Red Anderson (baseball)

Arnold Revola "Red" Anderson (June 19, 1912 – August 7, 1972) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, including three in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators in 1937 and again from 1940 to 1941. Anderson, who was a pitcher, had a career major league record of 5–8 with a 4.35 earned run average (ERA), three complete games and 40 strikeouts in 36 games pitched, nine starts. Anderson also played in the minor leagues. From 1936 to 1942, Anderson played with the Class-D Sioux Falls Canaries, the Class-B Charlotte Hornets, the Class-A1 Chattanooga Lookouts and the Class-A Springfield Nationals. His baseball career was interrupted in 1943 after he entered service in the United States Navy during World War II. While in the navy, he attained the rank of Specialist (Physical Training Instructor) Petty officer second class. After the war, Anderson returned to baseball for a season in 1946 to play with the Class-C Aberdeen Pheasants and the Class-C Sioux Falls Canaries.