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: Susan Miller 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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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	ATL-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

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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	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1959	PHI	NL	25	2B	152	145	122	1244.2	758	343	403	12	70	.984	-2	-2	5.39	4.91	.976	5.27	5.22
	1 Season			2B	152	145	122	1244.2	758	343	403	12	70	.984	-2	-2	5.39	4.91	.976	5.27	5.22
	1 Season			TOT	152	145	122	1244.2	758	343	403	12	70	.984	-2	-2	5.39	4.91	.976	5.27	5.22

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1959 NL 152 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1959 NL 343 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1959 NL 403 (5th)
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1959 NL 5.39 (3rd)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1959 NL .984 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Second Base (1059th), -1.5 career WAR/-1.5 7yr-peak WAR/-1.5 JAWS Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
December 23, 1958: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Golden, Rip Repulski and Gene Snyder.

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