MLB / Players

Marlon Anderson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 190 lb
BornJanuary 6, 1974 · Montgomery, AL, USA
MLB debutSeptember 8, 1998
Final gameApril 10, 2009
Seasons12 (1998–2009)

Philadelphia Phillies 1998–2002; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2003; St. Louis Cardinals 2004; New York Mets 2005; Los Angeles Dodgers 2006; Washington Nationals 2006; Los Angeles Dodgers 2007; New York Mets 2007–2009

Percentile snapshot

2003 season — qualified batters

G
145
41.2
PA
535
17.6
AB
482
18.2
R
59
9.7
H
130
20.6
2B
27
29.7
3B
3
47.9
HR
6
7.9
RBI
67
33.9
BB
41
27.3
SO
60
85.5
SB
19
83.6
CS
3
41.8
BA
.270
34.5
OBP
.328
25.5
SLG
.376
10.9
OPS
.703
13.3
wRC+
85.6
15.8
OPS+
86.6
16.4
wOBA
.311
13.3
sWAR
1.0
16.4

of 166 qualified 2003 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
80.7
10.9
OPS+
83.4
13.9
sWAR
3.1
74.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
199817454341430141620.326.333.465.798103.4105.8.3480.2
1999129484452481142645542461132.252.292.361.65259.362.4.291-0.7
200041174162103781115122222.228.282.309.59047.848.8.270-0.5
2001147574522691533021161357485.293.337.421.75895.997.0.3311.8
200214559253964139306848427151.258.315.380.69679.986.1.3050.7
2003145535482591302736674160193.270.328.376.70385.686.6.3111.0
20041132712533160120828123862.237.269.379.64961.667.3.281-0.6
2005123260235316290719184561.264.316.391.70887.087.0.3170.1
200613431227943831641238254946.297.354.513.866123.2122.7.3741.8
2007661069517287032781741.295.343.463.806106.5108.7.3490.3
20088715113816296011092721.210.255.275.53037.041.4.243-0.9
20094440000000100.000.000.000.000-129.8-100.0.000-0.1

Career totals

G
1,151
PA
3,508
AB
3,204
R
392
H
849
2B
174
3B
20
HR
63
RBI
371
BB
227
SO
471
SB
71
BA
.2650
OBP
.3138
SLG
.3908
OPS
.7046

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2006-09-18SD @ LAD Gameday5350122013
2006-06-29WSH @ TOR Gameday3231023010
1999-07-03CHC @ PHI Gameday645101209
2001-10-06PHI @ CIN Gameday515300208
2006-08-05WSH @ SD Gameday413201208

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.