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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 PHI NL 20 CF 26 25 219.0 68 66 1 1 0 .985 0.7 3.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.75 2.58 .982 2.64 2.30
1971 PHI NL 20 OF 26 25 219.0 69 67 1 1 0 .986 0.7 3.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.79 2.62 .978 2.19 1.92
1972 PHI NL 21 OF 35 33 287.2 75 68 6 1 1 .987 2.1 8.8 1.1 -0.2 1.3 1 2.32 2.11 .977 2.18 1.96
1972 PHI NL 21 RF 34 32 274.0 64 60 3 1 1 .984 1.1 4.8 0.1 -1.2 1.3 1 2.07 1.85 .978 2.03 1.74
1972 PHI NL 21 CF 3 1 13.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 87.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 4.61 2.33 .986 2.63 2.33
1973 PHI NL 22 OF 67 44 438.0 105 99 4 2 1 .981 4.3 11.8 1.3 0.6 0.7 3 2.12 1.54 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 PHI NL 22 RF 58 37 371.2 79 74 3 2 1 .975 1.5 4.8 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 2 1.86 1.33 .973 2.01 1.77
1973 PHI NL 22 CF 12 7 66.1 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.8 50.7 1.8 0.2 1.6 1 3.66 2.25 .978 2.63 2.27
1974 PHI NL 23 OF 133 102 957.1 255 238 12 5 3 .980 13.1 16.4 12.1 3.4 8.7 1 2.35 1.88 .979 2.27 1.96
1974 PHI NL 23 RF 132 102 955.1 261 245 11 5 3 .981 13.3 16.7 12.3 3.6 8.7 1 2.41 1.94 .975 2.04 1.66
1974 PHI NL 23 CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1974 PHI NL 23 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1975 PHI NL 24 OF 105 62 615.2 171 161 6 4 0 .977 8.9 17.3 6.9 1.2 5.5 2 2.44 1.59 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 PHI NL 24 RF 85 39 419.2 117 108 5 4 0 .966 7.5 21.4 6.5 2.0 4.4 1 2.42 1.33 .974 2.05 1.74
1975 PHI NL 24 CF 31 23 196.0 53 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 8.6 0.4 -0.8 1.1 1 2.43 1.71 .983 2.72 2.44
1975 PHI NL 24 1B 3 0 9.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 3.00 .989 10.00 8.53
1976 STL NL 25 OF 58 47 418.0 113 106 5 2 1 .982 2.7 7.8 2.7 0.1 2.6 0 2.39 1.91 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 STL NL 25 RF 33 29 248.2 58 57 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 4.8 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 2.10 1.76 .974 2.15 1.83
1976 STL NL 25 LF 24 16 152.1 47 42 3 2 1 .957 1.7 13.4 1.7 -0.5 2.2 0 2.66 1.88 .977 2.02 1.59
1976 STL NL 25 1B 5 4 29.2 33 30 2 1 3 .970 0.2 8.1 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0 9.71 6.40 .991 9.95 8.60
1976 STL NL 25 CF 2 2 17.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.71 3.50 .986 2.86 2.50
1977 STL NL 26 OF 77 31 373.0 102 96 4 2 0 .980 8.0 25.7 8.0 3.3 4.7 0 2.41 1.30 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 STL NL 26 RF 75 31 371.0 104 98 4 2 0 .981 7.8 25.2 7.8 3.3 4.5 0 2.47 1.36 .974 2.11 1.78
1977 STL NL 26 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1977 STL NL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1978 BAL AL 27 OF 47 4 109.2 26 25 0 1 0 .962 0.5 5.5 -0.5 1.1 -1.7 1 2.05 0.53 .981 2.47 2.13
1978 BAL AL 27 LF 42 0 70.2 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0.7 -11.9 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 0 1.91 0.36 .975 2.22 1.78
1978 BAL AL 27 RF 6 2 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 70.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 1 1.88 0.83 .980 2.25 1.85
1978 BAL AL 27 CF 2 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.40 2.00 .975 2.94 2.65
1979 PHI NL 28 OF 70 21 252.1 73 68 3 2 1 .973 4.0 19.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 0 2.53 1.01 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 PHI NL 28 LF 46 6 110.1 17 14 2 1 0 .941 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.6 -0.5 1 1.31 0.35 .971 2.01 1.58
1979 PHI NL 28 RF 21 14 126.0 40 38 1 1 1 .975 0.9 8.6 2.9 0.9 2.1 -2 2.79 1.86 .980 2.19 1.87
1979 PHI NL 28 CF 6 1 16.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.1 232.5 2.1 1.7 0.4 1 6.19 1.83 .982 2.81 2.43
1979 PHI NL 28 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
9 Seasons OF 618 369 3670.2 989 928 41 20 7 .980 44.3 14.5 36.3 11.6 24.4 8 2.38 1.57 .978 2.27 1.99
8 Seasons RF 444 286 2790.1 728 685 28 15 6 .979 34.5 14.8 30.5 9.9 20.5 4 2.30 1.61 .975 2.06 1.74
4 Seasons LF 113 22 334.1 80 71 5 4 1 .950 0.9 3.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 1 2.05 0.67 .975 2.06 1.66
9 Seasons CF 85 61 546.0 178 173 4 1 0 .994 8.9 19.6 5.9 1.9 3.9 3 2.92 2.08 .982 2.69 2.37
3 Seasons 1B 9 4 39.2 44 41 2 1 4 .977 0.2 6.1 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0 9.76 4.78 .991 9.96 8.54
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
