Brian N. Anderson
Brian Nikola Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 11, 1982 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Canyon del Oro (Oro Valley, AZ)
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 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
2005 23 CHW AL 13 35 34 3 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 12 .176 .176 .382 .559 41 13 2 0 1 0 0 /789
2006 24 CHW AL 134 405 365 46 82 23 1 8 33 4 7 30 90 .225 .290 .359 .649 65 131 3 5 2 3 2 *8
2007 25 CHW AL 13 19 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .118 .211 .176 .387 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 /78D
2008 26 CHW AL 109 193 181 24 42 13 0 8 26 5 1 10 45 .232 .272 .436 .709 81 79 2 0 2 0 0 8/79
2009 27 TOT AL 86 231 202 32 49 9 0 4 18 3 6 23 54 .243 .328 .347 .674 75 70 6 3 2 1 0 89/7
2009 27 CHW AL 65 210 185 25 44 9 0 2 13 3 6 20 49 .238 .322 .319 .641 67 59 4 3 2 0 0 8/9
2009 27 BOS AL 21 21 17 7 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 5 .294 .381 .647 1.028 158 11 2 0 0 1 0 9/87
5 Seasons 355 883 799 108 181 47 1 22 80 13 14 65 208 .227 .290 .370 .660 69 296 15 8 7 4 2
162 Game Avg. 162 403 365 49 83 21 0 10 37 6 6 30 95 .227 .290 .370 .660 69 135 7 4 3 2 1
CHW (5 yrs) 334 862 782 101 176 47 1 20 75 13 14 62 203 .225 .288 .364 .652 67 285 13 8 7 3 2
BOS (1 yr) 21 21 17 7 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 5 .294 .381 .647 1.028 158 11 2 0 0 1 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
2005 23 CHW AL 35 31 2 1.7 108 .200 .176 .272 .176 .335 .382 .431 .559 .766 41 .128 -3.1 -0.3 .467 .235 .206 1.3
2006 24 CHW AL 405 298 38 3.4 114 .274 .225 .280 .290 .345 .359 .445 .649 .791 65 .313 -20.1 -1.9 .556 .208 .134 5.3
2007 25 CHW AL 19 17 0 0.0 110 .200 .118 .276 .211 .344 .176 .431 .387 .775 2 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .294 .176 .059
2008 26 CHW AL 193 144 22 4.1 110 .266 .232 .274 .272 .343 .436 .430 .709 .773 81 .413 -6.1 -0.6 .655 .282 .204 6.2
2009 27 TOT AL 231 168 22 3.5 111 .310 .243 .272 .328 .342 .347 .437 .674 .779 75 .336 -7.3 -0.7 .564 .203 .104 3.4
2009 27 CHW AL 210 153 18 3.1 111 .313 .238 .272 .322 .342 .319 .436 .641 .778 67 .295 -8.8 -0.8 .523 .173 .081 2.4
2009 27 BOS AL 21 15 4 7.1 113 .273 .294 .274 .381 .344 .647 .440 1.028 .784 158 .651 1.5 0.1 1.000 .529 .353 .0
5 Seasons 883 658 84 3.4 112 .277 .227 .276 .290 .343 .370 .439 .660 .782 69 .323 -39.0 -3.7 .569 .224 .144 16.3
162 Game Avg. 403 300 38 3.4 112 .277 .227 .276 .290 .343 .370 .439 .660 .782 69 .323 -39.0 -3.7 .569 .224 .144 7
CHW (5 yrs) 862 643 80 3.3 112 .278 .225 .276 .288 .343 .364 .439 .652 .782 67 .313 -40.6 -3.8 .559 .217 .139 15.8
BOS (1 yr) 21 15 4 7.1 113 .273 .294 .274 .381 .344 .647 .440 1.028 .784 158 .651 1.5 0.1 1.000 .529 .353 .0

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
2008 26 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 27 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 4 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 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
2005 23 CHW AL 35 5.7% 34.3% 0.0% 8.6% 50% 2.8 17.0 11.3 0.57 0.90 57% 13% 40.0% 64%
2006 24 CHW AL 405 2.0% 22.2% 7.4% 7.9% 39% 3.00 4.1 45.6 11.1 0.80 0.95 67% 19% 12.7% 59%
2007 25 CHW AL 19 0.0% 36.8% 10.5% 5.3% 50% 3.50 2.4 2.33 9.00 53% 20% 0.0% 0%
2008 26 CHW AL 193 4.2% 23.3% 5.2% 10.9% 50% 4.50 4.0 22.6 7.0 0.81 1.02 66% 14% 11.8% 9%
2009 27 TOT AL 231 1.7% 23.4% 10.0% 5.6% 27% 2.35 3.7 50.5 11.2 0.92 1.10 63% 13% 6.7% 22%
2009 27 CHW AL 210 1.0% 23.3% 9.5% 5.2% 25% 2.45 3.8 92.5 14.2 0.93 1.09 64% 12% 3.8% 24%
2009 27 BOS AL 21 9.5% 23.8% 14.3% 9.5% 40% 1.67 3.4 8.5 3.4 0.86 1.20 52% 15% 28.6% 0%
5 Seasons 883 2.5% 23.6% 7.4% 7.9% 39% 3.20 3.8 36.3 10.0 0.83 1.04 65% 16% 11.1% 38%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2005 23 CHW AL 0 0 25% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2006 24 CHW AL 10 0 35% 120 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 44% 12 11 1 0 0 0 15 4 11
2007 25 CHW AL 0 0 75% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
2008 26 CHW AL 2 0 36% 86 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 79% 9 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 5
2009 27 TOT AL 0 0 39% 91 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 45% 14 11 3 6 3 3 9 2 7
