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Bob Anderson
Robert Carl Anderson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 210 lb.
Schools Michigan State University, Western Michigan University

Debut July 31, 1957
vs. BRO 0.7 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 25, 1963
Born September 29, 1935 in East Chicago, IN

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1957 21 CHC NL   0   1   8   0   0   0   2  0   16.3   20   16   14   2    8    7   1   0    76   1   1  7.71  3.92   51 1.714
 1958 22 CHC NL   3   3  17   8   2   0   4  0   65.7   61   29   29   3   29   51   1   1   275   1   0  3.97  3.91   98 1.371
 1959 23 CHC NL  12  13  37  36   7   1   1  0  235.3  245  117  108  21   77  113   5   4  1004   3   3  4.13  3.95   96 1.368
 1960 24 CHC NL   9  11  38  30   5   0   3  1  203.7  201  105   93  26   68  115   7   9   868   8   0  4.11  3.76   92 1.321
 1961 25 CHC NL   7  10  57  12   1   0  21  8  152.0  162   85   72  14   56   96   2   4   659  11   0  4.26  4.19   98 1.434
 1962 26 CHC NL   2   7  57   4   0   0  16  4  107.7  111   70   60   9   60   82   5   8   492   5   0  5.02  4.14   83 1.588
 1963 27 DET AL   3   1  32   3   0   0  15  0   60.0   58   28   22   5   21   38   6   4   260   2   0  3.30  3.74  113 1.317
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .439  36  46 246  93  15   1  62 13  840.7  858  450  398  80  319  502  27  30  3634  31   4  4.26  3.95   93 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  49  18   3   0  12  2  168.3  172   90   79  16   63  100   5   6   728   6   0  4.26  3.95   93 1.400
 Career High     12  13  57  36   7   1  21  8  235.3  245  117  108  26   77  115   7   9  1004  11   3  3.30  4.19  113 1.317

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 21 CHC NL   8    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 22 CHC NL  17   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .118  .118  .118  -37    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 23 CHC NL  37   80    6    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  34  .075  .119  .088  -43    7   6   0   0   1   1
 1960 24 CHC NL  39   71    4   12   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  26  .169  .221  .169    9   12   5   1   0   1   0
 1961 25 CHC NL  57   42    5    6   0  0   2    5   0  0   1  22  .143  .163  .286   16   12   2   0   0   0   0
 1962 26 CHC NL  57   23    1    3   0  1   0    1   0  0   2  10  .130  .200  .217   11    5   2   0   0   0   1
 1963 27 DET AL  32    9    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .444  .444  .556  176    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      247  246   18   33   2  1   2   12   0  0  10 107  .134  .174  .175   -6   43  15   1   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        161   12   22   1  1   1    8   0  0   7  70  .134  .174  .175   -6   28  10   1   0   1   1
 Career High     57   80    6   12   1  1   2    5   0  0   4  34                          12   6   1   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 21 CHC NL    4    4    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .330| .000  .414| .000  .744|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1958 22 CHC NL   17   15    0   0.0   104| .118  .267| .118  .335| .118  .417| .236  .752| -37  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1959 23 CHC NL   90   81    1   0.3   104| .075  .269| .119  .335| .088  .416| .207  .751| -43  .008 -16.6  -1.7   0%
 1960 24 CHC NL   82   65    3   1.2    98| .169  .262| .221  .328| .169  .402| .390  .730|   9  .091  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1961 25 CHC NL   45   38    2   1.4   106| .143  .271| .163  .338| .286  .422| .449  .760|  16  .101  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1962 26 CHC NL   27   23    1   1.2   106| .130  .275| .200  .342| .217  .417| .417  .759|  11  .076  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1963 27 DET AL    9    5    2  10.8    97| .444  .259| .444  .325| .556  .399|1.000  .725| 176  .849   0.9   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       274  231    9   1.0   103| .134  .267| .174  .334| .175  .413| .349  .746|  -6  .063 -37.7  -3.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1957 21 CHC NL   P    8      0    5    2    0  .714  .962  0.62  0.82  2.76  2.04    0   16.3
 1958 22 CHC NL   P   17      3   11    0    0 1.000  .952  0.82  0.77  1.92  1.97    8   65.7
 1959 23 CHC NL   P   37     13   43    4    4  .933  .954  1.51  0.82  2.15  1.99   36  234.3
 1960 24 CHC NL   P   38     10   43    4    2  .930  .962  1.39  0.87  2.34  2.09   30  203.7
 1961 25 CHC NL   P   57     14   38    0    7 1.000  .959  0.91  0.88  3.08  2.18   12  152.0
 1962 26 CHC NL   P   57      4   16    1    1  .952  .948  0.35  0.82  1.67  2.07    4  107.7
 1963 27 DET AL   P   32      2    9    2    0  .846  .957  0.34  0.79  1.65  2.00    3   60.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1957 21 CHC NL   P    8      0    5    2    0  .714  .962  0.62  0.82  2.76  2.04    0   16.3
 1958 22 CHC NL   P   17      3   11    0    0 1.000  .952  0.82  0.77  1.92  1.97    8   65.7
 1959 23 CHC NL   P   37     13   43    4    4  .933  .954  1.51  0.82  2.15  1.99   36  234.3
 1960 24 CHC NL   P   38     10   43    4    2  .930  .962  1.39  0.87  2.34  2.09   30  203.7
 1961 25 CHC NL   P   57     14   38    0    7 1.000  .959  0.91  0.88  3.08  2.18   12  152.0
 1962 26 CHC NL   P   57      4   16    1    1  .952  .948  0.35  0.82  1.67  2.07    4  107.7
 1963 27 DET AL   P   32      2    9    2    0  .846  .957  0.34  0.79  1.65  2.00    3   60.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 246     46  165   13   14  .942  .957  0.86  0.83  2.26  2.06   93  839.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       246     46  165   13   14  .942  .957  0.86  0.83  2.26  2.06   93    840

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1961 NL-57-5
1962 NL-57-8

Saves
1961 NL-8-8

Innings
1959 NL-235.3-9

Games Started
1959 NL-36-4

Home Runs Allow.
1960 NL-26-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1959 NL-77-9

Hits Allowed
1959 NL-245-7

Losses
1959 NL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1959 NL-108-3
1960 NL-93-9

Wild Pitches
1960 NL-9-4

Hit Batsmen
1960 NL-7-4

Batters Faced
1959 NL-1004-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 29, 1954: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
November 28, 1962: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Boros.
November 18, 1963: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Rocky Colavito and $50,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jerry Lumpe, Ed Rakow, and Dave Wickersham.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Bob Anderson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Games 1961 NL-57-5 1962 NL-57-8	Saves 1961 NL-8-8	Innings 1959 NL-235.3-9	Games Started 1959 NL-36-4	Home Runs Allow. 1960 NL-26-5	Bases On Balls Allow. 1959 NL-77-9
Hits Allowed 1959 NL-245-7	Losses 1959 NL-13-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1959 NL-108-3 1960 NL-93-9	Wild Pitches 1960 NL-9-4	Hit Batsmen 1960 NL-7-4	Batters Faced 1959 NL-1004-10