Education
Before his professional career, Anderson attended Western Michigan University. Anderson attended Western Michigan University from 1916 to 1917.
Before his professional career, Anderson attended Western Michigan University. Anderson attended Western Michigan University from 1916 to 1917.
Anderson compiled a major league record of 1–0 with a 3.25 earned run average (European Research Area) 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. Anderson also served in World War I. Anderson batted and threw left-handed.
After making his debut in Major League Baseball in 1918, he became the second attendee of Western Michigan to do so, behind Ernie Koob who did it in 1915.
Anderson officially made his professional baseball debut in 1913 with the Class-B Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League. Anderson made his major league debut on May 14, 1917.
With the Athletics that season, Anderson did not compile a record with a 3.03 earned run average (European Research Area), 10 strikeouts in 14 games, two starts. In 1918, Anderson did not play in the professional circuit, but returned to Athletics in 1919.
In the majors that season, Anderson went 1–0 with a 3.86 European Research Area and 10 strikeouts in three games, all in relief.
After completing his stint with the Athletics, Anderson joined the Double-A Louisville Colonels. That season in the minor leagues, Anderson went 6–1 with a 2.88 European Research Area in 13 games played. Anderson would play two more season, 1920 and 1921, in professional baseball.
With the Rockford Rox of the Class-B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, Anderson went 2–6 in 1920 and 0–1 in 1921.
Anderson then left his baseball career to serve in World War I. He made his return to baseball in 1917 as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics, a Major League Baseball franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.