finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date hoffuture article_title debutteam name throws
1919 6 january 1990 battle creek , michigan left grand rapids , michigan 1917 may 2 1 -- 0 3.25 20 pitcher philadelphia athletics win-loss record earned run average strikeouts may 14 25 september 1897 -lrb- announced but not inducted -rrb- set to true if the player has been walter anderson -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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walter anderson -lrb- baseball -rrb-

walter carl anderson -lrb- september 25 , 1897 -- january 6 , 1990 -rrb- , also known as `` lefty '' anderson , was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned five season , including parts of two in major league baseball with the philadelphia athletics in 1917 and 1919 .
anderson compiled a major league record of 1 -- 0 with a 3.25 earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- and 20 strikeouts in 17 games , two starts .
he also played in the minor leagues with the class-b fort worth panthers , the double-a louisville colonels and the class-b rockford rox .
before his professional career , anderson attended western michigan university .
anderson also served in world war i. anderson batted and threw left-handed .
