John Frederick Anderson (December 11, 1885 – November 8, 1957) was an American

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player. He played for Davidson College in 1906, but later transferred to the Maryland Agricultural College (later the

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), where he played from 1907 to 1909. Then, the , 180-pound pitcher moved to play for the

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. Anderson played in Boston in 1909 but did not play major league baseball again for the Red Sox again until due to his practicing dentistry. In 1914, he jumped to the

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to play for Buffalo for the 1914 and 1915 seasons. In 1916, he was sold to the New York Giants and Anderson played with them for three seasons. He pitched for the Giants in the

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against the

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. Anderson committed suicide on November 8, 1957, in his

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