Rick Anderson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: December 25, 1953 in Inglewood, CA us

Died: June 23, 1989 in Wilmington, CA

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southern California Christian HS (Orange, CA) and the New York Yankees in the 1st round (5th) of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Southern California Christian HS (Orange, CA)

School: Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 18, 1979 (Age 25-267d, 14,264th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 26-285d)
vs. TEX 5.2 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 6 BB, 1 ER

Full Name: Richard Lee Anderson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

3.75

12.0

WHIP

1.917

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1972	18	NYY-min	Rk	2	2	.500	3.19	5	5		2	1	0	31.0	22	13	11	3	13	0	40	3	0	5				1.129	6.4	0.9	3.8	11.6	3.08	JOH APPY
1973	19	NYY-min	A-	3	5	.375	4.60	14	4		1	0	1	45.0	45	36	23	5	23	3	56	2	0	6				1.511	9.0	1.0	4.6	11.2	2.43	ONE NYPL
1974	20	NYY-min	A	13	8	.619	2.29	24	24		7	5	0	173.0	124	50	44	5	65	2	179	3	1	10				1.092	6.5	0.3	3.4	9.3	2.75	FTL FLOR
1975	21	NYY-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.59	21	19		5	1	0	143.0	115	70	57	12	81	5	138	6	1	9				1.371	7.2	0.8	5.1	8.7	1.70	WHA EL
1976	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	10	4	.714	3.45	25	19		7	1	1	133.0	122	64	51	10	56	4	92	4	0	4				1.338	8.3	0.7	3.8	6.2	1.64	WHA,SYR EL,IL
1977	23	NYY-min	AA	7	7	.500	5.69	29	12		2	1	4	98.0	110	72	62	16	47	8	68	6	0	8				1.602	10.1	1.5	4.3	6.2	1.45	WHA EL
1978	24	NYY-NYM-min	AAA,AA	8	8	.500	4.29	46	2		1	0	2	105.0	112	55	50	5	65	7	92	1	0	5				1.686	9.6	0.4	5.6	7.9	1.42	TAC,WHA,JAC PCL,EL,TL
1979	25	NYY-min	AAA	13	3	.813	1.63	52	0		0	0	21	83.0	53	21	15	6	39	5	72	3	0	10				1.108	5.7	0.7	4.2	7.8	1.85	CLB IL
1979	25	NYY	AL	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	122	7.87	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00
1980	26	SEA-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	3.26	49	0		0	0	3	80.0	70	35	29	2	49	2	65	3	0	7				1.488	7.9	0.2	5.5	7.3	1.33	SPO PCL
1980	26	SEA	AL	0	0		3.72	5	2	3	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	4	1	10	2	7	0	0	1	46	115	5.75	1.862	7.4	0.9	9.3	6.5	0.70
1981	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	3	.000	16.20	7	1	4	0	0	0	10.0	20	21	18	2	9	0	7	0	0	4				2.900	18.0	1.8	8.1	6.3	0.78	SPO PCL
2 Yrs				0	0		3.75	6	2	3	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	5	1	14	2	7	0	0	1	56	116	6.16	1.917	6.8	0.8	10.5	5.3	0.50
162 Game Avg.				0	0		3.75	51	17	26	0	0	0	102	76	51	42	8	119	17	60	0	0	8	476	116	6.16	1.917	6.8	0.8	10.5	5.3	0.50

SEA (1 yr)				0	0		3.72	5	2	3	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	4	1	10	2	7	0	0	1	46	115	5.75	1.862	7.4	0.9	9.3	6.5	0.70
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	122	7.87	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00

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