9 Seasons TOT 628 373 3711.1 1033 969 43 21 11 .980 44.5 14.4 36.5 11.4 24.7 8 0 2.45 1.61 .959 2.36 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 PHI NL 20 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 0 0
1972 PHI NL 21 36 33 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 35 0 2
1973 PHI NL 22 87 44 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58 67 28 4
1974 PHI NL 23 145 102 145 133 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 132 133 0 21 1
1975 PHI NL 24 115 62 115 108 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 31 85 107 0 16 8
1976 STL NL 25 86 51 86 63 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 2 33 58 0 26 0
1977 STL NL 26 94 31 94 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 75 77 0 22 3
1978 BAL AL 27 53 4 53 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 6 47 0 8 2
1979 PHI NL 28 79 21 79 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 6 21 70 0 12 11
9 Seasons 721 373 721 648 1 0 9 0 0 0 113 85 444 620 0 133 31
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 PHI NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 15 9 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 1 31 14 45.2% 15 2 6.5% 1 1188 68% 76% 24% 112 55%
1973 PHI NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 13 5 1 9 4 0 8 7 0 4 0 0 6 6 0 40 22 55.0% 17 1 2.5% 2 1651 60% 76% 25% 153 50%
1974 PHI NL 23 5 0 4 1 1 11 0 5 1 4 47 23 1 37 10 1 18 7 1 16 4 1 26 19 0 144 63 43.8% 77 4 2.8% 7 4321 56% 76% 24% 465 54%
1975 PHI NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 17 7 1 15 4 0 9 3 0 5 3 0 10 8 0 56 25 44.6% 29 1 1.8% 4 1828 61% 79% 28% 198 57%
1976 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 5 0 8 3 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 6 5 0 32 17 53.1% 14 1 3.1% 0 1085 66% 78% 27% 115 50%
1977 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 19 7 0 10 3 0 4 1 2 5 1 0 12 8 0 50 20 40.0% 28 2 4.0% 2 1616 63% 80% 28% 179 57%
1978 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 93 54% 76% 24% 8 63%
1979 PHI NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 19 6 31.6% 13 0 0.0% 1 551 58% 78% 28% 72 53%
8 Seasons 15 0 14 1 2 28 1 12 5 7 133 61 4 93 27 2 46 21 3 36 11 1 68 51 1 376 171 45.5% 193 11 2.9% 17 12333 60% 77% 26% 1302 54%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 STL NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 16 13 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 31 17 54.8% 12 1 3.2% 2 697 58% 81% 28% 100 44%
1977 STL NL 26 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 0 0 0 0 7 86% 57% 14% 1 0%
1978 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 318 52% 77% 23% 34 44%
1979 PHI NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 2 454 68% 75% 27% 40 40%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 29 26 0 10 1 0 4 4 0 6 0 1 3 3 0 52 34 65.4% 16 1 1.9% 4 1476 60% 78% 27% 175 43%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 PHI NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 9 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 0 31 16 51.6% 14 1 3.2% 0 980 55% 79% 25% 124 54%
1972 PHI NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 61 82% 75% 28% 10 70%
1973 PHI NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 306 60% 75% 24% 45 60%
1974 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 10 50% 70% 40% 2 0%
1975 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 9 3 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 1 837 59% 76% 24% 96 55%
1976 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 93 35% 75% 20% 10 70%
1977 STL NL 26 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 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 1 100%
1978 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 60 58% 75% 22% 7 57%
1979 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 69 62% 84% 33% 17 65%
9 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 25 18 0 23 9 1 7 3 0 8 1 0 12 9 0 75 40 53.3% 34 1 1.3% 3 2419 57% 77% 25% 312 57%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.2% 60% 78% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 PHI NL 23 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 24 33 70% 73% 30% 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 25 131 62% 79% 27% 8 88% 0 30 1 29 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 167 63% 77% 29% 8 88% 0 41 1 40 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 PHI NL 28 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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