Brian Anderson
Brian James Anderson
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Geneva (Geneva, OH)
School: Wright State University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1993
Final Game: May 8, 2005
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 26 ARI NL 33 75 66 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 .106 .145 .106 .251 -32 7 1 0 6 0 0 1
1999 27 ARI NL 31 42 38 4 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 10 .132 .171 .263 .434 7 10 1 0 1 1 0 1
2000 28 ARI NL 35 81 69 4 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .188 .194 .232 .426 5 16 1 0 9 2 0 1
2001 29 ARI NL 31 37 37 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .135 .135 .216 .351 -14 8 2 0 0 0 0 1
2002 30 ARI NL 36 49 43 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .116 .136 .186 .322 -19 8 0 1 5 0 0 1
2003 31 CLE AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
2004 32 KCR AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Seasons 171 288 255 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 7 57 .137 .162 .192 .354 -11 49 5 1 22 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 273 242 14 33 5 3 1 9 2 0 7 54 .137 .162 .192 .354 -11 46 5 1 21 3 0
ARI (5 yrs) 166 284 253 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 6 57 .138 .160 .194 .353 -11 49 5 1 21 3 0
KCR (3 yrs) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 166 284 253 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 6 57 .138 .160 .194 .353 -11 49 5 1 21 3 0
AL (8 yrs) 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1998 26 ARI NL 75 66 1 0.4 107 .149 .106 .269 .145 .340 .106 .424 .251 .764 -32 .011 -13.0 -1.3 .183 .061 .000 .0
1999 27 ARI NL 42 36 2 1.5 117 .143 .132 .277 .171 .352 .263 .446 .434 .798 7 .089 -5.8 -0.5 .382 .211 .132 1.0
2000 28 ARI NL 81 68 4 1.6 121 .213 .188 .279 .194 .357 .232 .456 .426 .814 5 .096 -10.4 -1.0 .298 .058 .043
2001 29 ARI NL 37 34 1 0.8 118 .179 .135 .278 .135 .350 .216 .455 .351 .805 -14 .033 -6.7 -0.6 .235 .081 .081
2002 30 ARI NL 49 43 1 0.6 116 .147 .116 .278 .136 .354 .186 .443 .322 .797 -19 .023 -8.2 -0.8 .237 .070 .070
2003 31 CLE AL 2 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .500 .328 .000 .421 .500 .750 52 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
2004 32 KCR AL 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .438 .000 .779 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
14 Seasons 288 250 9 1.0 115 .170 .137 .276 .162 .350 .192 .444 .354 .794 -11 .045 -44.4 -4.3 .262 .090 .055 1.3
162 Game Avg. 273 237 9 1.0 115 .170 .137 .276 .162 .350 .192 .444 .354 .794 -11 .045 -44.4 -4.3 .262 .090 .055 1
ARI (5 yrs) 284 247 9 1.0 116 .172 .138 .276 .160 .350 .194 .444 .353 .794 -11 .047 -44.1 -4.2 .260 .087 .055 1.3
KCR (3 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .438 .000 .779 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
CLE (3 yrs) 2 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .500 .328 .000 .421 .500 .750 52 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 284 247 9 1.0 116 .172 .138 .276 .160 .350 .194 .444 .353 .794 -11 .047 -44.1 -4.2 .260 .087 .055 1.3
AL (8 yrs) 4 3 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .333 .333 .000 .430 .333 .762 0 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 25 CLE AL WS FLA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 ARI NL NLDS NYM L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 ARI NL NLDS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 ARI NL NLCS ATL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 26 ARI NL 75 0.0% 25.3% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 6.33 3.5 2.46 3.09 63% 8% 0.0% 15%
1999 27 ARI NL 42 2.4% 23.8% 4.8% 4.8% 40% 5.00 3.8 38.0 19.0 1.64 2.57 67% 7% 9.1% 0%
2000 28 ARI NL 81 0.0% 12.4% 1.2% 3.7% 23% 10.00 6.9 17.3 1.31 2.41 75% 17% 0.0% 8%
2001 29 ARI NL 37 0.0% 24.3% 0.0% 5.4% 40% 4.1 18.5 2.11 3.33 76% 14% 0.0% 22%
2002 30 ARI NL 49 0.0% 18.4% 0.0% 4.1% 40% 4.8 21.5 2.67 2.70 69% 13% 0.0% 0%
2003 31 CLE AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 50% 0%
2004 32 KCR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
