Rick Anderson

Richard Arlen Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 29, 1956 in Everett, WA
High School: Cascade HS (Everett, WA)
School: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1986
Teams (by GP): Mets/Royals 1986-1988

Final Game: July 28, 1988
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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
1978	21	NYM-min	A-	2	3	.400	2.25	14	2					40.0	48	25	10	1	20								1.700	10.8	0.2	4.5			LFA · NYPL
1979	22	NYM-min	AA	8	11	.421	3.85	25	21		7	1	0	131.0	124	72	56	5	43	2	71	3	1	4			1.275	8.5	0.3	3.0	4.9	1.65	JAC · TL
1980	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	4	5	.444	3.46	39	1		0	0	5	104.0	93	42	40	11	32	6	73	1	1	1			1.202	8.0	1.0	2.8	6.3	2.28	JAC,TID · TL,IL
1981	24	NYM-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.34	37	0	17	0	0	3	89.0	68	34	33	3	45	9	41	1	0	2			1.270	6.9	0.3	4.6	4.1	0.91	TID · IL
1982	25	NYM-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.26	31	0	17	0	0	2	80.0	84	35	29	6	23	2	49	0	0	2			1.338	9.4	0.7	2.6	5.5	2.13	TID · IL
1983	26	NYM-min	AA,AAA	7	2	.778	3.75	28	13	9	1	0	3	117.2	114	59	49	8	51	2	71	4	0	4			1.402	8.7	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.39	JAC,TID · TL,IL
1984	27	NYM-min	AAA	6	9	.400	3.38	26	17	5	3	1	3	130.1	118	59	49	9	48	3	93	1	1	3			1.274	8.1	0.6	3.3	6.4	1.94	TID · IL
1985	28	NYM-min	AAA	6	3	.667	1.98	48	2	23	0	0	7	95.1	79	28	21	3	33	5	54	0	0	2			1.175	7.5	0.3	3.1	5.1	1.64	TID · IL
1986	29	NYM-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.68	22	8	5	1	1	0	84.0	76	26	25	8	16	0	56	0	0	1			1.095	8.1	0.9	1.7	6.0	3.50	TID · IL
1986	29	NYM	NL	2	1	.667	2.72	15	5	4	0	0	1	49.2	45	17	15	3	11	3	21	0	1	1	201	133	1.128	8.2	0.5	2.0	3.8	1.91
1987	30	KCR-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.52	15	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	94	44	40	9	22	2	47	3	4	6			1.456	10.6	1.0	2.5	5.3	2.14	OMA · AA
1987	30	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	13.85	6	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	26	22	20	3	9	1	12	2	0	0	77	34	2.692	18.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	1.33
1988	31	KCR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.62	14	14	0	4	2	0	99.2	92	37	29	5	23	1	54	3	6	0			1.154	8.3	0.5	2.1	4.9	2.35	OMA · AA
1988	31	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	4.24	7	3	0	0	0	0	34.0	41	17	16	3	9	2	9	1	0	1	147	96	1.471	10.9	0.8	2.4	2.4	1.00
3 Yrs				4	4	.500	4.75	28	10	5	0	0	1	96.2	112	56	51	9	29	6	42	3	1	2	425	82	1.459	10.4	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.45
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.500	4.75	50	18	9	0	0	2	173	200	100	91	16	52	11	75	5	2	4	761	82	1.459	10.4	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.45

KCR (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.89	13	5	1	0	0	0	47.0	67	39	36	6	18	3	21	3	0	1	224	61	1.809	12.8	1.1	3.4	4.0	1.17
NYM (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.72	15	5	4	0	0	1	49.2	45	17	15	3	11	3	21	0	1	1	201	133	1.128	8.2	0.5	2.0	3.8	1.91

AL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.89	13	5	1	0	0	0	47.0	67	39	36	6	18	3	21	3	0	1	224	61	1.809	12.8	1.1	3.4	4.0	1.17
NL (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.72	15	5	4	0	0	1	49.2	45	17	15	3	11	3	21	0	1	1	201	133	1.128	8.2	0.5	2.0	3.8	1.91

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
1986	29	NYM	NL	49.2	15	5	17	3.08	4.03	0.05	-0.05	97.6	3.83	4	0.4	.7	-0.1	0.8	9	.529	.503	$
1987	30	KCR	AL	13.0	6	2	22	15.23	5.23	-0.09	-0.19	100.8	5.16	-15	-1.2	.5	0.2	-0.9	-13	.306	.493	$
1988	31	KCR	AL	34.0	7	3	17	4.50	4.48	-0.13	-0.11	100.7	4.53	0	0.0	.5	-0.0	0.2	4	.501	.500	$
3 Seasons				96.2	28	10	56	5.21	4.35	-0.03	-0.09	99.1	4.26	-11	-0.7	.6	0.1	0.1	-0	.475	.499	$

KCR (2 yrs)				47.0	13	5	39	7.47	4.69	-0.12	-0.13	100.7	4.71	-14	-1.2	.5	0.1	-0.7	-9	.411	.496	$
NYM (1 yr)				49.2	15	5	17	3.08	4.03	0.05	-0.05	97.6	3.83	4	0.4	.7	-0.1	0.8	9	.529	.503	$

