Sparky Anderson
George Lee Anderson (Captain Hook)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, SD
High School: Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1959
Final Game: September 27, 1959
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 2000.
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Standard Batting

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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
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
1 Season 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .757 43 .194 -39.5 -3.9 .401 .113 .031 .0
1 Season 527 404 32 2.1 106 .244 .218 .271 .282 .338 .249 .420 .531 .757 43 .194 -39.5 -3.9 .401 .113 .031 .0
162 Game Avg. 562 431 34 2.1 106 .244 .218 .271 .282 .338 .249 .420 .531 .757 43 .194 -39.5 -3.9 .401 .113 .031

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 25 PHI NL 527 0.0% 10.1% 8.0% 2.3% 12% 1.26 9.0 14.0 1.45 81%
1 Season 527 0.0% 10.1% 8.0% 2.3% 12% 1.26 9.0 14.0 1.45 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Season 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 35 15 43% 0
1 Season 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% 35 15 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 25 159 542 496 44 106 9 3 0 36 6 43 55 .214 .277 .244 .521 33 152
1 Season 159 542 496 44 106 9 3 0 36 6 43 55 .214 .277 .244 .521 33 152
162 Game Avg. 162 552 505 45 108 9 3 0 37 6 44 56 .214 .277 .244 .521 34 152

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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