Anderson The Montreal Royals Of

Anderson was a good field no hit middle infield originally who signed with the brooklyn dodgers organization he Played for higher level affiliates dodger such as the fort worth cats of the texas league the los angeles angels of the Pacific coast league the montreal royals of the International league goal never appeared in a dodger uniform at level.



Anderson to play one full season in the major leagues as the Phillies regular second baseman in however I only batter games with no home runs batter in and returned to the minor leagues for the remainder of his playing career.



He played the next four seasons with the triple a toronto maple leafs in the international league where leafs owner Jack Kent cooke spotted Anderson's leadership qualities and encouraged him to pursue a career in managing finally the Anderson accepted cooke's offer to manage the leafs.



The pennant in his first Major League season as manager of the cincinnati Reds but then lost the world Series in five games to the baltimore orioles the oakland athletics in the world series this time anderson became known as Captain Hook for historical penchant for taking out a starting pitcher at the first sign of weakness and going to historical bullpen.