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Brian Anderson
Brian James Anderson

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School Wright State University

Debut September 10, 1993
  vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER
Born April 26, 1972 in Portsmouth, VA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1993 21 CAL AL   0   0   4   1   0   0   3  0   11.3   11    5    5   1    2    4   0   0    45   0   0  3.97  4.51  114 1.147
 1994 22 CAL AL   7   5  18  18   0   0   0  0  101.7  120   63   59  13   27   47   5   5   441   0   5  5.22  4.85   93 1.446 RoY-6
 1995 23 CAL AL   6   8  18  17   1   0   0  0   99.7  110   66   65  24   30   45   3   1   433   2   3  5.87  4.67   80 1.405
 1996 24 CLE AL   3   1  10   9   0   0   0  0   51.3   58   29   28   9   14   21   0   2   215   1   0  4.91  4.90  100 1.403
 1997 25 CLE AL   4   2   8   8   0   0   0  0   48.0   55   28   25   7   11   22   0   1   199   0   0  4.69  4.66   99 1.375
 1998 26 ARI NL  12  13  32  32   2   1   0  0  208.0  221  100  100  39   24   95   4   3   845   2   6  4.33  4.19   97 1.178
 1999 27 ARI NL   8   2  31  19   2   1   4  1  130.0  144   69   66  18   28   75   1   0   549   3   2  4.57  4.61  101 1.323
 2000 28 ARI NL  11   7  33  32   2   0   0  0  213.3  226  101   96  38   39  104   3   1   876   7   4  4.05  4.78  118 1.242
 2001 29 ARI NL   4   9  29  22   1   0   1  0  133.3  156   93   77  25   30   55   1   2   571   2   1  5.20  4.67   90 1.395
 2002 30 ARI NL   6  11  35  24   0   0   1  0  156.0  174   86   83  23   32   81   1   2   659   3   5  4.79  4.57   95 1.321
 2003 31 TOT AL  14  11  32  31   2   1   0  0  197.7  212  110   83  27   43   87   4   3   821   3   1  3.78  4.52  120 1.290
         CLE AL   9  10  25  24   0   0   0  0  148.0  162   88   61  21   32   72   4   2   623   3   1  3.71  4.39  118 1.311
         KCR AL   5   1   7   7   2   1   0  0   49.7   50   22   22   6   11   15   0   1   198   0   0  3.99  4.89  123 1.228
 2004 32 KCR AL   6  12  35  26   2   1   2  0  166.0  217  123  104  33   53   70   1   2   745   4   0  5.64  4.78   85 1.627
 2005 33 KCR AL   1   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   30.7   39   24   23   7    4   17   0   0   133   1   1  6.75  4.40   65 1.402
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .497  82  83 291 245  12   4  11  1 1547.0 1743  897  814 264  337  723  23  22  6532  28  28  4.74  4.61   97 1.345
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  36  31   1   0   1  0  196.0  221  113  103  33   42   91   2   2   828   3   3  4.74  4.61   97 1.345
 Career High     14  13  35  32   2   1   4  1  213.3  226  123  104  39   53  104   5   5   876   7   6  3.78  4.90  120 1.178
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 26 ARI NL  33   66    6    7   0  0   0    0   1  0   3  19  .106  .145  .106  -32    7   6   0   0   0   1
 1999 27 ARI NL  31   38    4    5   0  1   1    2   1  0   2  10  .132  .171  .263    7   10   1   1   0   0   1
 2000 28 ARI NL  35   69    4   13   3  0   0    4   0  0   1  10  .188  .194  .232    5   16   9   2   0   0   1
 2001 29 ARI NL  31   37    1    5   1  1   0    2   0  0   0   9  .135  .135  .216  -14    8   0   0   0   0   2
 2002 30 ARI NL  36   43    0    5   1  1   0    2   0  0   0   9  .116  .136  .186  -19    8   5   0   0   1   0
 2003 31 TOT AL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 32 KCR AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     242  255   15   35   5  3   1   10   2  0   7  57  .137  .162  .192  -11   49  22   3   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        171   10   23   3  2   1    7   1  0   5  38  .137  .162  .192  -11   33  15   2   0   1   3
 Career High     36   69    6   13   3  1   1    4   1  0   3  19                          16   9   2   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 26 ARI NL   75   66    1   0.4   107| .106  .269| .145  .340| .106  .424| .251  .764| -32  .011 -13.0  -1.3 100%
 1999 27 ARI NL   42   36    2   1.5   117| .132  .277| .171  .352| .263  .446| .434  .798|   7  .089  -5.8  -0.5 100%
 2000 28 ARI NL   81   68    4   1.6   121| .188  .279| .194  .357| .232  .456| .426  .814|   5  .096 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 2001 29 ARI NL   37   34    1   0.8   118| .135  .278| .135  .350| .216  .455| .351  .805| -14  .033  -6.7  -0.6   0%
 2002 30 ARI NL   49   43    1   0.6   116| .116  .278| .136  .354| .186  .443| .322  .797| -19  .023  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 2003 31 TOT AL    2    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .263| .500  .328| .000  .421| .500  .750|  52  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         CLE AL    2    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .263| .500  .328| .000  .421| .500  .750|  52  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 2004 32 KCR AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .341| .000  .438| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      288  250    9   1.0   115| .137  .276| .162  .350| .192  .444| .354  .794| -11  .045 -44.4  -4.2 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 21 CAL AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.55 0.80 1.75 1 11.3 1994 22 CAL AL P 18 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.89 0.52 1.42 1.72 18 101.7 1995 23 CAL AL P 18 4 16 