John Anderson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: December 14, 1873 in Sarpsborg, Norway no

Died: July 23, 1949 in Worcester, MA

Buried: All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, MA

Debut: September 8, 1894 (Age 20-268d, 1,818th in major league history)

Last Game: October 2, 1908 (Age 34-293d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1895 season

Full Name: John Joseph Anderson

Nicknames: Honest John

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.8

6345

1843

.291

871

RBI

978

338

OBP

.329

SLG

.405

OPS

.734

OPS+

114

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 20	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	7	Apr 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	10	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	11	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	13	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	14	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15	May 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	16	May 3	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	17	May 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	18	May 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	19	May 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	20	May 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	21	May 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	22	May 13	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	23	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
19	24	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	25	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	26	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	27	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	28	May 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	29	May 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
25	30	May 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-16	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	31	May 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	34	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	35	May 31 (1)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
30	36	May 31 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	37	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	38	Jun 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	39	Jun 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	40	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	41	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	42	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	43	Jun 8	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	44	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	45	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	46	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
41	47	Jun 12	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	48	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	49	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	50	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	51	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	53	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	54	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	55	Jun 20	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	56	Jun 21	CHW		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	57	Jun 22	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	58	Jun 23	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	59	Jun 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
54	60	Jun 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	62	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	63	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	64	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	65	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	66	Jul 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	67	Jul 2 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
64	70	Jul 5	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	71	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	72	Jul 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
67	77 (4)	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
68	85 (7)	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	86	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	92 (5)	Jul 28	CHW		PHA	L,0-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
71	93	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
72	94	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	95	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
74	100 (4)	Aug 7	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
75	101	Aug 8	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	102	Aug 9	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	103	Aug 10	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	104	Aug 11	CHW		NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
79	105	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	106	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
81	110 (3)	Aug 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
82	113 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
83	115 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
84	116	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
85	117	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	120 (2)	Aug 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	121	Sep 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-3	GS	0		9	1	0	10	1
88	123 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
89	131 (7)	Sep 9	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
90	140 (8)	Sep 17	CHW		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	141	Sep 18	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	142	Sep 19	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	143	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	144	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	145	Sep 23	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	147 (1)	Sep 26	CHW		NYY	W,12-0	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	149 (1)	Sep 28	CHW		BOS	T,2-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
							97gm		69.0	178	13	5	196	8