John Anderson
1897–1908 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, MLA, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60), Washington Senators (1897-99)
1,636G
.290AVG
.329OBP
.404SLG
More career statistics
1,841H
49HR
976RBI
336SB
2Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,636 | 1,408 |
| Batting · At bats | 6,341 | 5,434 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 44 |
| Batting · Doubles | 328 | 295 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,841 | 1,569 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 53 | 46 |
| Batting · Home runs | 49 | 38 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 55 | 223 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,769 | 5,808 |
| Batting · Runs | 870 | 711 |
| Batting · RBI | 976 | 794 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 336 | 263 |
| Batting · Triples | 124 | 91 |
| Batting · Walks | 310 | 268 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,636 | 6,769 | 6,341 | 870 | 1,841 | 328 | 124 | 49 | 976 | 310 | 55 | 336 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 2,564 | .290 | .329 | .404 | .733 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1902-09-21 to 1903-05-12
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1901-05-05 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1901-07-06 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1898-08-17 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 702 | 2878 | 800 | 24 | 448 | 135 | 106 | .297 | .325 | .416 |
| Away | 706 | 2930 | 769 | 14 | 346 | 133 | 117 | .281 | .308 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 103 | 433 | 122 | 1 | 60 | 21 | 18 | .303 | .330 | .393 |
| May | 246 | 1029 | 269 | 3 | 147 | 58 | 33 | .283 | .318 | .373 |
| June | 228 | 952 | 253 | 12 | 149 | 42 | 41 | .284 | .310 | .411 |
| July | 294 | 1234 | 335 | 10 | 148 | 56 | 45 | .289 | .317 | .394 |
| August | 251 | 1028 | 279 | 3 | 141 | 38 | 27 | .287 | .308 | .391 |
| September | 246 | 977 | 264 | 9 | 133 | 46 | 51 | .289 | .317 | .409 |
| October | 40 | 155 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .324 | .348 | .490 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 152 | 604 | 141 | 4 | 68 | 26 | 27 | .250 | .276 | .334 |
| detroit-tigers | 146 | 631 | 182 | 3 | 76 | 32 | 15 | .310 | .339 | .395 |
| boston-red-sox | 142 | 553 | 143 | 5 | 78 | 18 | 14 | .269 | .291 | .382 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 141 | 558 | 132 | 3 | 69 | 29 | 33 | .252 | .289 | .342 |
| chicago-white-sox | 133 | 555 | 151 | 1 | 58 | 28 | 18 | .290 | .323 | .402 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 103 | 424 | 135 | 2 | 78 | 16 | 11 | .337 | .356 | .449 |
| st-louis-browns | 95 | 389 | 109 | 1 | 48 | 24 | 14 | .304 | .342 | .358 |
| new-york-yankees | 91 | 368 | 93 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 31 | .270 | .310 | .366 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 117 | 493 | 160 | 4 | 85 | 26 | .325 | – | – |
| 1898 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators (1897-99) | 135 | 521 | 153 | 9 | 82 | 20 | .294 | – | – |
| 1899 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 117 | 440 | 120 | 4 | 93 | 25 | .273 | – | – |
| 1901 | MLA | 138 | 575 | 190 | 8 | 99 | 35 | .330 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 126 | 525 | 149 | 4 | 86 | 15 | .284 | – | – |
| 1903 | St. Louis Browns | 138 | 550 | 156 | 2 | 78 | 16 | .284 | – | – |
| 1904 |  New York Yankees | 143 | 558 | 155 | 3 | 82 | 20 | .278 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 133 | 499 | 139 | 1 | 52 | 31 | .279 | – | – |
| 1906 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 151 | 583 | 158 | 3 | 45 | 36 | .271 | – | – |
| 1907 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 86 | 329 | 94 | – | 36 | 18 | .286 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Chicago White Sox | 124 | 361 | 95 | – | 56 | 21 | .263 | – | – |