finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1907 15 march 1923 south bend , indiana , u.s. left cleveland , ohio , u.s. 1907 october 6 73 .206 215 rightfielder/second baseman pittsburgh pirates runs scored batting average putouts april 11 january 13 , 1880 goat anderson
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goat anderson

edward john `` goat '' anderson -lrb- january 13 , 1880 -- march 15 , 1923 -rrb- was an american professional baseball outfielder with the pittsburgh pirates of major league baseball .
he played one season with the pirates in 1907 .
the 27-year-old rookie batted left-handed and threw right-handed .
the 1907 pirates finished second in the national league -lrb- nl -rrb- with a 91-63 record , 17 games behind the pennant-winning chicago cubs .
anderson , a native of cleveland , ohio , started in the majority of pittsburgh 's games that season , usually in right field .
he batted .206 in 127 games , well below the nl average of .243 .
the 80 bases on balls he drew -lrb- fifth in the league -rrb- , however , along with 6 hit by pitches , gave him an on-base percentage of .343 , well above the nl average of .308 .
1907 was his only season in the major leagues .
he finished the year with 1 home run , 12 runs batted in , and 27 stolen bases .
his 73 runs scored ranked eighth in the national league .
anderson scored 73 runs on 85 hits , or one run for every 1.164 hits , the 18th lowest total in major league history .
anderson died at the age of 43 in south bend , indiana .
