Dwain Anderson
| Dwain Anderson | |||
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: November 23, 1947 (age 67) Oakland, California | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1971, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 28, 1974, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .203 | ||
| Hits | 63 | ||
| Teams | |||
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Dwain Cleaven Anderson (born November 23, 1947) was an American baseball player. He was born in Oakland, California. A shortstop, he played 149 games in Major League baseball from 1971 to 1974 for the Oakland Athletics (1971-1972), St. Louis Cardinals (1972-1973), San Diego Padres (1973) and Cleveland Indians (1974).
While playing for the Iowa Oaks in 1970, Anderson led the American Association with three grand slam homeruns that season.[1]
In addition to having only a .203 career batting average, he holds the post-1920 non-pitcher season record for at-bats without an extra base hit, with 124 in 1973.
Anderson did make the 1972 Topps All-Star Rookie team with a .267 batting average.
References
- ↑ James, Bill (1990). The Baseball Book 1990. Villard Books. p. 240.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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