John Joseph Anderson
[edit] Biography
John Anderson (John Joseph Anderson) was born on December 14, 1873 in Sarpsborg, Norway. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1894 for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. In 1895, his rookie year, he hit .286 with 9 home runs and 87 RBI. Anderson played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Browns, New York Highlanders and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that John Anderson's best season was 1901, when he stole 35 bases, hit for a .330 average and knocked in 99 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1894
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 63
| 14
| 19
| 1
| 19
| .302
| .333
| .460
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| BRO
| N
| 102
| 419
| 76
| 120
| 9
| 87
| .286
| .314
| .444
| 11
| 14
| 12
| 29
| 5
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| BRO
| N
| 108
| 430
| 70
| 135
| 1
| 55
| .314
| .344
| .453
| 23
| 17
| 18
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| 117
| 492
| 93
| 160
| 4
| 85
| .325
| .357
| .455
| 28
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| WAS
| N
| 110
| 430
| 70
| 131
| 9
| 71
| .305
| .357
| .516
| 28
| 18
| 23
| 0
| 12
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 6
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .217
| .238
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 19
| 69
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 8
| .275
| .333
| .435
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| 135
| 520
| 82
| 153
| 9
| 81
| .294
| .348
| .494
| 33
| 22
| 29
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 117
| 439
| 65
| 118
| 4
| 92
| .269
| .317
| .369
| 18
| 7
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| MIL
| A
| 138
| 576
| 90
| 190
| 8
| 99
| .330
| .360
| .476
| 46
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 126
| 524
| 60
| 149
| 4
| 85
| .284
| .316
| .385
| 29
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 138
| 550
| 65
| 156
| 2
| 78
| .284
| .312
| .385
| 34
| 8
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| 143
| 558
| 62
| 155
| 3
| 82
| .278
| .313
| .385
| 27
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 101
| 400
| 50
| 116
| 1
| 38
| .290
| .330
| .380
| 21
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| 32
| 99
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 14
| .232
| .296
| .283
| 3
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| 133
| 499
| 62
| 139
| 1
| 52
| .279
| .323
| .361
| 24
| 7
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 151
| 583
| 62
| 158
| 3
| 70
| .271
| .296
| .343
| 25
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 39
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 87
| 333
| 33
| 96
| 0
| 44
| .288
| .359
| .348
| 12
| 4
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 123
| 355
| 36
| 93
| 0
| 47
| .262
| .321
| .315
| 17
| 1
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 596
| 2363
| 400
| 705
| 28
| 419
| .298
| .337
| .446
| 114
| 75
| 106
| 55
| 32
| 22
| 142
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1039
| 3978
| 470
| 1136
| 21
| 557
| .286
| .324
| .380
| 214
| 49
| 204
| 0
| 21
| 43
| 196
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1635
| 6341
| 870
| 1841
| 49
| 976
| .290
| .329
| .404
| 328
| 124
| 310
| 55
| 53
| 65
| 338
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1894
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1894
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1895
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 101
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 11
| 29
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1896
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 121
| 9
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1896
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 417
| 19
| 8
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 253
| 11
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1898
| WAS
| N
| OF
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 20
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1898
| WAS
| N
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 154
| 8
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 237
| 23
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 170
| 10
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 389
| 24
| 8
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1901
| MIL
| A
| 1B
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 1310
| 66
| 25
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1901
| MIL
| A
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 1361
| 47
| 22
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 1416
| 91
| 22
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| OF
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 186
| 9
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 368
| 33
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1905
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 194
| 10
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1905
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 286
| 19
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 615
| 32
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 9
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 599
| 0
| 0
| 6224
| 332
| 117
| 335
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1009
| 0
| 0
| 1852
| 111
| 127
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Haverhill (New England) to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $400 (August 26, 1894).
- Sent to Washington Senators by Brooklyn Bridegrooms for future considerations (May 19, 1898).
- Returned to Brooklyn Bridegrooms (September 21, 1898).
- Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to Milwaukee (American) (March 24, 1900).
- Selected by Brooklyn Superbas from Milwaukee (American) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 26, 1900).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Highlanders in exchange for Jack O'Connor (October 6, 1903).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from New York Highlanders (May 30, 1905).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox (December 12, 1907).
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