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Matt Anderson
Matthew Jason Anderson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.
School Rice University

Debut June 25, 1998
  vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Born August 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed December 23, 1997. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 21 DET AL   5   1  42   0   0   0  10  0   44.0   38   16   16   3   31   44   2   2   194   4   0  3.27  4.70  144 1.568
 1999 22 DET AL   2   1  37   0   0   0   9  0   38.0   33   27   24   8   35   32   1   3   180   1   0  5.68  4.92   87 1.789
 2000 23 DET AL   3   2  69   0   0   0  27  1   74.3   61   44   39   8   45   71   3   4   324   4   0  4.72  4.68   99 1.426
 2001 24 DET AL   3   1  62   0   0   0  41 22   56.0   56   33   30   2   18   52   0   9   239   4   1  4.82  4.26   88 1.321
 2002 25 DET AL   2   1  12   0   0   0   8  0   11.0   17   13   11   1    8    8   2   1    58   1   0  9.00  4.24   47 2.273
 2003 26 DET AL   0   1  23   0   0   0  10  3   23.3   25   17   14   5    9   13   1   1   105   1   0  5.40  4.30   80 1.457
 2005 28 COL NL   0   0  12   0   0   0   6  0   10.0   19   17   14   3   11    4   2   0    62   0   0 12.60  4.78   38 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .682  15   7 257   0   0   0 111 26  256.7  249  167  148  30  157  224  11  20  1162  15   1  5.19  4.58   88 1.582
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   1  68   0   0   0  29  6   67.7   65   44   39   7   41   59   2   5   307   3   0  5.19  4.58   88 1.582
 Career High      5   2  69   0   0   0  41 22   74.3   61   44   39   8   45   71   3   9   324   4   1  3.27  4.70  144 1.321

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 DET AL P 42 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 0.19 0.50 1.64 1.78 0 44.0 1999 22 DET AL P 37 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.03 0.47 0.24 1.68 0 38.0 2000 23 DET AL P 69 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.46 1.21 1.62 0 74.3 2001 24 DET AL P 62 9 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.23 0.49 2.25 1.75 0 56.0 2002 25 DET AL P 12 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.17 0.48 1.64 1.72 0 11.0 2003 26 DET AL P 23 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.13 0.49 1.16 1.74 0 23.3 2005 28 COL NL P 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.46 0.90 1.71 0 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 DET AL P 42 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 0.19 0.50 1.64 1.78 0 44.0 1999 22 DET AL P 37 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.03 0.47 0.24 1.68 0 38.0 2000 23 DET AL P 69 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.14 0.46 1.21 1.62 0 74.3 2001 24 DET AL P 62 9 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.23 0.49 2.25 1.75 0 56.0 2002 25 DET AL P 12 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.17 0.48 1.64 1.72 0 11.0 2003 26 DET AL P 23 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.13 0.49 1.16 1.74 0 23.3 2005 28 COL NL P 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.46 0.90 1.71 0 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 257 16 23 2 1 .951 .954 0.15 0.48 1.37 1.70 0 256.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 257 16 23 2 1 .951 .954 0.15 0.48 1.37 1.70 0 257
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Wild Pitches
2001 AL-9-8

Youngest Player
1998 AL-21-10

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1824) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed December 23, 1997.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

February 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 17, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

July 26, 2006: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Detroit Tigers$170,000
1999Detroit Tigers$240,000
2000Detroit Tigers$255,000
2001Detroit Tigers$355,000
2002Detroit Tigers$1,800,000
2003Detroit Tigers$3,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,020,000

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