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Mike
Anderson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 22, 1951 in Usa, SC, FLORENCE
 
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
1971 20 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1972 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1973 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1974 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1975 24 WAS NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5
1976 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1977 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1978 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1979 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1980 29 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1981 30 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 5
1982 31 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1983 32 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1984 33 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1985 34 SDP NL $ 549,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1986 35 SDP NL $ 549,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
1987 36 MIL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 549,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
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
1971 20 AA   137 514 67 150 22 3 16 61 9 5 76 109 .292 .383 .440 .823 87.4  
1972 21 AAA   104 365 46 95 14 1 9 38 2 9 40 94 .260 .333 .378 .711 44.7  
    AA   26 107 20 30 7 1 2 7 2 1 17 25 .280 .379 .421 .800 17.4  
1973 22 AAA   128 434 54 108 22 2 9 46 3 2 52 111 .249 .329 .371 .700 54.7  
1974 23 AAA   39 67 11 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 11 13 .179 .295 .239 .534 5.6  
    AA   31 110 15 22 7 0 2 5 0 2 19 27 .200 .318 .318 .636 11.8  
1975 24 AAA   137 491 59 118 14 3 10 60 3 2 75 116 .240 .341 .342 .683 62.7  
1976 25 WAS NL 74 250 23 62 15 3 1 19 0 1 17 61 .248 .296 .344 .640 24.5 2.7
    AAA   81 295 41 87 17 0 10 43 3 2 34 51 .295 .368 .454 .822 48.1  
1977 26 WAS NL 123 397 36 102 25 1 6 50 1 5 41 83 .257 .327 .370 .697 42.6 5.5
1978 27 WAS NL 54 116 14 21 1 3 1 6 2 0 14 23 .181 .269 .267 .536 8.6 0.0
1979 28 WAS NL 35 66 14 19 0 2 0 8 1 0 7 9 .288 .356 .348 .705 8.5 1.8
    AAA   39 56 6 17 5 0 1 4 0 0 5 9 .304 .361 .446 .807 8.5  
1980 29 AAA   136 492 75 143 23 4 14 73 7 8 80 70 .291 .390 .439 .829 84.3  
1981 30 WAS NL 22 64 13 21 6 1 3 8 0 0 5 8 .328 .377 .594 .971 12.2 4.1
    AAA   133 503 77 155 31 4 22 94 4 3 71 79 .308 .394 .517 .911 97.7  
1982 31 WAS NL 81 183 26 50 11 0 0 23 3 2 26 46 .273 .367 .333 .700 22.3 4.7
1983 32 WAS NL 32 73 6 11 2 0 1 5 1 1 8 18 .151 .229 .219 .448 4.5 0.0
1984 33 WAS NL 51 88 20 27 9 2 0 9 0 0 6 22 .307 .351 .455 .806 12.2 3.4
1985 34 SDP NL 67 151 28 46 8 5 2 23 0 2 24 40 .305 .400 .464 .864 25.8 7.5
1986 35 SDP NL 58 158 21 38 3 1 6 16 2 1 18 34 .241 .318 .386 .704 18.7 2.7
1987 36 MIL NL 24 62 6 8 6 0 0 5 0 0 8 12 .129 .229 .226 .454 2.1 0.0
11 Years Sim 621 1608 207 405 86 18 20 172 10 12 174 356 .252 .325 .365 .690 182.0 32.4
8 Years AAA 797 2703 369 735 127 14 76 364 22 26 368 543 .272 .358 .414 .771 406.3  
3 Years AA 194 731 102 202 36 4 20 73 11 8 112 161 .276 .373 .419 .792 116.6  
11 Years Minors 991 3434 471 937 163 18 96 437 33 34 480 704 .273 .361 .415 .776 522.9  
162 Game Average 419 54 105 22 4 5 44 2 3 45 92 .252 .325 .365 .690 47.5  
Career Highs 123 397 36 102 25 5 6 50 3 5 41 83 .328 .400 .594 .971 42.6  
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   995 123 253 53 11 9 103 2 7 82 205 .254 .311 .357 .668 107.3
vs LH   613 84 152 33 7 11 69 8 5 92 151 .248 .346 .378 .724 84.2
Home 288 728 89 192 42 5 7 69 4 3 88 175 .264 .343 .364 .707 92.7
Away 333 880 118 213 44 13 13 103 6 9 86 181 .242 .310 .366 .676 98.8
RISP   417 0 112 21 5 8 145 0 0 42 97 .269 .333 .400 .733 55.8
Pinch Hitting   73 10 21 3 0 1 17 0 0 6 13 .288 .350 .370 .720 9.1
Close/Late   217 31 52 12 1 3 27 0 0 22 46 .240 .308 .346 .654 23.6
Mar/Apr 106 244 32 61 14 1 2 24 3 2 34 45 .250 .342 .340 .682 29.9
May 114 272 40 73 15 3 3 28 2 1 33 70 .268 .345 .379 .724 36.4
June 98 266 33 69 8 5 5 31 3 2 27 47 .259 .328 .383 .711 33.8
July 94 276 47 83 20 6 5 40 1 4 30 64 .301 .371 .471 .842 44.4
