Jim
Anderson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 23, 1957 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 MIN AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 22 MIN AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1981 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 25 MIN AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1983 26 MIN AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1984 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1985 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1986 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1987 30 MIN AL $ 820,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 820,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 21 A   110 395 38 93 20 0 8 49 2 1 56 35 .235 .330 .347 .677 48.5  
1979 22 A   129 446 53 117 16 2 12 48 4 2 82 37 .262 .377 .388 .765 70.8  
1980 23 A   137 501 71 145 32 2 15 67 3 1 65 41 .289 .371 .451 .822 82.9  
1981 24 A   137 484 56 122 23 1 19 75 1 1 87 44 .252 .366 .421 .788 79.1  
1982 25 A   103 366 58 100 20 1 15 51 1 1 79 37 .273 .402 .456 .859 70.2  
1983 26 A   118 426 68 129 26 1 15 66 2 0 89 42 .303 .423 .474 .897 87.0  
1984 27 MIN AL 88 292 23 63 15 1 3 34 0 0 21 36 .216 .273 .305 .578 21.4 0.9
1985 28 MIN AL 151 505 43 101 18 3 3 35 2 2 46 72 .200 .271 .265 .536 34.3 0.7
1986 29 MIN AL 100 248 38 74 13 3 6 38 0 0 22 32 .298 .357 .448 .804 35.7 9.2
1987 30 MIN AL 123 417 42 85 22 1 3 30 0 0 40 67 .204 .275 .283 .558 28.6 0.0
1988 31 AAA   91 315 42 87 19 1 6 34 0 0 46 36 .276 .368 .400 .768 47.6  
4 Years Sim 462 1462 146 323 68 8 15 137 2 2 129 207 .221 .287 .309 .596 120.0 10.8
1 Years AAA 91 315 42 87 19 1 6 34 0 0 46 36 .276 .370 .400 .770 47.6  
6 Years A 734 2618 344 706 137 7 84 356 13 6 458 236 .270 .380 .424 .803 438.5  
7 Years Minors 825 2933 386 793 156 8 90 390 13 6 504 272 .270 .379 .421 .800 486.1  
162 Game Average 512 51 113 23 2 5 48 0 0 45 72 .221 .287 .309 .596 42.1  
Career Highs 151 505 43 101 22 3 6 38 2 2 46 72 .298 .357 .448 .804 35.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1000 107 212 47 7 11 93 2 1 78 144 .212 .272 .306 .578 81.4
vs LH   462 39 111 21 1 4 44 0 1 51 63 .240 .318 .316 .634 47.7
Home 231 728 76 165 42 5 6 81 1 1 65 117 .227 .293 .323 .616 68.0
Away 231 734 70 158 26 3 9 56 1 1 64 90 .215 .281 .296 .576 61.1
RISP   383 0 88 20 4 2 112 0 0 31 54 .230 .292 .319 .610 34.7
Pinch Hitting   49 5 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 8 .286 .386 .388 .774 7.4
Close/Late   185 17 47 8 2 5 20 0 0 27 30 .254 .358 .400 .758 27.0
Mar/Apr 67 217 16 43 14 0 1 24 2 0 19 28 .198 .271 .276 .547 15.6
May 79 251 22 52 11 0 2 17 0 0 23 37 .207 .275 .275 .550 19.0
June 78 259 25 59 12 1 3 24 0 1 22 33 .228 .295 .317 .611 23.5
July 75 238 18 47 6 1 4 18 0 0 14 37 .197 .242 .282 .524 15.5
August 76 244 36 65 14 4 4 36 0 1 23 36 .266 .330 .406 .735 31.8
Sep/Oct 87 253 29 57 11 2 1 18 0 0 28 36 .225 .304 .296 .600 23.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1984 27 MIN AL 3B 23 20 190.3 16 51 2 4 .971 3.17   0.8
    SS 15 11 95.0 13 43 3 8 .949 5.31   0.4
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1985 28 MIN AL SS 54 52 444.3 75 177 18 37 .933 5.10   0.9
1986 29 MIN AL SS 36 29 276.3 47 117 6 12 .965 5.34   0.6
    3B 35 8 138.3 9 34 2 2 .956 2.80   0.5
    1B 3 2 20.0 24 1 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 30 MIN AL 3B 98 92 795.7 57 191 15 14 .943 2.81   3.7
    SS 19 18 159.3 29 67 3 10 .970 5.42   0.9
    2B 1 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 156 120 1124.3 82 276 19 20 .950 2.87   5.0
  SS 124 110 975.0 164 404 30 67 .950 5.24   2.7
  1B 3 2 20.0 24 1 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.0
  2B 1 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   287 233 2137.3 272 683 49 90 .951 4.02   7.8
Career Highs   119 111 967.0 87 260 18 37 .967 5.10    
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  6. Pat Crawford (957)
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  8. Milt Bolling (956)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1978
Injured on 8/3/1978 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/22/1979 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/8/1982 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 4/5/1983 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/6/1984, off Mike Mcqueen (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1984, off Cecilio Guante (MIL)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1986, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $820,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $820,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/27/1988 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 8/29/1988 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 9-10 weeks
Released by Minnesota on 10/27/1988