13 Seasons 288 0.4% 19.8% 2.4% 3.1% 26% 8.14 4.5 255.0 25.5 1.86 2.73 69% 12% 1.6% 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 26 ARI NL 0 0 60% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1999 27 ARI NL 1 0 50% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 ARI NL 0 0 29% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 29 ARI NL 0 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 ARI NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 CLE AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1 0 33% 86 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 7 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1998 26 ARI NL 75 99% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 12 1 8% 11 3 27% 38 1 3% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1999 27 ARI NL 42 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 10 2 20% 26 1 4% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
2000 28 ARI NL 81 100% 13 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.85 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 20 1 5% 24 7 29% 62 4 6% 7 4 57% 5 1 20% 0
2001 29 ARI NL 37 46% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 1 14% 19 2 11% 2 2 100% 3 2 67% 0
2002 30 ARI NL 49 31% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 12 0 0% 14 4 29% 33 2 6% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 0
2003 31 CLE AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 KCR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
13 Seasons 288 80% 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.85 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 27 22 81% 55 5 9% 68 18 26% 182 10 5% 14 8 57% 22 9 41% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 26 ARI NL 75 218 2.91 161 74% 11% 23% 34% 33% 89% 0% 66% 74% 64% 3% 2 0 4% 3 0 4% 3 1 16% 0 0 0
1999 27 ARI NL 42 134 3.19 89 66% 18% 21% 27% 34% 82% 0% 54% 74% 55% 2% 1 0 12% 5 3 2% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
2000 28 ARI NL 81 215 2.65 158 73% 15% 18% 22% 44% 85% 0% 62% 78% 59% 0% 0 0 5% 4 2 2% 2 0 20% 0 0 0
2001 29 ARI NL 37 111 3.00 81 73% 28% 14% 23% 35% 72% 0% 52% 81% 49% 0% 0 0 5% 2 1 0% 0 0 44% 0 0 0
2002 30 ARI NL 49 130 2.65 104 80% 13% 16% 34% 38% 88% 0% 70% 81% 63% 0% 0 0 2% 1 1 0% 0 0 22% 0 0 0
2003 31 CLE AL 2 13 6.50 6 46% 17% 33% 33% 17% 83% 0% 38% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0
2004 32 KCR AL 2 8 4.00 5 63% 0% 20% 40% 40% 100% 0% 63% 80% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 288 829 2.88 604 73% 16% 19% 28% 37% 84% 0% 62% 77% 59% 1% 3 0 5% 15 7 2% 7 2 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 26 33 75 66 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 .106 .145 .106 .251 -32 7 1 0 6 0 0
1999 27 64 117 104 10 12 0 1 1 2 2 0 5 29 .115 .155 .163 .318 -17 17 2 0 7 1 0
2000 28 99 198 173 14 25 3 1 1 6 2 0 6 39 .145 .170 .191 .361 -8 33 3 0 16 3 0
2001 29 130 235 210 15 30 4 2 1 8 2 0 6 48 .143 .164 .195 .360 -9 41 5 0 16 3 0
2002 30 166 284 253 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 6 57 .138 .160 .194 .353 -11 49 5 1 21 3 0
2003 31 338 572 508 30 70 10 6 2 20 4 0 14 114 .138 .162 .193 .355 -10 98 10 2 42 6 0
2004 32 171 288 255 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 7 57 .137 .162 .192 .354 -11 49 5 1 22 3 0
2005 33 171 288 255 15 35 5 3 1 10 2 0 7 57 .137 .162 .192 .354 -11 49 5 1 22 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 26 33 69 66 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 19 .106 .145 .106 .251 1 33
1999 27 31 41 38 5 5 0 1 1 2 1 2 10 .132 .171 .263 .434 2 31
2000 28 35 72 69 3 13 3 0 0 3 0 1 10 .188 .194 .232 .426 3 35
2001 29 31 37 37 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 31
2002 30 36 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 .000 .023 .000 .023 1 36
2003 31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 3
2004 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
7 Seasons 171 266 255 14 25 3 1 1 10 2 7 57 .098 .124 .129 .253 8 171
162 Game Avg. 162 252 242 13 24 3 1 1 9 2 7 54 .098 .124 .129 .253 8 171

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1993 AL  born 1972-04-26 (9th)

                                         

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