MLB / Players

Varney Anderson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 165 lb
BornJune 18, 1866 · Geneva, IL, USA
MLB debutAugust 1, 1889
Final gameMay 6, 1896
Seasons4 (1889–1896)

Indianapolis Hoosiers 1889; Washington Senators 1894–1896

Percentile snapshot

1895 season — qualified pitchers

G
29
26.7
GS
25
26.7
W
9
22.2
L
16
26.7
SV
0
0
CG
18
26.7
SHO
0
0
H
288
55.6
ER
134
44.4
BB
97
24.4
SO
35
11.1
HR
13
13.3
IP
204.7
26.7
ERA
5.89
13.3
WHIP
1.881
4.4
K/9
1.54
11.1
FIP
5.63
0
FIP-
118.0
0
ERA+
81.0
13.3
sWAR
0.4
17.8

of 46 qualified 1895 pitchers (min 133 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-0.1
29.9

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
18892550000000000.000.000.000.000-74.1-100.0.0000.0
18942772300000200.429.429.429.857106.2106.9.4010.0
1895361109722282301610900.289.361.371.73292.288.9.3520.4
18962551310020100.600.600.8001.400241.6267.0.646-0.5

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1889210101013693012.04.501.8332.255.49136.489.40.0
18942202020151163014.07.071.5001.934.8991.775.30.0
189529259160180288134973513204.75.891.8811.545.63118.081.00.4
1896220101023133009.013.002.8890.004.2998.533.5-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
42
PA
127
AB
114
R
25
H
34
2B
3
3B
3
HR
0
RBI
18
BB
10
SO
12
SB
0
BA
.2982
OBP
.3600
SLG
.3772
OPS
.7372

Pitching

G (P)
35
GS
30
W
9
L
20
SV
0
CG
22
SHO
0
IP
240
SO (P)
41
BB allowed
115
ERA
6.159
WHIP
1.8943
K/9
1.54

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.