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 (Everett, WA)
School: University of Washington
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 Seasons				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)			AL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1986	29	NYM	NL	49.2	5	17	26	0	.9	9	0.9	$
1987	30	KCR	AL	13.0	2	22	9	0	.5	-13	-1.0	$
1988	31	KCR	AL	34.0	3	17	21	0	.9	4	0.3	$
3 Seasons				96.2	10	56	56	0	.8	0	0.2	$

KCR (2 yrs)				47.0	5	39	30	0	.8	-9	-0.7	$
NYM (1 yr)				49.2	5	17	26	0	.9	9	0.9	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1978	21	NYM-min	A-	14	0	0		0	0	0	0											0						LFA · NYPL
1979	22	NYM-min	AA	25	25	23	1	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.261	.320	.348	.668		8		0	0	0		JAC · TL
1980	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	39	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	0	0		JAC,TID · TL,IL
1981	24	NYM-min	AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1982	25	NYM-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1983	26	NYM-min	AA,AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	JAC,TID · TL,IL
1984	27	NYM-min	AAA	26	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.571	.857		4		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1985	28	NYM-min	AAA	48	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		1		0	1	0	0	TID · IL
1986	29	NYM-min	AAA	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0	0	TID · IL
1986	29	NYM	NL	15	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1987	30	KCR-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
1987	30	KCR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	31	KCR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
1988	31	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
3 Seasons				28	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	69	64	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	6	0	0	6	0	0

KCR (2 yrs)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				15	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				15	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1986	29	NYM	NL	12	-2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1 Season				12	-2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1986	NYM	NL	29	P	15	5	49.2	12	8	4	1.000	2.17	0.80	.955	1.94	1.94	7	1	13%
1987	KCR	AL	30	P	6	2	13.0	4	1	3	1.000	2.77	0.67	.955	1.87	1.82	5	0	0%
1988	KCR	AL	31	P	7	3	34.0	4	1	3	1.000	1.06	0.57	.960	1.77	1.77	5	1	17%
	3 Seasons			P	28	10	96.2	20	10	10	1.000	1.86	0.71	.956	1.87	1.87	17	2	11%
	3 Seasons			TOT	28	10	96.2	20	10	10	1.000	1.86	0.71	.956	1.87	1.87	17	2	11%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
February 2, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
March 27, 1987: Traded by the New York Mets with Mauro Gozzo and Ed Hearn to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone and Chris Jelic.
October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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