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Anderson was the number-two man in the Cubs' rotation in 1959 (12-13, 4.13) and 1960 (9-11, 4.11). Moved to the bullpen by Chicago's "College of Coaches" in 1961, he was less effective. Traded to Detroit for Steve Boros after the 1962 season, he had his only winning record in 1963, his final year, going 3-1 in limited relief use. Traded to Kansas City in the Rocky Colavito deal that winter, he never made it back to the majors. (JFC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 21, 1958: The Cubs 1B Dale Long, a lefty, catches in the 9th inning in a 2–1 loss to the Dodgers. This time he wears a lefty catcher's mitt, not a 1B glove. The Cubs strand 15 runners as Sandy Koufax tops Bob Anderson: each pitch seven innings before relief. » April 11, 1959: After being snowed out yesterday, the Cubs open at home against the Dodgers, Don Drysdale hits his 1st Opening Day home run, but it is the only Dodger score against Bob Anderson. Drysdale goes five innings and the Dodgers lose to the Cubs, 6–1. Sammy Taylor has four RBIs for the Cubs. » June 30, 1959: At Wrigley, a bizarre play occurs in the 4th inning when two balls are put into play. On a 3–1 count, Bob Anderson's pitch to Stan Musial is wild and bounces back to the screen. Catcher Sammy Taylor ignores the ball, assuming it ticked off Musial's bat, but Cubs 3B Alvin Dark rushes in to retrieve the wild pitch/foul tip. The bat boy tosses the ball to field announcer Pat Piper, and Dark finally retrieves it from him. Meanwhile home plate ump Vic Delmore has handed a second ball to Anderson. Through all this, Musial reaches first with what he thinks is ball four, and then streaks for 2B. Simultaneously, Dark and Anderson fire to the bag. Anderson's throw goes into CF, but Dark's to Banks catches the sliding Musial. Stan ignores the tag and rambles to 3B as play is stopped. Delmore then rules Musial is out at 2B, while Al Barlick rules Stan safe at 1B. Both managers play the game under protest, but the Cards drop theirs after dropping the Cubs, 4–1. The National League will drop Vic Delmore at the end of the season. » August 4, 1961: With a little help from George Altman, the Cubs Bob Anderson outpitches Sandy Koufax, and beats the Dodgers, 4–2. Altman hits two homers off Koufax, the first time anyone has done that off the Dodgers lefty. » June 27, 1962: The Cards receive a pair of shutouts from Jackson and Sadecki to sweep the Cubs, 4–0 and 8–0. Jackson yields four hits in Game One and Sadecki allows five hits in the nitecap. Sadecki hits a 9th inning Hr and Javier and Flood hit back-to-back homers off Bob Anderson. » November 18, 1963: Detroit sends OF Rocky Colavito, P Bob Anderson, and a reported $50,000 to Kansas City for 2B Jerry Lumpe and pitchers Dave Wickersham and Ed Rakow.