Kent Anderson

Kent McKay Anderson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1963 in Florence, SC
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1989
Team: Angels 1989-1990

Final Game: September 6, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Mike Anderson
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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
1984	20	ANA-min	A	67	249	223	24	50	9	1	1	16	6	3	23	34	.224	.300	.287	.587		64		1	2	0	1		PEO · MIDW
1985	21	ANA-min	A	117	474	420	53	105	17	1	1	47	4	7	40	66	.250	.317	.302	.619		127		2	10	2	1		RWD · CALL
1986	22	ANA-min	A	69	262	240	37	67	14	0	2	35	4	3	14	28	.279	.323	.363	.686		87		3	2	3	0		PSP · CALL
1987	23	ANA-min	AAA	57	209	181	27	42	4	5	3	20	2	1	19	26	.232	.314	.359	.673		65		3	5	1	0		EDM · PCL
1988	24	ANA-min	AAA	113	413	374	50	94	22	3	2	39	10	3	26	67	.251	.301	.342	.643		128		3	4	6	0		EDM · PCL
1989	25	ANA-min	AAA	4	17	12	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	.333	.500	.333	.833		4		0	1	0	0		EDM · PCL
1989	25	CAL	AL	86	248	223	27	51	6	1	0	17	1	2	17	42	.229	.285	.265	.550	58	59	4	1	6	1	0	6/459D
1990	26	ANA-min	AAA	18	71	59	10	16	6	1	0	7	1	1	8	8	.271	.377	.407	.784		24		2	2	0	0		EDM · PCL
1990	26	CAL	AL	49	161	143	16	44	6	1	1	5	0	2	13	19	.308	.369	.385	.754	115	55	4	1	4	0	1	65/4
1991	27	ANA-min	AAA	84	301	271	30	57	9	2	2	26	6	3	26	32	.210	.279	.280	.559		76	12	0	3	1	0		EDM · PCL
1992	28	SEA-min	AAA	71	257	208	36	47	6	0	0	15	6	4	36	21	.226	.341	.255	.596		53	11	3	5	5	2		CGY · PCL
1993	29	CHC-CIN-min	AAA	93	302	273	34	65	13	0	3	22	3	2	25	35	.238	.302	.319	.621		87	3	1	1	2	2		IWA,INA · AA
2 Yrs				135	409	366	43	95	12	2	1	22	1	4	30	61	.260	.318	.311	.630	80	114	8	2	10	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	491	439	52	114	14	2	1	26	1	5	36	73	.260	.318	.311	.630	80	137	10	2	12	1	1

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
1989	25	CAL	AL	86	248	-10	-0	-0	-1	4	-7	-0.6	8	0	0.1	.491	.495	0.1	0.4	1	$68,000	6/459D
1990	26	CAL	AL	49	161	3	-1	-1	-3	2	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.501	.500	0.9	-0.1	9	$105,000	65/4
2 Seasons				135	409	-6	-1	-1	-4	6	-7	-0.6	13	6	0.7	.495	.498	1.0	0.3	10	$173,000

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
1989	25	CAL	AL	248	185	17	2.5	92	.280	.229	.258	.285	.323	.265	.380	.550	.703	58	.262	-12.4	-1.3	.427	.108	.036	.0
1990	26	CAL	AL	161	109	20	4.9	92	.350	.308	.256	.369	.324	.385	.382	.754	.706	115	.551	3.0	0.3	.638	.154	.077	.0
2 Yrs				409	294	37	3.4	92	.308	.260	.257	.318	.323	.311	.381	.630	.704	80	.384	-9.4	-1.0	.505	.126	.052	1.0
162 Game Avg.				491	353	44	3.4	92	.308	.260	.257	.318	.323	.311	.381	.630	.704	80	.384	-9.4	-1.0	.505	.126	.052	1

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
1989	25	CAL	AL	248	0.0%	16.9%	6.9%	2.8%	14%	2.47	5.3		13.1	0.89	1.14	73%	20%	0.0%	21%
1990	26	CAL	AL	161	0.6%	11.8%	8.1%	5.0%	18%	1.46	7.5	143.0	28.6	0.81	1.02	76%	24%	1.7%	15%
2 Yrs				409	0.2%	14.9%	7.3%	3.7%	16%	2.03	6.0	366.0	16.6	0.85	1.09	75%	22%	0.7%	18%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.74	6.0	44.6	8.6	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.0%	19%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	25	CAL	AL	-12.4	-1.3	253	-0.9	3.5	-4.4	.93	-1.0	0.1	-11.5	-1.2	0.94	-12.2	0.40	3
1990	26	CAL	AL	3.0	0.3	163	-0.4	2.0	-2.4	.88	-0.3	-0.2	-4.4	-0.5	0.88	-1.4		0
2 Yrs				-9.4	-1.0	416	-1.3	5.5	-6.8	.91	-1.3	-0.1	-15.9	-1.6	0.91	-13.6	0.40	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	25	CAL	AL	5	39%	91	1	2	33%	1	2	1	0	2	7	61%	19	10	9	2	0	2	7	1	6
1990	26	CAL	AL	2	26%	83	0	2	0%	0	2	1	1	0	4	47%	8	5	3	2	1	1	5	2	3
2 Yrs				7	33%	174	1	4	20%	1	4	2	1	2	11	56%	27	15	12	4	1	3	12	3	9

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
1989	25	CAL	AL	248	31%	51	12	0	3	0	0	0	0.40	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	38	4	11%	21	9	43%	152	20	13%	8	4	50%	8	4	50%	0
1990	26	CAL	AL	161	39%	44	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	5	4	80%	24	4	17%	18	5	28%	83	6	7%	10	3	30%	9	2	22%	0
2 Yrs				409	34%	95	14	0	3	0	0	0	0.40	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	12	10	83%	62	8	13%	39	14	36%	235	26	11%	18	7	39%	17	6	35%	0
MLB Averages					61%																			71%			10%			35%			14%			51%			56%

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
1989	25	CAL	AL	246	852	3.46	534	63%	22%	15%	28%	35%	77%	0%	48%	81%	41%	4%	9	0	12%	30	15	7%	18	10	34%	2	0	2
1990	26	CAL	AL	150	505	3.37	328	65%	25%	10%	28%	37%	75%	2%	49%	87%	35%	2%	3	0	10%	15	10	7%	10	7	29%	11	0	0
2 Yrs				396	1357	3.43	862	64%	23%	13%	28%	36%	77%	1%	49%	83%	38%	3%	12	0	11%	45	25	7%	28	17	33%	13	0	2
MLB Averages						3.61		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1989	25	86	248	223	27	51	6	1	0	17	1	2	17	42	.229	.285	.265	.550	58	59	4	1	6	1	0
1990	26	135	409	366	43	95	12	2	1	22	1	4	30	61	.260	.318	.311	.630	80	114	8	2	10	1	1

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
1989	25	86	253	227	31	55	6	1	0	19	1	18	42	.242	.300	.278	.577	19	86
1990	26	49	166	147	18	48	7	1	1	6	0	14	19	.327	.389	.408	.797	23	49
2 Yrs		135	419	374	49	103	13	2	1	25	1	32	61	.275	.335	.329	.664	42	135
162 Game Avg.		162	503	449	59	124	16	2	1	30	1	38	73	.275	.335	.329	.664	50	135

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