0

1962	32	TOT	NL	15	107	99	13	30	2	2	1	3	0	6	9	.303	.340	.394	.734	.322	39	1	0	1	1	3	2
1962	32	HOU	NL	10	81	77	12	26	2	1	1	2	0	3	6	.338	.363	.429	.791	.357	33	1	0	1	0	1	1
1962	32	STL	NL	5	26	22	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	.182	.269	.273	.542	.200	6	0	0	0	1	2	1
3 Yrs				24	210	189	37	64	8	4	6	5	0	14	19	.339	.385	.519	.904	.352	98	2	1	5	1	3	3
162 Game Avg.				65	571	514	101	174	22	11	16	14	0	38	52	.339	.385	.519	.904	.352	267	5	3	14	3	8	8
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.393	.719	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1958	28	PHI	NL	-7.4	-0.7	80	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.28	-0.8	0.2	-9.2	-0.8	0.28	-7.7	0	0	3

1960	30	BAL	AL	-4.5	-0.4	26	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.11	0.0	0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.11	-4.0	0	0	3

1962	32	TOT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	113	-0.0	0.9	-0.9	.50	-0.1	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.50	-1.4	1	8	4
1962	32	STL	NL	2.1	0.2	29	0.4	0.5	-0.2	1.03	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.2	1.03	2.1	0	4	1
1962	32	HOU	NL	-2.8	-0.3	84	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.32	-0.3	-0.9	-4.8	-0.5	0.32	-3.5	1	4	3
3 Yrs				-12.7	-1.2	219	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	.37	-0.8	0.5	-17.8	-1.7	0.37	-13.2	1	8	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	100%	51.0	51	51	0	0	0	1	5.6	0.0	6.0
1 Yr				5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	100%	51	51	51	0	0	0	1	5.6	0.0	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	28	PHI	NL	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.275	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	7.5

1960	30	BAL	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	7	.114	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	1	1	2	0	3.5

1962	32	TOT	NL	15	15	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	16	7	44%		.495	1	8	4	1	2	12	8	7	9	2	10	1	4.8
1962	32	STL	NL	5	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	3	1	33%	5	1.026	0	4	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	0	2	0	3.8
1962	32	HOU	NL	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	13	6	46%	5	.324	1	4	3	0	1	9	6	4	7	2	8	1	5.3
3 Yrs				24	23	7	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	18	9	50%		.368	1	8	10	1	2	20	9	14	12	3	14	1	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	28	PHI	NL	78	72%	6.4%	11.5%	5.1%	11.5%	35%	0.89	74%	16	0	0%

1960	30	BAL	AL	25	68%	0.0%	4.0%	16.0%	16.0%	50%	3.33	68%	6	1	17%

1962	32	TOT	NL	107	54%	0.9%	8.4%	5.6%	4.7%	17%	0.72	84%	18	1	6%
1962	32	STL	NL	26	54%	0.0%	11.5%	11.5%	3.9%	25%	0.60	77%	3	0	0%
1962	32	HOU	NL	81	54%	1.2%	7.4%	3.7%	4.9%	15%	0.77	86%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				210	62%	2.9%	9.1%	6.7%	8.6%	28%	0.91	79%	40	2	5%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.03	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1958	28	PHI	NL	78	26			5	0	3	4	1	2	3	4	2	0	50%	1	0	1	34	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1960	30	BAL	AL	25	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	32	TOT	NL	107	30			1	0	7	1	0	0	1	9	4	0	44%	2	2	1	41	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1962	32	STL	NL	26	4			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	1	1	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1962	32	HOU	NL	81	26			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	6	2	0	33%	1	1	0	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				210	64			6	0	10	5	1	2	4	15	8	0	53%	3	2	2	88	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		52%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1958	28	7.88	5	1	3	0	16.0	26	17	14	5	4	0	9	1	0	78	52	1.875	14.6	2.8	2.3	5.1	2.25	52
1959	29	7.88	5	1	3	0	16.0	26	17	14	5	4	0	9	1	0	78	52	1.875	14.6	2.8	2.3	5.1	2.25	52
1960	30	9.15	9	1	5	0	20.2	34	24	21	5	8	0	10	1	0	104	45	2.032	14.8	2.2	3.5	4.4	1.25	45
1961	31	9.15	9	1	5	0	20.2	34	24	21	5	8	0	10	1	0	104	45	2.032	14.8	2.2	3.5	4.4	1.25	45
1962	32	6.45	24	1	7	1	44.2	64	37	32	6	14	3	19	1	2	211	63	1.746	12.9	1.2	2.8	3.8	1.36	63

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1958	28	0	1	.000	7.41	17.0	27	16	14	5	4	9	1	1.824	14.3	2.1	4.8	2.25	2.6	5

1960	30	0	0		14.40	5.0	9	9	8	0	4	1	0	2.600	16.2	7.2	1.8	0.25	0.0	4

1962	32	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	30	12	11	1	6	9	0	1.500	11.3	2.3	3.4	1.50	0.4	15
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.46	46.0	66	37	33	6	14	19	1	1.739	12.9		3.7	1.36	1.2	24

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