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Harry Anderson
Harry Walter Anderson (Harry the Horse)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 18, 1957
  vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 5, 1961
Born September 10, 1931 in North East, MD
Died June 11, 1998 in Greenville, DE

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 25 PHI NL 118  400   53  107  15  4  17   61   2  3  36  61  .268  .333  .453  112  181   3   6   7   6   6 MVP-25
 1958 26 PHI NL 140  515   80  155  34  6  23   97   0  2  59  95  .301  .373  .524  136  270   3   5  10   3  12 MVP-18
 1959 27 PHI NL 142  508   50  122  28  6  14   63   1  1  43  95  .240  .304  .402   86  204   2   3  14   5   9
 1960 28 TOT NL  80  159   16   34   5  0   6   21   0  0  21  39  .214  .311  .358   83   57   1   1   1   2   2
         PHI NL  38   93   10   23   2  0   5   12   0  0  10  19  .247  .333  .430  108   40   0   0   1   2   2
         CIN NL  42   66    6   11   3  0   1    9   0  0  11  20  .167  .282  .258   48   17   1   1   0   0   0
 1961 29 CIN NL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   33    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      484 1586  199  419  82 16  60  242   3  6 159 291  .264  .334  .450  108  713   9  15  32  16  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        531   67  140  27  5  20   81   1  2  53  97  .264  .334  .450  108  239   3   5  11   5  10
 Career High    142  515   80  155  34  6  23   97   2  3  59  95  .301  .373  .524  136  270   3   6  14   6  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 25 PHI NL  451  311   61   5.3   100| .268  .265| .333  .328| .453  .410| .786  .738| 112  .563   6.7   0.7  40%
 1958 26 PHI NL  585  382  100   7.0   105| .301  .269| .373  .336| .524  .419| .897  .756| 136  .680  27.5   2.7   0%
 1959 27 PHI NL  561  401   62   4.1   106| .240  .271| .304  .338| .402  .420| .706  .757|  86  .449 -11.2  -1.1  50%
 1960 28 TOT NL  184  129   19   4.0   100| .214  .264| .311  .330| .358  .405| .669  .735|  83  .456  -3.6  -0.4   0%
         PHI NL  105   72   13   4.9    99| .247  .263| .333  .329| .430  .404| .763  .733| 108  .548   0.9   0.1   0%
         CIN NL   79   57    6   2.8   101| .167  .265| .282  .332| .258  .407| .540  .739|  48  .312  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1961 29 CIN NL    4    3    0   0.0   107| .250  .272| .250  .339| .250  .424| .500  .764|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1785 1226  242   5.3   104| .264  .268| .334  .334| .450  .416| .784  .750| 108  .564  18.9   1.9  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 25 PHI NL OF 109 213 5 3 1 .986 .980 2.00 2.07 2.15 2.29 104 913.0 LF 108 211 6 2 1 .991 .978 2.01 1.71 2.16 2.03 104 906.0 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.70 2.57 1.93 0 7.0 1958 26 PHI NL LF 88 156 4 4 1 .976 .975 1.82 1.54 1.95 2.00 82 738.7 1B 49 397 29 9 39 .979 .990 8.69 8.11 8.81 9.54 47 435.0 1959 27 PHI NL LF 137 286 18 6 4 .981 .971 2.22 1.59 2.36 2.04 136 1159.0 1960 28 TOT NL 1B 27 174 13 2 9 .989 .990 6.93 8.20 9.55 9.57 23 176.3 TOT NL OF 20 29 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.50 1.92 1.88 2.20 17 143.7 TOT NL LF 18 28 1 0 0 1.000 .973 1.61 1.55 1.98 1.99 16 131.7 PHI NL LF 16 25 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.62 1.55 1.97 1.99 14 118.7 1B 12 81 6 1 3 .989 .990 7.25 8.20 9.87 9.57 11 79.3 CIN NL 1B 15 93 7 1 6 .990 .990 6.67 8.20 9.28 9.57 12 97.0 OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.93 1.44 2.20 3 25.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.55 2.08 2.01 2 13.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 0.75 1.95 1 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 26 PHI NL 1B 49 397 29 9 39 .979 .990 8.69 8.11 8.81 9.54 47 435.0 1960 28 TOT NL 1B 27 174 13 2 9 .989 .990 6.93 8.20 9.55 9.57 23 176.3 PHI NL 1B 12 81 6 1 3 .989 .990 7.25 8.20 9.87 9.57 11 79.3 CIN NL 1B 15 93 7 1 6 .990 .990 6.67 8.20 9.28 9.57 12 97.0 1957 25 PHI NL LF 108 211 6 2 1 .991 .978 2.01 1.71 2.16 2.03 104 906.0 1958 26 PHI NL LF 88 156 4 4 1 .976 .975 1.82 1.54 1.95 2.00 82 738.7 1959 27 PHI NL LF 137 286 18 6 4 .981 .971 2.22 1.59 2.36 2.04 136 1159.0 1960 28 TOT NL LF 18 28 1 0 0 1.000 .973 1.61 1.55 1.98 1.99 16 131.7 PHI NL LF 16 25 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.62 1.55 1.97 1.99 14 118.7 CIN NL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.55 2.08 2.01 2 13.0 1957 25 PHI NL OF 109 213 5 3 1 .986 .980 2.00 2.07 2.15 2.29 104 913.0 1958 26 PHI NL OF 87 155 4 4 1 .975 .980 1.83 1.95 1.94 2.26 82 738.7 1959 27 PHI NL OF 137 283 17 6 4 .980 .977 2.19 1.90 2.33 2.21 136 1159.0 1960 28 TOT NL OF 20 29 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.50 1.92 1.88 2.20 17 143.7 PHI NL OF 16 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.92 1.97 2.20 14 118.7 CIN NL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.93 1.44 2.20 3 25.0 1957 25 PHI NL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.70 2.57 1.93 0 7.0 1960 28 CIN NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 0.75 1.95 1 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 353 680 27 13 6 .982 .979 2.00 1.97 2.15 2.25 339 2954.3 351 0 3# LF* 351 681 29 12 6 .983 .974 2.02 1.61 2.18 2.02 338 2935.3 1B* 76 571 42 11 48 .982 .990 8.07 8.14 9.03 9.55 70 611.3 RF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.42 1.94 1 19.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 429 1251 69 24 54 .982 .984 3.08 3.06 3.33 3.50 409 3566
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-NL-25-0.00
1958-NL-18-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

On-base %
1958 NL-.373-7

Slugging %
1958 NL-.524-6

OPS
1958 NL-.897-5

Total Bases
1958 NL-270-9

Doubles
1958 NL-34-4

RBI
1958 NL-97-3

Strikeouts
1958 NL-95-1
1959 NL-95-4

Adjusted OPS+
1958 NL-136-6

Runs Created
1958 NL-100-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1958 NL-28-9

Batting Wins
1958 NL-2.7-7

Extra-Base Hits
1958 NL-63-6

Offensive Win%
1958 NL-.680-7

Hit By Pitch
1957 NL-6-5
1959 NL-5-7

Sac. Flies
1957 NL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1958 NL-10-6
1959 NL-14-3

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Fred Hopke (minors) and Wally Post to the Cincinnati Reds for Lee Walls and Tony Gonzalez.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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