Bill Anderson (1940s pitcher)
Appearance
Bill Anderson | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Brevard, North Carolina | January 25, 1913|
Died: March 25, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio | (aged 58)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1941, for the New York Cubans | |
Last appearance | |
1947, for the Newark Eagles | |
Career statistics | |
Win–loss record | 18–17 |
Earned run average | 4.69 |
Strikeouts | 107 |
Teams | |
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William Albert Anderson (January 25, 1913 – March 25, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues in the 1940s.
A native of Brevard, North Carolina, Anderson played mostly with the New York Cubans from 1941 to 1946, and briefly with the Homestead Grays in 1943 and the Newark Eagles in 1947. He also played with the Drummondville Royals of the Provincial League in 1953.[1] Anderson died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971 at age 58.
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads