Larry Anderson

Lawrence Dennis Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 3, 1952 in Maywood, CA
High School: El Rancho HS (Pico Rivera, CA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1974
Teams (by GP): Brewers/WhiteSox 1974-1977

Final Game: June 26, 1977
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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
1971	18	MIL-min	A-	4	7	.364	6.65	13	13					69.0	64	60	51	9	57								1.754	8.3	1.2	7.4			NWK · NYPL
1972	19	MIL-min	A	3	4	.429	3.42	18	15					92.0	70	42	35	5	65								1.467	6.8	0.5	6.4			DNV · MIDW
1973	20	MIL-min	A,AA	8	6	.571	2.58	19	18		2	0	0	122.0	77	44	35	6	62	0	28	1	0	7			1.139	5.7	0.4	4.6	2.1	0.45	DNV,SHV · MIDW,TL
1974	21	MIL-min	AA,AAA	7	13	.350	5.66	28	27		0	0	0	140.0	141	102	88	21	80	1	17	1	0	11			1.579	9.1	1.4	5.1	1.1	0.21	SHV,SAC · TL,PCL
1974	21	MIL	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	9		1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00
1975	22	MIL-min	AAA,AA	10	13	.435	4.77	27	27		7	1	0	166.0	150	93	88	10	118	0	87	9	0	27			1.614	8.1	0.5	6.4	4.7	0.74	SAC,TMI · PCL,EL
1975	22	MIL	AL	1	0	1.000	5.04	8	1	2	1	1	0	30.1	36	18	17	3	6	0	13	0	0	6	128	77	1.385	10.7	0.9	1.8	3.9	2.17

1976	23	MIL-min	AAA	9	11	.450	6.14	34	23		4	0	0	145.0	158	110	99	12	100	4	89	3	1	25			1.779	9.8	0.7	6.2	5.5	0.89	SPO · PCL
1977	24	CHW-CHC-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.36	42	6		0	0	3	99.0	75	48	37	5	60	4	93	5	0	13			1.364	6.8	0.5	5.5	8.5	1.55	IWA,WCH · AA
1977	24	CHW	AL	1	3	.250	9.35	6	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	10	9	1	15	4	7	0	0	4	54	46	2.885	10.4	1.0	15.6	7.3	0.47
1978	25	CHC-PHI-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.50	44	7		2	0	4	90.0	93	65	55	13	56	5	78	3	0	25			1.656	9.3	1.3	5.6	7.8	1.39	WCH,OKC · AA
1979	26	HOU-ATL-PHI-min	AAA,AA	7	6	.538	4.62	24	18		5	1	0	111.0	110	63	57	14	69	1	63	0	3	14			1.613	8.9	1.1	5.6	5.1	0.91	CHL,RMD,REA · IL,EL
1980	27	DET-BAL-min	AAA,AA	9	6	.600	4.82	26	14		3	0	2	112.0	122	64	60	11	44	3	77	2	2	7			1.482	9.8	0.9	3.5	6.2	1.75	EVN,CHR · AA,SOUL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	5.66	16	1	8	1	1	0	41.1	48	28	26	4	22	4	23	0	0	11	191	70	1.694	10.5	0.9	4.8	5.0	1.05
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.400	5.66	64	4	32	4	4	0	165	192	112	104	16	88	16	92	0	0	44	764	70	1.694	10.5	0.9	4.8	5.0	1.05

MIL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.68	10	1	4	1	1	0	32.2	38	18	17	3	7	0	16	0	0	7	137	83	1.378	10.5	0.8	1.9	4.4	2.29
CHW (1 yr)				1	3	.250	9.35	6	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	10	9	1	15	4	7	0	0	4	54	46	2.885	10.4	1.0	15.6	7.3	0.47

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
1974	21	MIL	AL	2.1	2	0	0	0.00	4.16	0.07	-0.35	92.2	3.45	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.552	.501	$
1975	22	MIL	AL	30.1	8	1	18	5.34	4.22	-0.27	-0.21	104.4	4.47	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.0	0	.462	.498	$

1977	24	CHW	AL	8.2	6	0	10	10.38	5.18	-0.63	-0.42	104.1	5.61	-5	-0.4	1.9	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.426	.497	$
3 Seasons				41.1	16	1	28	6.10	4.42	-0.32	-0.26	103.7	4.65	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.3	-0.5	-2	.459	.499	$

