John Anderson was a pitcher that played for four different major league teams in three years, 1958, 1960 and 1962. His minor league career continued until 1967 with a few stops in organizations not mentioned in his transaction list.
I start with 1963. Anderson starts the year in Hawaii for the Angels system, then gets sent to Toronto and the Braves. This is from the Arizona Republic of June 21, 1963...
"Separate
trades
have
provided
the
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
of
the
International
league
with
two
knuckleball pitchers,
Leaf
General
Manager Frank
Pollock
announced
last
night.
Outfielder
Howie
Bedell
was
traded
to
the
Atlanta
Crackers
for
one-time
Leaf
Bob
Tiefenauer. Catcher
Joe
Hannah
was
sent
to Hawaii
of
the
Pacific
Coast
League,
where
he
played
last
year,
in
exchange
for
John
Anderson."
Hannah was a career minor leaguer.
Of course, how Anderson even got to Hawaii is unknown, as well as his return to the Houston organization in 1965.
Anderson image from www.baseballthinkfactory.org
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