Harry Anderson
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1931 –
Who is Harry Anderson?
Harry Walter Anderson was an American Major League Baseball player. The native of North East, Maryland, was nicknamed "Harry the Horse," standing 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 205 pounds. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
An outfielder, Anderson attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania and was signed as an amateur free agent in 1953 by the Philadelphia Phillies. Anderson played 484 career games in 1957–1961 with the Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds. Anderson's first two years in the Major Leagues were his finest. Playing as the Phils' regular left fielder with occasional appearances as a first baseman, Anderson finished in the Top 25 in voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award in both 1957 and 1958.
During the latter campaign, in his sophomore season in Philadelphia, he batted .301 with 23 home runs and 97 runs batted in, all career highs. But Anderson's performance went into decline in 1959 and in June 1960 the Phillies traded him to the Reds with Wally Post for young outfielder Tony González and Lee Walls. González would be the Phils' starting centerfielder for much of the 1960s.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1931
North East - Profession
- Lived in
- North East
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on July 23, 2013
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