August 80 225 20 43 13 2 1 21 1 2 26 53 .191 .277 .280 .557 17.3
Sep/Oct 129 325 35 76 16 1 4 28 0 1 24 77 .234 .286 .326 .612 29.8
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
1976 25 WAS NL CF 73 73 599.7 161 6 0 1 1.000 2.51   1.9
    1B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 26 WAS NL CF 82 73 641.3 183 7 1 3 .995 2.67   2.1
    1B 33 29 255.3 340 23 6 35 .984 12.80   0.5
    LF 3 3 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    RF 3 1 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1978 27 WAS NL LF 10 9 74.0 16 1 1 0 .944 2.07   0.2
    CF 19 3 53.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.85    
    1B 7 5 48.3 63 2 0 6 1.000 12.10   0.1
    RF 6 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1979 28 WAS NL CF 13 4 58.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.5
    RF 8 7 53.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 3.06    
    LF 4 3 31.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
    1B 4 3 26.0 32 3 0 1 1.000 12.12   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 30 WAS NL CF 21 20 159.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.3
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 31 WAS NL 1B 23 18 176.3 202 16 4 11 .982 11.13   0.3
    LF 25 16 153.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.7
    CF 18 7 87.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.78    
    RF 4 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1983 32 WAS NL LF 14 11 110.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.7
    CF 10 5 50.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.88    
    RF 2 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1984 33 WAS NL CF 35 14 161.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.3
    1B 8 6 56.0 56 0 2 4 .966 9.00   0.1
1985 34 SDP NL LF 38 36 303.7 51 1 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.6
    1B 13 3 47.7 75 2 0 9 1.000 14.54   0.1
    CF 5 1 17.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    RF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1986 35 SDP NL LF 41 40 334.0 80 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.8
    1B 8 2 29.7 33 4 0 3 1.000 11.23   0.1
    RF 6 0 8.3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.16    
    CF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1987 36 MIL NL CF 17 15 130.0 31 2 2 1 .943 2.28   0.5
    RF 6 2 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    LF 4 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 295 215 1960.3 537 16 3 5 .995 2.54   5.7
  LF 139 119 1039.3 218 2 1 0 .995 1.91   3.0
  1B 102 66 647.3 808 52 12 71 .986 11.96   1.2
  RF 41 13 157.3 46 1 1 1 .979 2.69    
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   579 413 3807.3 1610 73 17 78 .990 3.98   9.9
Career Highs   121 106 934.7 534 30 7 38 1.000 5.76    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 30 WAS NL 8 25 2 4 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 5 .160 .214 .360 .574
1982 31 WAS NL 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375
1985 34 SDP NL 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .429 .857
Career Post-Season Batting 12 40 4 8 1 1 1 5 2 0 2 12 .200 .233 .350 .583
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  6. Bob Molinaro (959)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1971
Injured on 8/11/1972 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/1973 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to NYG: P Jack Billingham, P Bill Hepler, C Manny Sanguillen. Going to WAS: P Glenn Abbott, P Luke Walker, C Milt May, RF Mike Anderson, 2B Bobby Valentine)
Injured on 6/9/1976 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/4/1976, off Milt Wilcox (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1976, off John Montefusco (PIT)
Injured on 7/30/1977 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/16/1978 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/9/1980 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/24/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $549,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 4/3/1987 to a minor league deal
Released by Milwaukee on 10/31/1987
 
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