John Anderson
John Joseph Anderson
(Honest John)
 
Born: December 14, 1873 in Sarpsborg, Norway
Died: July 23, 1949 - 75 years old
Bats: B Throws: R Ht: 6'2" Wt: 180
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
Links:
Player Pages
  
Biographical
   Photos
Baseball-Reference Baseball-Almanac Wikipedia SABR Baseball Index Google Photos / +baseball Getty / Corbis
Retrosheet The Baseball Page BR Bullpen SABR BioProject Yahoo Photos / +baseball Alta Vista / Imagery
Notes:
- Purchased by the Brooklyn Grooms from Haverhill in 1894

Overall

Multi-Team Years
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr
Tm
Lg
BRO
NL
20.5
LF
66
-
 
-0.0
0.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
1.4
1.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
-0.2
0.0
BRO
NL
21.5
LF
437
-
 
0.7
0.8
-0.6
0.0
-0.5
11.5
10.4
1.1
0.0
3.7
4.1
-0.5
0.0
BRO
NL
22.5
1B
451
-
 
2.0
2.0
-0.4
0.0
-0.4
13.0
11.1
1.9
0.0
4.9
4.5
0.4
0.0
BRO
NL
23.5
LF
527
-
 
2.5
2.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.6
17.3
15.3
2.0
0.0
7.7
7.6
0.0
0.0
BRO
NL
24.5
LF
75
-
 
0.1
0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
2.1
2.0
0.1
0.0
0.9
0.9
0.1
0.0
WSN
NL
24.5
CF
471
-
 
3.1
3.5
-0.9
0.0
-0.4
15.5
14.1
1.3
0.0
6.4
7.1
-0.7
0.0
BRO
NL
24.5
LF
23
-
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
-0.4
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
BRO
NL
25.5
CF
472
-
 
0.6
0.4
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
10.3
7.7
2.6
0.0
1.4
0.7
0.7
0.0
MLA
AL
27.5
1B
607
-
 
4.4
4.2
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
19.7
17.4
2.3
0.0
9.2
8.4
0.8
0.0
SLA
AL
28.5
1B
551
-
 
0.9
1.3
-0.6
0.0
-0.3
11.9
10.2
1.7
0.0
2.2
1.8
0.3
0.0
SLA
AL
29.5
1B
577
-
 
3.4
2.5
0.4
0.0
-0.5
18.4
15.4
3.0
0.0
7.8
6.3
1.5
0.0
NYA
AL
30.5
CF
598
-
 
3.2
2.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.7
18.8
14.7
4.2
0.0
7.1
5.4
1.7
0.0
NYA
AL
31.5
CF
108
-
 
-0.2
0.2
-0.5
0.0
-0.1
1.9
1.6
0.3
0.0
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
WS1
AL
31.5
RF
428
-
 
2.8
2.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.7
17.8
16.5
1.3
0.0
9.7
9.8
-0.1
0.0
WS1
AL
32.5
LF
607
-
 
2.0
2.0
-1.0
0.0
-1.0
17.0
15.6
1.4
0.0
5.0
6.1
-1.1
0.0
WS1
AL
33.5
1B
371
-
 
2.2
2.5
-0.8
0.0
-0.5
12.1
11.1
0.9
0.0
5.3
5.4
-0.1
0.0
CHA
AL
34.5
RF
399
-
 
1.4
1.4
-0.7
0.0
-0.6
15.4
13.4
1.9
0.0
7.7
7.1
0.6
0.0
14
6
LF
6768
-
  
28.9
28.8
-6.8
0.0
-6.9
204.3
177.9
26.4
0.0
78.5
75.4
3.0
0.0
162 Game Average
671
-
  
2.9
2.8
-0.7
0.0
-0.7
  
20.2
17.6
2.6
0.0
  
7.8
7.5
0.3
0.0
 
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr Tm    
6
LF
2051
-
 
5.9
5.9
-1.9
0.0
-1.9
55.9
47.9
8.0
0.0
18.5
18.0
0.5
0.0
1
CF
471
-
 
3.1
3.5
-0.9
0.0
-0.4
15.5
14.1
1.3
0.0
6.4
7.1
-0.7
0.0
3
1B
1735
-
 
8.6
8.0
-0.5
0.0
-1.1
50.0
43.0
7.0
0.0
19.2
16.6
2.6
0.0
2
CF
706
-
 
3.0
2.9
-0.7
0.0
-0.8
20.8
16.3
4.5
0.0
6.8
5.3
1.5
0.0
3
LF
1406
-
 
7.0
7.0
-2.1
0.0
-2.1
46.8
43.3
3.6
0.0
19.9
21.3
-1.4
0.0
1
RF
399
-
 
1.4
1.4
-0.7
0.0
-0.6
15.4
13.4
1.9
0.0
7.7
7.1
0.6
0.0
Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James