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
1986	29	NYM	NL	15	201	184	17	45	2	2	3	7	1	11	21	.245	.281	.326	.607	.256	60	3	0	2	4	3	2
1987	30	KCR	AL	6	77	66	22	26	8	0	3	5	0	9	12	.394	.481	.652	1.132	.451	43	0	2	0	0	1	1
1988	31	KCR	AL	7	147	133	17	41	5	3	3	5	1	9	9	.308	.349	.459	.808	.306	61	2	1	1	3	2	0
3 Yrs				28	425	383	56	112	15	5	9	17	2	29	42	.292	.341	.428	.769	.304	164	5	3	3	7	6	3
162 Game Avg.				50	761	685	100	200	27	9	16	30	4	52	75	.292	.341	.428	.769	.304	293	9	5	5	13	11	5
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.396	.721	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	29	NYM	NL	5.0	0.5	210	1.0	3.3	-2.3	.92	0.9	0.2	4.6	0.5	0.92	8.0	2	1	7
1987	30	KCR	AL	-12.9	-1.1	81	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.54	-0.7	-0.2	-13.4	-1.1	0.54	-12.2	0	1	3
1988	31	KCR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	152	0.2	2.3	-2.0	.85	-0.2	0.5	-1.6	-0.2	0.85	-1.8	0	1	3
3 Yrs				-8.2	-0.6	443	0.8	6.2	-5.4	.83	-0.0	1.0	-10.3	-0.8	0.83	-5.9	2	3	13

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1986	29	NYM	NL	15	5	2	1	2	2	0	2	3	.400	1	1	0	0	2	40%	56.0	70	46	2	0	3	2	3.2	4.3	5.8
1987	30	KCR	AL	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.5	29	26	3	2	1	1	0.5	0.0	2.3
1988	31	KCR	AL	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	1	0	0	0	1	33%	41.7	49	27	6	1	0	2	2.7	4.2	5.7	84	1	1	1	0	103
3 Yrs				28	10	2	4	4	2	0	2	8	.200	2	1	0	0	3	30%	46	70	26	11	3	4	5	2.5	3.8	5.1	84	1	1	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1986	29	NYM	NL	15	10	4	0	1	1	100%	2	1	1	1	100%	7	.922	2	1	7	3	1	6	1	9	9	9	6.2
1987	30	KCR	AL	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	4	.540	0	1	3	1	0	3	1	3	3	3	6.3
1988	31	KCR	AL	7	4	0	2	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	2	.854	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	3	4	4	12.8	71
3 Yrs				28	18	5	2	1	1	100%	2	1	5	3	60%		.829	2	3	13	4	1	13	3	15	16	16	7.7	71

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1986	29	NYM	NL	201	49%	1.5%	10.5%	5.5%	3.5%	16%		0.70	82%				34	3	9%
1987	30	KCR	AL	77	57%	3.9%	15.6%	11.7%	14.3%	42%		0.69	66%				15	0	0%
1988	31	KCR	AL	147	46%	2.0%	6.1%	6.1%	7.5%	27%	0.66	0.80	84%	23%	5.8%	32%	28	2	7%
3 Yrs				425	49%	2.1%	9.9%	6.8%	6.8%	26%	0.66	0.74	80%	23%	5.8%	32%	77	5	6%
MLB Averages					40%	2.4%	15.2%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	0.80	1.07	72%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	31	KCR	AL	147	536	3.65	324	60%	27%	8%	26%	40%	73%	4%	44%	89%	61%	6%	9	5	16%	24	6	0	33%	0	2	0	0	0
1 Yr				147	536	3.65	324	60%	27%	8%	26%	40%	73%	4%	44%	89%	61%	6%	9	5	16%	24	6	0	33%	0	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

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
1986	29	NYM	NL	201	45			3	0	3	1	2	1	2	10	7	1	70%	2	1	0	72	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1987	30	KCR	AL	77	26			3	0	3	2	1	1	2	6	2	1	33%	1	0	0	36	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	31	KCR	AL	147	41	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	1	13	9	0	69%	0	1	0	54	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				425	112	6	0	9	0	7	3	6	4	5	29	18	2	62%	3	2	0	162	17	2	89%	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1986	29	2	1	.667	2.72	15	5	4	1	49.2	45	17	15	3	11	3	21	0	1	1	201	133	1.128	8.2	0.5	2.0	3.8	1.91	133
1987	30	2	3	.400	5.03	21	7	5	1	62.2	71	39	35	6	20	4	33	2	1	1	278	76	1.452	10.2	0.9	2.9	4.7	1.65	76
1988	31	4	4	.500	4.75	28	10	5	1	96.2	112	56	51	9	29	6	42	3	1	2	425	82	1.459	10.4	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.45	82

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1986	29	3	2	.600	3.19	48.0	47	19	17	3	11	20	0	1.208	8.8	2.1	3.8	1.82	0.6	15
1987	30	0	1	.000	11.57	14.0	25	20	18	3	9	13	2	2.429	16.1	5.8	8.4	1.44	1.9	6
1988	31	1	2	.333	4.78	32.0	42	19	17	3	9	8	1	1.594	11.8	2.5	2.3	0.89	0.8	7
3 Yrs		4	5	.444	4.98	94.0	114	58	52	9	29	41	3	1.521	10.9		3.9	1.41	0.9	28

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