2009 27 CHW AL 0 0 35% 81 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 13 11 2 4 3 1 8 1 7
2009 27 BOS AL 0 0 83% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0
5 Seasons 12 0 37% 309 13 14 48% 12 14 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 21 53% 35 25 10 9 4 5 30 6 24
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2005 23 CHW AL 35 34% 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.04 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 8 2 25% 4 2 50% 18 1 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2006 24 CHW AL 405 44% 82 7 0 3 0 0 1 0.86 8 0 11 6 2 7 1 0 5 2 40% 58 3 5% 29 10 34% 235 27 11% 23 12 52% 28 11 39% 0
2007 25 CHW AL 19 47% 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 CHW AL 193 44% 42 4 0 10 4 1 2 0.16 8 0 5 0 8 5 3 0 2 2 100% 27 2 7% 17 5 29% 119 19 16% 7 4 57% 15 4 27% 0
2009 27 TOT AL 231 32% 49 8 1 9 2 0 0 0.93 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 100% 46 6 13% 29 5 17% 152 16 11% 16 6 38% 20 3 15% 0
2009 27 CHW AL 210 31% 44 8 1 7 2 0 0 1.06 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 100% 35 4 11% 24 4 17% 131 13 10% 14 4 29% 20 3 15% 0
2009 27 BOS AL 21 48% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.47 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 5 1 20% 21 3 14% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 883 41% 181 19 1 27 7 1 3 0.60 22 0 24 11 11 15 7 0 10 7 70% 146 15 10% 80 22 28% 540 63 12% 46 22 48% 64 19 30% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2005 23 CHW AL 35 133 3.80 100 75% 19% 26% 32% 23% 81% 0% 61% 68% 46% 3% 1 0 6% 2 1 6% 2 2 42% 0 0 0
2006 24 CHW AL 405 1405 3.47 924 66% 22% 19% 28% 30% 78% 1% 51% 76% 42% 4% 17 0 12% 47 16 6% 26 20 31% 0 0 0
2007 25 CHW AL 19 85 4.47 50 59% 24% 30% 26% 20% 76% 0% 45% 61% 37% 5% 1 0 21% 4 3 11% 2 1 29% 0 0 0
2008 26 CHW AL 193 704 3.65 450 64% 25% 22% 23% 31% 75% 0% 48% 71% 30% 6% 11 0 17% 32 14 8% 16 15 16% 0 0 0
2009 27 TOT AL 231 847 3.67 519 61% 30% 18% 23% 29% 70% 0% 43% 75% 31% 4% 10 0 13% 31 13 9% 20 12 30% 0 0 0
2009 27 CHW AL 210 772 3.68 473 61% 29% 19% 23% 29% 71% 0% 43% 74% 30% 5% 10 0 14% 29 13 8% 17 12 24% 0 0 0
2009 27 BOS AL 21 75 3.57 46 61% 33% 11% 28% 28% 67% 0% 41% 84% 43% 0% 0 0 10% 2 0 14% 3 0 80% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 883 3174 3.59 2043 64% 25% 20% 26% 29% 75% 1% 49% 74% 37% 5% 40 0 13% 116 47 7% 66 50 28% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2005 23 13 35 34 3 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 12 .176 .176 .382 .559 41 13 2 0 1 0 0
2006 24 147 440 399 49 88 24 1 10 36 5 7 30 102 .221 .281 .361 .642 63 144 5 5 3 3 2
2007 25 160 459 416 52 90 25 1 10 36 5 7 32 109 .216 .279 .353 .632 61 147 7 5 3 3 2
2008 26 269 652 597 76 132 38 1 18 62 10 8 42 154 .221 .277 .379 .655 67 226 9 5 5 3 2
2009 27 355 883 799 108 181 47 1 22 80 13 14 65 208 .227 .290 .370 .660 69 296 15 8 7 4 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 23 13 34 34 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 13
2006 24 134 399 362 42 79 22 1 8 30 4 29 90 .218 .283 .351 .634 35 134
2007 25 13 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 13
2008 26 109 189 179 22 40 12 0 8 24 5 10 45 .223 .265 .425 .689 20 109
2009 27 86 225 199 29 46 8 0 4 16 3 22 54 .231 .316 .332 .647 20 86
5 Seasons 355 866 791 97 165 42 1 20 74 13 63 208 .209 .273 .340 .613 77 355
162 Game Avg. 162 395 361 44 75 19 0 9 34 6 29 95 .209 .273 .340 .613 35 355

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Johnny Lewis (976)
  3. Duane Walker (974)
  4. Nelson Mathews (973)
  5. Steve Whitaker (970)
  6. Tsuyoshi Shinjo (966)
  7. Don Lund (964)
  8. Joe Gaines (963)
  9. Todd Dunwoody (962)
  10. Danny Walton (962)
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  1. Damon Buford (976)
  2. Johnny Lewis (976)
  3. Billy Cowan (973)
  4. Faye Throneberry (973)
  5. Ernie Young (973)
  6. Steve Whitaker (970)
  7. Ryan Langerhans (970)
  8. Bobby Del Greco (968)
  9. Mike Devereaux (963)
  10. Ryan Christenson (962)
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  1. Billy Cowan (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Damon Buford (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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