Sparky Anderson

George Lee Anderson (Captain Hook)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, SD
High School: Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1959
Team: Phillies 1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 2000.
View Sparky Anderson Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 4, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, CA
Cremated
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

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	Awards
1953	19	LAD-min	C	141	598	598		157	21	4	5						.263	.263	.336	.599		201							SNB · CALL
1954	20	LAD-min	A	147	497	497		147	13	5	0						.296	.296	.342	.638		170							PBO · WL
1955	21	LAD-min	AA	158	690	594	86	158	24	1	0	42	6	6	69	36	.266	.341	.310	.651		184		1	22	4			FTW · TL
1956	22	LAD-min	AAA	140	528	453	65	135	17	5	0	47	4		53	28	.298	.376	.358	.733		162		7	9	6			MTL · IL
1957	23	LAD-min	Opn	168	715	619	74	161	15	0	2	35	8		72	48	.260	.338	.294	.632		182	13	3	17	4			LOS · PCL
1958	24	LAD-min	AAA	155	651	580	78	156	35	5	2	56	21		47	50	.269	.330	.357	.687		207		7	14	3	1		MTL · IL
1959	25	PHI	NL	152	527	477	42	104	9	3	0	34	6	9	42	53	.218	.282	.249	.531	43	119	15	1	5	2	1	*4
1960	26	CLE-min	AAA	148	604	543	67	123	11	5	5	21	12	14	41	36	.227	.285	.293	.578		159		4	15	1			TTO · IL
1961	27	TTO	AAA	97	309	275	30	66	17	0	0	22	5		34	38	.240	.324	.302	.625		83							TTO · IL
1962	28	ATL-min	AAA	124	494	432	56	111	18	2	2	38	2	1	49	32	.257	.333	.322	.654		139		2	7	4			TTO · IL
1963	29	TEX-min	AAA	116	395	358	56	89	12	5	3	25	3	0	37	48	.249	.319	.335	.654		120							TTO · IL
1 Yr				152	527	477	42	104	9	3	0	34	6	9	42	53	.218	.282	.249	.531	43	119	15	1	5	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	562	508	45	111	10	3	0	36	6	10	45	56	.218	.282	.249	.531	43	127	16	1	5	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1959	25	PHI	NL	152	527	-30	-2	-0	-2	4	-31	-3.2	18	-13	-1.5	.479	.480	-1.2	0.3	-11	$	*4
1 Season				152	527	-30	-2	-0	-2	4	-31	-3.2	18	-13	-1.5	.479	.480	-1.2	0.3	-11	$

Advanced Batting

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
1959	25	PHI	NL	527	404	32	2.1	106	.244	.218	.271	.282	.338	.249	.420	.531	.758	43	.194	-39.6	-4.0	.401	.113	.031	.0
1 Yr				527	404	32	2.1	106	.244	.218	.271	.282	.338	.249	.420	.531	.758	43	.194	-39.6	-4.0	.401	.113	.031	.0
162 Game Avg.				562	431	34	2.1	106	.244	.218	.271	.282	.338	.249	.420	.531	.758	43	.194	-39.6	-4.0	.401	.113	.031

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	25	PHI	NL	527	0.0%	10.1%	8.0%	2.3%	12%	1.26	9.0		14.0	1.45	81%
1 Yr				527	0.0%	10.1%	8.0%	2.3%	12%	1.26	9.0		14.0	1.45	81%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.3%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.54	6.7	37.5	8.3	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	25	PHI	NL	-39.6	-4.0	548	-2.3	7.0	-9.3	.92	-2.8	0.4	-24.9	-2.5	0.93	-30.5		0
1 Yr				-39.6	-4.0	548	-2.3	7.0	-9.3	.92	-2.8	0.4	-24.9	-2.5	0.93	-30.5		0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1959	25	PHI	NL	15	0	29%	207	6	9	40%	4	8	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	13	41%	33	20	12	7	4	3	9	4	5
1 Yr				15	0	29%	207	6	9	40%	4	8	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	13	41%	33	20	12	7	4	3	9	4	5

Situational Hitting*

						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
1959	25	PHI	NL	527	37%	104			0	0	0	0		0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	99	15	15%	51	17	33%	311	38	12%	24	13	54%	16	8	50%	0
1 Yr				527	37%	104			0	0	0	0		0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	99	15	15%	51	17	33%	311	38	12%	24	13	54%	16	8	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			72%			10%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1959	25	152	527	477	42	104	9	3	0	34	6	9	42	53	.218	.282	.249	.531	43	119	15	1	5	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	25	159	550	498	43	108	9	3	35	6	44	55	.217	.281	.247	.528	34	152
1 Yr		159	550	498	43	108	9	3	35	6	44	55	.217	.281	.247	.528	34	152
162 Game Avg.		162	560	507	44	110	9	3	36	6	45	56	.217	.281	.247	.528	35	152

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2000 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 2000 by Veteran's Committee	Awards (yr lg award) 1984 AL Mgr of the year 1987 AL Mgr of the year	Games Played s c a p y 1959 NL 152 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1959 NL 15 (10th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1959 NL 9 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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