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John Anderson

John Anderson

1894–1908  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 180 lb  ·  b. 1873 Sarpsborg, Østfold

Career 1,636 G · 1,843 H · 50 HR · 978 RBI · .291 AVG

Seasons leading his league
6
3 best in baseball 3 league only
30 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1898 Best season

Spanning 1898–1906, peaking at 2 titles in 1898.

Team records #6 Washington Senators 1898 HR #9 Washington Senators career HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 954th League titles 6
  • 898th Best in baseball 3
  • 930th Top-5 finishes 30

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
First Base Double Plays 2 1st — 1901 81 1903 AL 71
First Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1901 AL .982 1902 #3 1903 #2
Triples 1 1st — 1898 22
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1898 .494
Stolen Bases 1 1st — 1906 AL 39
First Base Range Factor — #2 — 1901 #2 1903 #2
First Base Assists — #3 — 1901 #3 1903 #3
First Base Putouts — #2 — 1901 #3 1902 #3 1903 #2
Total Bases — #3 — 1901 #3
Doubles — #2 — 1901 #2
Hits — #2 — 1901 #2
Runs Batted In — #3 — 1901 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1906 1 SB 39
1903 1 1B DP 71
1901 2 1B DP 81 1B FPCT .982
1898 2 SLG .494 3B 22

Batting

  led the league   14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1894 BRO NL 17 63 14 19 1 3 1 19 3 3 7 .302 .333 .460 .794
1895 BRO NL 103 423 77 122 11 14 10 89 12 29 24 .288 .316 .452 .767
1896 BRO NL 108 430 70 135 23 17 1 55 18 23 37 .314 .344 .454 .798
1897 BRO NL 117 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 17 14 29 .325 .357 .455 .812
1898 WAS +1 NL 135 520 82 153 33 22 9 81 29 26 20 .294 .348 .494 .842
1899 BRO NL 117 439 65 118 18 7 4 92 27 24 25 .269 .317 .369 .686
1901 MLA AL 138 576 90 190 46 7 8 99 24 21 35 .330 .360 .476 .836
1902 SLA AL 126 524 60 149 29 6 4 85 21 9 15 .284 .316 .386 .701
1903 SLA AL 138 550 65 156 34 8 2 78 23 39 16 .284 .312 .386 .698
1904 NYA AL 143 558 62 155 27 12 3 82 23 37 20 .278 .314 .385 .699
1905 WS1 +1 AL 133 499 62 139 24 7 1 52 30 38 31 .279 .323 .361 .684
1906 WS1 AL 151 583 62 158 25 4 3 70 19 37 39 .271 .296 .343 .640
1907 WS1 AL 87 333 33 96 12 4 0 44 34 23 19 .288 .360 .348 .708
1908 CHA AL 123 355 36 93 17 1 0 47 30 33 21 .262 .321 .316 .637
Career — — 1,636 6,345 871 1,843 328 124 50 978 310 356 338 .291 .329 .405 .734

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1894 BRO NL OF 16 — 106.0 21 0 6 0 27 .778 1.31
3B 1 — 5.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1895 BRO NL OF 102 — 929.0 206 11 29 4 246 .882 2.13
1896 BRO NL OF 68 — 567.0 121 9 8 4 138 .942 1.91
1B 42 — 340.0 417 19 8 26 444 .982 10.38
1897 BRO NL OF 115 — 1029.0 253 11 18 2 282 .936 2.30
1B 3 — 24.0 26 1 3 1 30 .900 9.00
1898 WAS NL OF 115 — 977.0 237 23 13 4 273 .952 2.26
1B 19 — 162.0 170 10 9 15 189 .952 9.47
1899 BRO NL OF 76 — 611.0 148 6 11 2 165 .933 2.03
1B 41 — 336.0 389 24 8 25 421 .981 10.07
1901 MLA AL 1B 125 — 1102.0 1,310 66 25 81 1,401 .982 11.01
OF 13 — 138.0 40 1 1 0 42 .976 3.15
1902 SLA AL 1B 126 — 1117.0 1,361 47 22 78 1,430 .985 11.18
OF 3 — 10.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 0.67
1903 SLA AL 1B 133 — 1164.0 1,416 91 22 71 1,529 .986 11.33
OF 7 — 34.0 7 1 0 0 8 1.000 1.14
1904 NYA AL OF 112 109 953.0 186 9 9 1 204 .956 1.74
1B 33 31 302.0 368 33 6 21 407 .985 12.15
1905 WS1 AL OF 119 119 1055.0 194 10 11 1 215 .949 1.71
1B 7 7 64.0 72 5 2 0 79 .975 11.00
1906 WS1 AL OF 151 151 1321.0 286 19 15 2 320 .953 2.02
1907 WS1 AL 1B 61 59 523.0 615 32 11 13 658 .983 10.61
OF 26 27 228.0 56 2 2 0 60 .967 2.23
1908 CHA AL OF 87 82 733.0 96 9 4 7 109 .963 1.21
1B 9 10 69.0 80 4 1 4 85 .988 9.33
Career — — OF 1,010 488 8691.0 1,853 111 127 27 2,091 .939 1.95
— — 1B 599 107 5203.0 6,224 332 117 335 6,673 .983 10.95
— — 3B 1 — 5.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2.00