Rick Anderson

Richard Lee Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 25, 1953 in Inglewood, CA
High School: SoCal Christian HS (Orange, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1979
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Yankees 1979-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
Died: June 23, 1989 in Wilmington, CA
Cremated
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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
1972	18	NYY-min	Rk	2	2	.500	3.19	5	5					31.0	22	13	11	3	13								1.129	6.4	0.9	3.8			JOH · APPY
1973	19	NYY-min	A-	3	5	.375	4.60	14	4					45.0	45	36	23	5	23								1.511	9.0	1.0	4.6			ONE · NYPL
1974	20	NYY-min	A	13	8	.619	2.29	24	24		7	5	0	173.0	124	50	44	5	65	2	179	3	1	10			1.092	6.5	0.3	3.4	9.3	2.75	FTL · FLOR
1975	21	NYY-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.59	21	19					143.0	115	70	57	12	81								1.371	7.2	0.8	5.1			WHA · EL
1976	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	10	4	.714	3.45	25	19		7	1	1	133.0	122	64	51	10	56	4	92	4	0	4			1.338	8.3	0.7	3.8	6.2	1.64	WHA,SYR · EL,IL
1977	23	NYY-min	AA	7	7	.500	5.69	29	12		2	1	4	98.0	110	72	62	16	47	8	68	6	0	8			1.602	10.1	1.5	4.3	6.2	1.45	WHA · EL
1978	24	NYY-NYM-min	AAA,AA	8	8	.500	4.29	46	2		1	0	2	105.0	112	55	50	5	65	7	92	1	0	5			1.686	9.6	0.4	5.6	7.9	1.42	TAC,WHA,JAC · PCL,EL,TL
1979	25	NYY-min	AAA	13	3	.813	1.63	52	0		0	0	21	83.0	53	21	15	6	39	5	72	3	0	10			1.108	5.7	0.7	4.2	7.8	1.85	CLB · IL
1979	25	NYY	AL	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	122	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00
1980	26	SEA-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	3.26	49	0		0	0	3	80.0	70	35	29	2	49	2	65	3	0	7			1.488	7.9	0.2	5.5	7.3	1.33	SPO · PCL
1980	26	SEA	AL	0	0		3.72	5	2	3	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	4	1	10	2	7	0	0	1	46	115	1.862	7.4	0.9	9.3	6.5	0.70
1981	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	3	.000	16.20	7	1	4	0	0	0	10.0	20	21	18	2	9	0	7	0	0	4			2.900	18.0	1.8	8.1	6.3	0.78	SPO · PCL
2 Yrs				0	0		3.75	6	2	3	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	5	1	14	2	7	0	0	1	56	116	1.917	6.8	0.8	10.5	5.3	0.50
162 Game Avg.				0	0		3.75	51	17	26	0	0	0	102	77	51	43	9	119	17	60	0	0	9	476	116	1.917	6.8	0.8	10.5	5.3	0.50

SEA (1 yr)				0	0		3.72	5	2	3	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	4	1	10	2	7	0	0	1	46	115	1.862	7.4	0.9	9.3	6.5	0.70
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	122	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00

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
1979	25	NYY	AL	2.1	1	0	1	3.86	4.78	0.12	-0.39	102.0	4.36	0	0.0	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.513	.500	$
1980	26	SEA	AL	9.2	5	2	5	4.66	4.92	-0.06	-0.05	97.7	4.82	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.503	.500	$
2 Seasons				12.0	6	2	6	4.50	4.89	-0.03	-0.11	98.6	4.73	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	2	.505	.500	$

SEA (1 yr)				9.2	5	2	5	4.66	4.92	-0.06	-0.05	97.7	4.82	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.503	.500	$
NYY (1 yr)				2.1	1	0	1	3.86	4.78	0.12	-0.39	102.0	4.36	0	0.0	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.513	.500	$

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
1979	25	NYY	AL	1	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.167	.500	.167	.667	.167	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	SEA	AL	5	46	35	5	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	7	.229	.400	.343	.743	.259	12	1	0	1	0	2	0
2 Yrs				6	56	41	6	9	1	0	1	0	0	14	7	.220	.418	.317	.735	.242	13	2	0	1	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				51	476	349	51	77	9	0	9	0	0	119	60	.220	.418	.317	.735	.242	111	17	0	9	0	17	0
MLB Averages																.265	.328	.393	.721	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1979	25	NYY	AL	0.3	0.0	10	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.62	-0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.62	-0.2	1
1980	26	SEA	AL	0.4	0.0	47	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.89	-0.1	0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.89	-1.6	3
2 Yrs				0.7	0.1	57	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.84	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.84	-1.9	4

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
1980	26	SEA	AL	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0%	51.0	59	43	3	1	1	1	7.0	2.6	3.0
1 Yr				5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0%	51	59	43	3	1	1	1	7.0	2.6	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-1					4.4	4.4	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1979	25	NYY	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0%	1	.617	1	1	1	0	1	1	7.0
1980	26	SEA	AL	5	3	3	1	1	100%	8	.888	3	3	1	2	1	1	3.7
2 Yrs				6	4	3	2	1	50%		.840	4	4	2	2	2	2	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	25	NYY	AL	10	80%	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	60%	4	1	25%
1980	26	SEA	AL	46	50%	2.2%	15.2%	21.7%	4.4%	25%	1.00	59%	12	1	8%
2 Yrs				56	55%	1.8%	12.5%	25.0%	3.6%	22%	1.33	59%	16	2	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.5%	8.3%	6.7%	28%	1.10	76%			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
1979	25	NYY	AL	10	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	SEA	AL	46	8			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0%	0	1	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				56	9			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0%	0	1	0	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1979	25	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	122	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00	122
1980	26	0	0		3.75	6	2	3	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	5	1	14	2	7	0	0	1	56	116	1.917	6.8	0.8	10.5	5.3	0.50	116

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1979	25	0		9.00	2.0	1	2	2	0	4	0	2.500	4.5	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1980	26	1	1.000	4.00	9.0	8	4	4	1	10	7	2.000	8.0	10.0	7.0	0.70	1.0	5
2 Yrs		1	1.000	4.91	11.0	9	6	6	1	14	7	2.091	7.4		5.7	0.50	0.8	6

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