Bob Anderson
1957–1963 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers
247G
.134AVG
.174OBP
.175SLG
More career statistics
33H
2HR
12RBI
0SB
36–46W–L
840.2IP
502K
4.26ERA
93GS
13SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,634 | 3,633 |
| Pitching · p er | 398 | 396 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,522 | 2,519 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | 274 | 246 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | .134 | .174 | .175 | .349 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 840.7 | 246 | 93 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 858 | 450 | 398 | 80 | 319 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 1.400 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1960-06-25 to 1960-07-04
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1961-05-13 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1962-06-10 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1959-05-12 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 120 | 118 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 46 | .114 | .144 | .124 |
| Away | 127 | 156 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 61 | .149 | .167 | .213 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .250 | .229 | .250 |
| May | 42 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .138 | .182 | .172 |
| June | 42 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .136 | .146 | .182 |
| July | 39 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
| August | 56 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | .073 | .117 | .145 |
| September | 42 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 | .118 | .161 | .176 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| los-angeles-dodgers | 33 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | .106 | .122 | .170 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 30 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .045 | .080 | .045 |
| san-francisco-giants | 30 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | .250 | .280 | .318 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .086 | .073 | .086 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 27 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .065 | .114 | .065 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .115 | .143 | .115 |
| milwaukee-braves | 23 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .091 | .154 | .136 |
| new-york-mets | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .286 | .667 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Chicago Cubs | 8 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 7 |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | .118 | 65 | 51 |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 80 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .075 | 234 | 113 |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 71 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .169 | 203 | 115 |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 57 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 5 | – | .143 | 152 | 96 |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 57 | 23 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .130 | 107 | 82 |
| 1963 |  Detroit Tigers | 32 | 9 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .444 | 60 | 38 |