2 0 .909 .962 1.11 0.53 1.81 1.79 17 99.7 1996 24 CLE AL P 10 3 13 2 1 .889 .958 1.60 0.52 2.81 1.77 9 51.3 1997 25 CLE AL P 8 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 1.38 0.49 2.06 1.71 8 48.0 1998 26 ARI NL P 32 11 46 2 4 .966 .961 1.78 0.54 2.47 1.85 32 208.0 1999 27 ARI NL P 31 10 36 2 1 .958 .950 1.48 0.48 3.18 1.72 19 130.0 2000 28 ARI NL P 33 13 47 1 4 .984 .963 1.82 0.48 2.53 1.74 32 213.3 2001 29 ARI NL P 29 9 32 2 2 .953 .958 1.41 0.46 2.77 1.75 22 133.3 2002 30 ARI NL P 35 5 36 2 4 .953 .962 1.17 0.48 2.37 1.83 24 156.0 2003 31 TOT AL P 32 8 38 2 2 .958 .956 1.44 0.49 2.09 1.73 31 197.7 CLE AL P 25 6 31 1 2 .974 .956 1.48 0.49 2.25 1.73 24 148.0 DH 1 KCR AL P 7 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 1.29 0.49 1.63 1.74 7 49.7 2004 32 KCR AL P 35 5 24 2 2 .935 .948 0.83 0.45 1.57 1.66 26 166.0 2005 33 KCR AL P 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.47 1.76 1.70 6 30.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 31 CLE AL DH 1 1993 21 CAL AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.55 0.80 1.75 1 11.3 1994 22 CAL AL P 18 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.89 0.52 1.42 1.72 18 101.7 1995 23 CAL AL P 18 4 16 2 0 .909 .962 1.11 0.53 1.81 1.79 17 99.7 1996 24 CLE AL P 10 3 13 2 1 .889 .958 1.60 0.52 2.81 1.77 9 51.3 1997 25 CLE AL P 8 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 1.38 0.49 2.06 1.71 8 48.0 1998 26 ARI NL P 32 11 46 2 4 .966 .961 1.78 0.54 2.47 1.85 32 208.0 1999 27 ARI NL P 31 10 36 2 1 .958 .950 1.48 0.48 3.18 1.72 19 130.0 2000 28 ARI NL P 33 13 47 1 4 .984 .963 1.82 0.48 2.53 1.74 32 213.3 2001 29 ARI NL P 29 9 32 2 2 .953 .958 1.41 0.46 2.77 1.75 22 133.3 2002 30 ARI NL P 35 5 36 2 4 .953 .962 1.17 0.48 2.37 1.83 24 156.0 2003 31 TOT AL P 32 8 38 2 2 .958 .956 1.44 0.49 2.09 1.73 31 197.7 CLE AL P 25 6 31 1 2 .974 .956 1.48 0.49 2.25 1.73 24 148.0 KCR AL P 7 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 1.29 0.49 1.63 1.74 7 49.7 2004 32 KCR AL P 35 5 24 2 2 .935 .948 0.83 0.45 1.57 1.66 26 166.0 2005 33 KCR AL P 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.47 1.76 1.70 6 30.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 291 76 314 18 20 .956 .958 1.34 0.49 2.27 1.75 245 1547.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 291 76 314 18 20 .956 .958 1.34 0.49 2.27 1.75 245 1547
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1997   ALCS  CLE BAL     W   3   0   1.42  1  0  0  0   6.1   1   1   3   7 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   3   0   2.45  0  0  1  0   3.2   2   1   0   2 
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   1   1   2.57  0  0  0  0   7     7   2   0   4 
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   2   0   2.25  0  0  0  0   4     3   1   0   3 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   1   0   2.70  1  0  0  0   3.1   4   1   1   0 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   1   1   3.38  0  1  0  0   5.1   5   2   3   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   1   2.45  0  0  0  0  11    10   3   0   7 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   4   0   1.86  2  0  0  0   9.2   5   2   4   7 
  2 World Series        1-1   4   1   3.00  0  1  1  0   9     7   3   3   3 
  6 Postseason Ser      4-2  11   2   2.43  2  1  1  0  29.2  22   8   7  17 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1997   ALCS  CLE BAL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   NLDS  ARI NYM     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  ARI STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI ATL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ARI NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  11   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1998 NL-1.178-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1998 NL-1.04-1
2000 NL-1.65-2
2003 AL-1.96-6
Car-1.96-78

Comp. Games
2004 AL-2-8

Shutouts
1999 NL-1-8
2003 AL-1-6
2004 AL-1-4

Home Runs Allow.
1995 AL-24-8
1998 NL-39-1
2000 NL-38-2
2004 AL-33-5
Car-264-73

Hits Allowed
2000 NL-226-8

SO to Walk
1998 NL-3.96-7

Youngest Player
1993 AL-21-9

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1391) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1073) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1993.

February 15, 1996: Traded by the California Angels to the Cleveland Indians for Pep Harris and Jason Grimsley.

November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Cleveland Indians as the 2nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

August 25, 2003: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Kieran Mattison (minors), Trey Dyson (minors), and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Chris White (minors) (November 6, 2003) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993California Angels$109,000
1994California Angels$120,000
1995California Angels$135,000
1998Arizona Diamondbacks$775,000
1999Arizona Diamondbacks$1,800,000
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$2,250,000
2001Arizona Diamondbacks$4,125,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$5,375,000
2003Cleveland Indians$1,500,000
2004Kansas City Royals$3,250,000
2005Kansas City Royals$3,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$22,689,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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