MIL (2 yrs)				32.2	10	1	18	4.96	4.22	-0.24	-0.22	103.6	4.39	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.1	0.1	1	.480	.499	$
CHW (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	10	10.38	5.18	-0.63	-0.42	104.1	5.61	-5	-0.4	1.9	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.426	.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
1974	21	MIL	AL	2	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	22	MIL	AL	8	128	121	18	36	2	1	3	5	1	6	13	.298	.328	.405	.733	.311	49	5	0	0	1	0	3

1977	24	CHW	AL	6	54	35	10	10	2	0	1	2	0	15	7	.286	.490	.429	.919	.321	15	0	0	3	1	4	2
3 Yrs				16	191	164	28	48	4	1	4	8	1	22	23	.293	.372	.402	.775	.317	66	5	0	3	2	4	5
162 Game Avg.				64	764	656	112	192	16	4	16	32	4	88	92	.293	.372	.402	.775	.317	264	20	0	12	8	16	20
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.377	.702	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	21	MIL	AL	1.1	0.1	11	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.1	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.01	0.8	0	0	2
1975	22	MIL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	140	0.1	1.1	-1.0	.50	-0.0	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.50	-1.0	1	2	4

1977	24	CHW	AL	-4.8	-0.5	59	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	2.33	-0.3	0.3	-5.6	-0.5	2.33	-5.3	3	1	2
3 Yrs				-7.0	-0.7	210	-0.0	3.0	-3.0	.98	-0.4	0.4	-5.2	-0.5	0.98	-5.5	4	3	8

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
1975	22	MIL	AL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	78.0	78	78	6	4	0	1	7.9	7.9	9.0
1 Yr				8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	78	78	78	6	4	0	1	7.9	7.9	9.0
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

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
1974	21	MIL	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	7	.009	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.5
1975	22	MIL	AL	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	3	.495	1	2	4	0	1	6	4	3	7	0	7	1	9.1

1977	24	CHW	AL	6	6	4	1	3	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	1	20%	8	2.328	3	1	2	2	3	1	3	3	4	2	5	0	4.3
3 Yrs				16	15	8	1	3	1	0	1	0%	1	0	13	3	23%		.990	4	3	8	2	4	9	8	7	12	3	13	1	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	21	MIL	AL	9	78%	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.50	56%	0	0
1975	22	MIL	AL	128	66%	2.3%	10.2%	4.7%	4.7%	17%	1.30	83%	28	5	18%

1977	24	CHW	AL	54	50%	1.9%	13.0%	27.8%	5.6%	30%	0.73	52%	14	0	0%
3 Yrs				191	62%	2.1%	12.0%	11.5%	4.7%	19%	1.13	73%	42	5	12%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			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
1974	21	MIL	AL	9	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	22	MIL	AL	128	36			3	0	1	3	0	2	1	10	5	2	50%	3	6	0	46	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	10	0

1977	24	CHW	AL	54	10			1	0	6	0	1	0	1	9	3	2	33%	2	4	0	23	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
3 Yrs				191	48			4	0	7	3	1	2	2	19	8	4	42%	5	11	0	74	8	1	89%	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1974	21	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	9		1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00
1975	22	1	0	1.000	4.68	10	1	4	1	1	32.2	38	18	17	3	7	0	16	7	137	83	1.378	10.5	0.8	1.9	4.4	2.29	83
1976	23	1	0	1.000	4.68	10	1	4	1	1	32.2	38	18	17	3	7	0	16	7	137	83	1.378	10.5	0.8	1.9	4.4	2.29	83
1977	24	2	3	.400	5.66	16	1	8	1	1	41.1	48	28	26	4	22	4	23	11	191	70	1.694	10.5	0.9	4.8	5.0	1.05	70

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
1974	21	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	13.5	3.00	0.0	2
1975	22	1	2	.333	6.11	28.0	38	21	19	3	6	12	0	1.571	12.2	1.9	3.9	2.00	1.0	8

1977	24	0	1	.000	8.10	10.0	10	10	9	1	15	8	0	2.500	9.0	13.5	7.2	0.53	0.9	6
3 Yrs		1	3	.250	6.30	40.0	50	31	28	4	22	23	0	1.800	11.3		5.2	1.05	0.9	16

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