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Mike Anderson
Michael Allen Anderson

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1951 in Florence, SC
High School: Timmonsville (Timmonsville, SC)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1971
Final Game: September 30, 1979
Relatives: Brother of Kent Anderson
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Mike Anderson
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Standard Batting

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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
1971	20	PHI	NL	26	103	89	11	22	5	1	2	5	0	0	13	28	.247	.343	.393	.736	109	35	0	0	1	0	0	8
1972	21	PHI	NL	36	125	103	8	20	5	1	2	5	1	0	19	36	.194	.317	.320	.637	81	33	0	0	2	1	1	9/8
1973	22	PHI	NL	87	215	193	32	49	9	1	9	28	0	3	19	53	.254	.321	.451	.772	110	87	2	1	0	2	4	98
1974	23	PHI	NL	145	435	395	35	99	22	2	5	34	2	1	37	75	.251	.313	.354	.667	84	140	14	0	0	3	13	*9/83
1975	24	PHI	NL	115	271	247	24	64	10	3	4	28	1	2	17	66	.259	.307	.372	.680	86	92	6	2	1	4	3	98/3
1976	25	STL	NL	86	230	199	17	58	8	1	1	12	1	1	26	30	.291	.371	.357	.728	107	71	5	1	1	3	4	97/38
1977	26	STL	NL	94	169	154	18	34	4	1	4	17	2	3	14	31	.221	.286	.338	.623	68	52	3	0	1	0	0	9/87
1978	27	BAL	AL	53	36	32	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	10	.094	.171	.156	.328	-4	5	0	0	1	0	0	7/98
1979	28	PHI	NL	79	91	78	12	18	4	0	1	2	1	2	13	14	.231	.341	.321	.661	80	25	2	0	0	0	0	79/81
9 Seasons				721	1675	1490	159	367	67	11	28	134	8	12	161	343	.246	.319	.362	.681	88	540	32	4	7	13	25
162 Game Avg.				162	376	335	36	82	15	2	6	30	2	3	36	77	.246	.319	.362	.681	88	121	7	1	2	3	6

PHI (6 yrs)				488	1240	1105	122	272	55	8	23	102	5	8	118	272	.246	.318	.373	.691	90	412	24	3	4	10	21
STL (2 yrs)				180	399	353	35	92	12	2	5	29	3	4	40	61	.261	.335	.348	.683	90	123	8	1	2	3	4
BAL (1 yr)				53	36	32	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	10	.094	.171	.156	.328	-4	5	0	0	1	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				668	1639	1458	157	364	67	10	28	131	8	12	158	333	.250	.322	.367	.689	90	535	32	4	6	13	25
AL (1 yr)				53	36	32	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	10	.094	.171	.156	.328	-4	5	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1971	20	PHI	NL	103	68	13	5.2	92	.339	.247	.260	.343	.326	.393	.380	.736	.706	109	.605	1.3	0.1	.716	.292	.146	.0
1972	21	PHI	NL	125	86	12	3.8	93	.273	.194	.259	.317	.327	.320	.382	.637	.710	81	.466	-2.1	-0.2	.639	.320	.126	1.3
1973	22	PHI	NL	215	151	27	4.8	98	.301	.254	.265	.321	.334	.451	.394	.772	.728	110	.554	2.3	0.2	.698	.280	.197	.0
1974	23	PHI	NL	435	314	41	3.5	98	.296	.251	.267	.313	.340	.354	.386	.667	.725	84	.414	-8.9	-0.9	.572	.200	.104	2.9
1975	24	PHI	NL	271	196	27	3.7	99	.331	.259	.270	.307	.342	.372	.390	.680	.732	86	.431	-5.6	-0.6	.576	.178	.113	1.6
1976	25	STL	NL	230	151	27	4.8	93	.333	.291	.264	.371	.330	.357	.376	.728	.706	107	.575	3.2	0.3	.667	.196	.065	1.0
1977	26	STL	NL	169	127	14	3.0	102	.252	.221	.268	.286	.336	.338	.408	.623	.744	68	.309	-7.6	-0.8	.516	.201	.117	2.7
1978	27	BAL	AL	36	30	1	0.9	89	.136	.094	.254	.171	.318	.156	.374	.328	.693	-4	.053	-4.5	-0.5	.276	.156	.063
1979	28	PHI	NL	91	64	9	3.8	102	.270	.231	.272	.341	.338	.321	.404	.661	.743	80	.430	-1.8	-0.2	.578	.244	.090	1.0
9 Seasons				1675	1187	171	3.9	97	.299	.246	.266	.319	.335	.362	.389	.681	.724	88	.458	-23.7	-2.4	.601	.221	.116	12.4
162 Game Avg.				376	267	38	3.9	97	.299	.246	.266	.319	.335	.362	.389	.681	.724	88	.458	-23.7	-2.4	.601	.221	.116	3

