Arnold R “Red” Anderson was born on June 19, 1912 in Lawton, Iowa. He signed with Sioux Falls of the Nebraska State League in 1936 and was 9-7 his rookie year. The following season he was 8-0 with a 2.97 ERA and earned a September call-up to the Washington Senators, making his major league debut on September 19.

The 6-foot-3 right-hander was 12-8 with Charlotte of the Piedmont League in 1938 and 12-15 with Springfield of the Eastern League in 1939. He pitched two games for the Senators in 1940 and joined the team full-time in 1941, hurling 32 games for a 4-6 record and 4.18 ERA.

Anderson was with Chattanooga of the Southern Association in 1942 before joining the Navy at Des Moines, Iowa on October 10. He served on a destroyer in the Pacific before being stationed at Pearl Harbor Submarine Base in Hawaii. Anderson regularly played service baseball and was with the Navy team in the 1944 Army-Navy World Series. He was discharged in Lido Beach, New York on November 17, 1945 as a Specialist Second Class.

Anderson, 33, found himself back with Sioux Falls in 1946 and finished the season with Aberdeen of the Northern League before retiring from the game.

Red Anderson passed away on August 7, 1972 in Sioux City, Iowa.