Was Bill Anderson a pitcher?

Yes. Bill Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 18 wins and 113 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bill Anderson hit?

Bill Anderson hit 0 career home runs with 14 hits.

What was Bill Anderson's career batting average?

Bill Anderson batted .106 over his career, with 14 hits in 132 at bats.

How many RBI did Bill Anderson have?

Bill Anderson drove in 2 runs in his career.

What was Bill Anderson's career ERA?

Bill Anderson finished with a 5.07 career ERA, going 18-18 with 113 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bill Anderson have?

Bill Anderson recorded 113 career strikeouts.

Bill Anderson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Bill Anderson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Cubans, the Homestead Grays, and the Newark Eagles. Across 63 career appearances, he went 18-18 with a 5.07 ERA and 113 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 18–18

ERA 5.07

WHIP 1.52

SO 113

Pitcher PIV -2282.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 175 lb
Born: 1/25/1913 in Brevard, NC, USA
Died: 3/25/1971 in Cincinnati, OH, USA

Full name: William Anderson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bill Anderson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
18	18	63	40	20	1	1	323.1	372	182	20	120	113	5.07	-2282.9

Career ERA 5.07 vs. league average 3.69 across their career seasons — 37.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bill Anderson (b. 1913) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1941	NYC	NN2	4	8	14	11	9	0	0	87.1	93	45	34	28	4.64	3.94 (-18%)	-1729.7
1942	NYC	NN2	2	4	9	8	2	0	0	46.0	66	35	17	19	6.85	3.57 (-92%)	91.1
1943	NYC	NN2	7	2	12	9	7	1	0	83.0	81	35	34	26	3.80	3.50 (-8%)	118.9
1943	HG	NN2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	7	3	0	0	11.57	—	0.0
1944	NYC	NN2	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	23.0	30	18	8	7	7.04	3.57 (-97%)	-384.6
1945	NYC	NN2	1	3	8	4	1	0	1	33.1	37	20	11	11	5.40	3.67 (-47%)	-133.6
1946	NYC	NN2	3	1	10	5	1	0	0	43.0	52	23	14	20	4.81	3.59 (-34%)	-245.1
1947	NE	NN2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	3	2	2	5.06	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			18	18	63	40	20	1	1	323.1	372	182	120	113	5.07	—	-2,283

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bill Anderson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
63	132	8	14	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	.106	.132	.114	.246	0

Career AVG .106 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 59.1% below league average.

Career OBP .132 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 59.7% below league average.

Career SLG .114 vs. league average .359 across their career seasons — 68.4% below league average.

Career OPS .246 vs. league average .688 across their career seasons — 64.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bill Anderson — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1941	NYC	NN2	14	36	2	3	1	1	1	0	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	NYC	NN2	9	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	.048	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	NYC	NN2	12	35	2	5	0	0	2	0	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	HG	NN2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	NYC	NN2	8	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1945	NYC	NN2	8	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	NYC	NN2	10	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	NE	NN2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			63	132	8	14	1	2	4	2	.106	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bill Anderson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bill Anderson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1941	NLC	NYC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bill Anderson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	15	20	2	5	0	0	.250
Away	53	75	2	8	0	3	.107

Pitching — Home / Away

Bill Anderson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	15	58.0	65	12	10	12	1.86
Away	53	251.1	261	42	75	40	1.50

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bill Anderson — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H
1947-05-22	NW2	BLG	W	2	1	1
1946-09-06	NY6	NW2	L	0	0	0
1946-08-30	NY6	NY5	W	0	0	0
1946-08-26	NY6	NW2	L	2	0	1
1946-07-26	NY6	BLG	W	0	0	0
1946-07-12	NY6	NW2	L	0	0	0
1946-07-01	NY6	HOM	L	2	0	0
1946-06-24	NY6	NY5	W	4	0	0
1946-06-13	NY6	PH5	L	1	0	0
1946-06-09	NY6	NW2	L	3	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bill Anderson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1947-05-22	NW2	BLG	—	5.2	6	3	0	2	0	2
1946-09-06	NY6	NW2	L	8.0	0	11	0	0	0	0
1946-08-30	NY6	NY5	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1946-08-26	NY6	NW2	—	6.0	7	6	0	4	5	0
1946-07-26	NY6	BLG	—	0.1	2	2	0	1	0	0
1946-07-12	NY6	NW2	—	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0
1946-07-01	NY6	HOM	L	5.0	10	6	0	3	0	1
1946-06-24	NY6	NY5	W	9.0	10	2	2	2	7	0
1946-06-13	NY6	PH5	—	1.2	4	3	0	2	0	0
1946-06-09	NY6	NW2	L	8.0	7	3	3	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bill Anderson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	63	40	7	71	8	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bill Anderson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1941	NYC	P	14	11	4	19	3	1
1942	NYC	P	9	8	1	7	0	0
1943	NYC	P	12	9	1	18	3	0
1943	HG	P	1	1	0	1	0	0
1944	NYC	P	8	1	1	5	0	0
1945	NYC	P	8	4	0	8	2	1
1946	NYC	P	10	5	0	11	0	1
1947	NE	P	1	1	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Bill Anderson — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	63

Bill Anderson: the record in brief

Bill Anderson's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1941 to 1947. The season rows list, in order, the New York Cubans (1941 through 1946), the Homestead Grays (1943), and the Newark Eagles (1947). Anderson is listed as a pitcher at 175 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame. The bio says Anderson batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is January 25, 1913, in Brevard, NC, USA. The bio records the death on March 25, 1971, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. Bill Anderson was the playing name; the full given name is William.

Anderson pitched in 63 games, starting 40, and finished with a 18-18 record and 5.07 ERA. Anderson had 113 strikeouts and 20 complete games. Against a 3.69 league ERA for the same seasons, the 5.07 mark was 37.4% worse. Anderson won 7 games in 1943, the most of any season listed. In 1943, one of the busiest seasons, Anderson posted a 3.80 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.50.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Anderson

Was Bill Anderson a pitcher?: Yes. Bill Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 18 wins and 113 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Anderson hit?: Bill Anderson hit 0 career home runs with 14 hits.
What was Bill Anderson's career batting average?: Bill Anderson batted .106 over his career, with 14 hits in 132 at bats.
How many RBI did Bill Anderson have?: Bill Anderson drove in 2 runs in his career.
What was Bill Anderson's career ERA?: Bill Anderson finished with a 5.07 career ERA, going 18-18 with 113 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bill Anderson have?: Bill Anderson recorded 113 career strikeouts.