PHI (6 yrs)				1240	879	129	4.0	98	.304	.246	.266	.318	.337	.373	.389	.691	.725	90	.467	-14.9	-1.5	.613	.231	.127	8.2
STL (2 yrs)				399	278	41	4.0	97	.300	.261	.266	.335	.333	.348	.390	.683	.723	90	.462	-4.3	-0.4	.597	.198	.088	3.8
BAL (1 yr)				36	30	1	0.9	89	.136	.094	.254	.171	.318	.156	.374	.328	.693	-4	.053	-4.5	-0.5	.276	.156	.063

NL (8 yrs)				1639	1157	170	4.0	97	.303	.250	.266	.322	.336	.367	.389	.689	.725	90	.466	-19.2	-1.9	.609	.223	.117	12.4
AL (1 yr)				36	30	1	0.9	89	.136	.094	.254	.171	.318	.156	.374	.328	.693	-4	.053	-4.5	-0.5	.276	.156	.063

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	20	PHI	NL	103	1.9%	27.2%	12.6%	7.8%	36%	2.15	3.2	44.5	17.8	2.33	57%
1972	21	PHI	NL	125	1.6%	28.8%	15.2%	6.4%	40%	1.89	2.9	51.5	20.6	1.08	53%
1973	22	PHI	NL	215	4.2%	24.7%	8.8%	8.8%	39%	2.79	3.6	21.4	6.9	1.27	62%
1974	23	PHI	NL	435	1.2%	17.2%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	2.03	5.3	79.0	11.6	1.23	73%
1975	24	PHI	NL	271	1.5%	24.4%	6.3%	6.3%	27%	3.88	3.7	61.8	8.8	1.25	67%
1976	25	STL	NL	230	0.4%	13.0%	11.3%	4.4%	17%	1.15	6.6	199.0	16.6	0.68	74%
1977	26	STL	NL	169	2.4%	18.3%	8.3%	5.3%	27%	2.21	5.0	38.5	9.1	1.20	70%
1978	27	BAL	AL	36	0.0%	27.8%	8.3%	2.8%	33%	3.33	3.2		10.7	1.50	61%
1979	28	PHI	NL	91	1.1%	15.4%	14.3%	5.5%	28%	1.08	5.6	78.0	39.0	1.42	69%
9 Seasons				1675	1.7%	20.5%	9.6%	6.3%	29%	2.13	4.3	53.2	11.1	1.17	68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	20	PHI	NL	1	0	27%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1972	21	PHI	NL	1	0	16%	46	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25%	4	4	0	2	0	2	2	2	0
1973	22	PHI	NL	2	0	38%	87	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	43%	18	13	5	3	2	1	9	2	7
1974	23	PHI	NL	1	0	23%	152	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	41%	20	14	5	2	1	0	17	6	11
1975	24	PHI	NL	3	0	25%	110	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	36%	9	8	1	4	2	2	9	4	5
1976	25	STL	NL	0	0	19%	86	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	47%	10	6	4	3	1	1	6	1	4
1977	26	STL	NL	3	0	32%	58	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	31%	9	7	2	2	2	0	2	0	2
1978	27	BAL	AL	0	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1979	28	PHI	NL	2	0	37%	56	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	27%	11	9	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
9 Seasons				13	0	26%	640	8	12	40%	8	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	43	38%	85	64	20	18	10	6	50	17	32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1971	20	PHI	NL	103	15%	22			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	21	0	0%	7	2	29%	71	4	6%	5	2	40%	7	2	29%	0
1972	21	PHI	NL	125	29%	20			0	0	0	0		2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	30	0	0%	14	4	29%	96	3	3%	5	1	20%	4	0	0%	0
1973	22	PHI	NL	215	58%	49			26	4	1	2	1.42	9	0	5	1	8	7	2	0	0	0		40	2	5%	15	5	33%	120	20	17%	9	4	44%	7	2	29%	0
1974	23	PHI	NL	435	43%	99			19	5	0	1	1.39	5	0	14	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	0%	65	14	22%	34	9	26%	271	30	11%	28	12	43%	37	10	27%	0
1975	24	PHI	NL	271	28%	64			16	5	0	1	1.06	4	0	6	3	1	3	1	0	2	1	50%	47	6	13%	26	10	38%	163	26	16%	12	7	58%	15	5	33%	0
1976	25	STL	NL	230	85%	58			21	7	0	2	1.78	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	40	5	13%	21	6	29%	144	11	8%	10	5	50%	28	5	18%	0
1977	26	STL	NL	169	56%	34			20	5	0	1	1.18	4	0	5	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	100%	29	3	10%	14	4	29%	98	13	13%	11	6	55%	10	5	50%	0
1978	27	BAL	AL	36	64%	3			6	0	0	1	2.31	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	0	0%	6	3	50%	39	3	8%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1979	28	PHI	NL	91	80%	18			11	0	0	0	1.11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		18	2	11%	11	2	18%	47	1	2%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	0
9 Seasons				1675	49%	367			119	26	1	8	1.41	28	0	45	13	15	18	10	0	10	7	70%	300	32	11%	148	45	30%	1049	111	11%	84	39	46%	116	30	26%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1971	20	26	103	89	11	22	5	1	2	5	0	0	13	28	.247	.343	.393	.736	109	35	0	0	1	0	0
1972	21	62	228	192	19	42	10	2	4	10	1	0	32	64	.219	.329	.354	.683	94	68	0	0	3	1	1
1973	22	149	443	385	51	91	19	3	13	38	1	3	51	117	.236	.325	.403	.728	102	155	2	1	3	3	5
1974	23	294	878	780	86	190	41	5	18	72	3	4	88	192	.244	.319	.378	.697	93	295	16	1	3	6	18
1975	24	409	1149	1027	110	254	51	8	22	100	4	6	105	258	.247	.316	.377	.693	91	387	22	3	4	10	21
1976	25	495	1379	1226	127	312	59	9	23	112	5	7	131	288	.254	.325	.374	.699	94	458	27	4	5	13	25
1977	26	589	1548	1380	145	346	63	10	27	129	7	10	145	319	.251	.321	.370	.691	91	510	30	4	6	13	25
1978	27	642	1584	1412	147	349	63	11	27	132	7	10	148	329	.247	.318	.365	.682	89	515	30	4	7	13	25
1979	28	721	1675	1490	159	367	67	11	28	134	8	12	161	343	.246	.319	.362	.681	88	540	32	4	7	13	25

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	20	26	107	92	12	25	6	1	2	6	0	15	28	.272	.374	.424	.798	15	26
1972	21	38	137	112	9	25	6	1	2	6	1	24	38	.223	.358	.348	.706	15	36
1973	22	87	216	194	34	50	9	1	9	30	0	19	53	.258	.324	.454	.778	29	87
1974	23	145	431	392	36	96	21	2	5	34	2	36	75	.245	.306	.347	.653	42	145
1975	24	115	270	247	24	64	10	3	4	29	1	17	66	.259	.307	.372	.680	28	115
1976	25	86	236	204	19	63	9	1	1	13	1	28	30	.309	.390	.377	.767	30	86
1977	26	94	167	153	18	33	4	1	4	17	2	14	31	.216	.281	.333	.615	14	94
1978	27	53	35	32	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	10	.094	.171	.156	.328	1	53
1979	28	79	93	79	13	19	4	0	1	2	1	14	14	.241	.355	.329	.684	9	79
9 Seasons		723	1692	1505	167	378	69	11	28	140	8	170	345	.251	.326	.367	.694	183	721
162 Game Avg.		162	379	337	37	85	15	2	6	31	2	38	77	.251	.326	.367	.694	41	721

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL 13 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 NL born 1951-06-22 (3rd)
1972 NL born 1951-06-22 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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