Brian Anderson

Brian Nikola Anderson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 11, 1982 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Canyon de Oro HS (Oro Valley, AZ)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 2005-2009
Agents: Gaylord Sports, previously: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009
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Standard Batting

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
2003	21	CHW-min	Rk	13	59	49	6	19	2	1	2	13	3	1	9	10	.388	.492	.592	1.083		29	1	1	0	0	1		GRF · PION
2004	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	117	496	439	69	131	31	7	12	73	13	3	48	74	.298	.374	.483	.857		212	6	6	1	2	8		WSM,BIR · CARL,SOUL
2005	23	CHW-min	AAA	117	496	445	69	131	24	3	16	56	3	2	42	114	.294	.358	.470	.827		209	11	4	1	4	0		CHR · IL
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-min	AAA	57	223	200	29	51	8	2	8	31	3	2	19	47	.255	.318	.435	.753		87	4	1	0	3	0		CHR · IL
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	82	79	2	0	2	0	0	8/D79
2009	27	BOS-CHW-min	AAA	35	136	123	15	28	5	1	6	13	0	3	9	38	.228	.291	.431	.722		53	2	2	2	0	0		PAW,CHR · IL
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	159	11	2	0	0	1	0	9/87
2010	28	KCR-min	AAA,A,Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA,BUR,ROY · PCL,MIDW,ARIZ
2011	29	NYY-min	AA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TRE · EL
5 Yrs				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	159	11	2	0	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2005	23	CHW	AL	13	35	-3	0	-0	3	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	/789
2006	24	CHW	AL	134	405	-15	-2	0	-1	2	-16	-1.5	14	-2	-0.2	.488	.490	-0.1	0.2	-1	$330,000	*8
2007	25	CHW	AL	13	19	-3	0	-0	-3	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.456	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$390,000	/78D
2008	26	CHW	AL	109	193	-5	3	-0	2	0	0	0.1	7	7	0.7	.500	.500	0.5	0.4	5	$395,000	8/D79
2009	27	CHW	AL	65	210	-10	-2	1	-2	1	-13	-1.2	7	-6	-0.6	.480	.492	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$440,000	8/9
2009	27	BOS	AL	21	21	1	0	-0	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$	9/87
5 Seasons				355	883	-35	0	-0	-4	2	-37	-3.4	30	-7	-0.6	.490	.496	-0.2	0.1	-3	$1,555,000

CHW (5 yrs)				334	862	-36	-0	0	-1	2	-35	-3.2	29	-6	-0.5	.490	.496	-0.4	0.4	-5	$1,555,000
BOS (1 yr)				21	21	1	0	-0	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$

Advanced Batting

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	109	.266	.232	.273	.272	.341	.436	.428	.709	.770	82	.413	-5.8	-0.6	.655	.282	.204	6.2
2009	27	TOT	AL	231	168	22	3.5	112	.310	.243	.273	.328	.343	.347	.438	.674	.781	75	.336	-7.5	-0.7	.564	.203	.104	3.4
2009	27	CHW	AL	210	153	18	3.1	112	.313	.238	.273	.322	.343	.319	.438	.641	.781	67	.295	-9.1	-0.9	.523	.173	.081	2.4
2009	27	BOS	AL	21	15	4	7.1	112	.273	.294	.273	.381	.343	.647	.438	1.028	.781	159	.651	1.6	0.1	1.000	.529	.353	.0
5 Yrs				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	112	.273	.294	.273	.381	.343	.647	.438	1.028	.781	159	.651	1.6	0.1	1.000	.529	.353	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	SB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	IBB
2008	26	CHW	AL	ALDS	TBR	L	3	6	5	1	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2009	27	BOS	AL	ALDS	LAA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0					0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	6	5	1	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2 ALDS							4	6	5	1	1	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.2	33.0	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	23	CHW	AL	-3.1	-0.3	36	0.2	0.9	-0.6	1.06	-0.1	0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.88	-2.3	1.04	3
2006	24	CHW	AL	-20.1	-1.9	419	-1.5	5.1	-6.6	.83	-1.2	-0.7	-19.3	-1.8	0.92	-18.8	0.86	3
2007	25	CHW	AL	-2.5	-0.2	20	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.23	-0.3	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	1.01	-3.4	0.27	2
2008	26	CHW	AL	-6.1	-0.6	204	-0.1	3.3	-3.4	.96	-0.1	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-5.0	0.17	12
2009	27	TOT	AL	-7.6	-0.7	242	-1.4	2.6	-3.9	.83	-1.2	-0.4	-14.8	-1.4	0.95	-12.2	0.92	9
2009	27	CHW	AL	-9.1	-0.9	221	-1.2	2.3	-3.5	.81	-1.4	-0.1	-13.9	-1.3	0.93	-13.9	1.05	7
2009	27	BOS	AL	1.5	0.1	21	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.98	0.1	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	1.10	1.7	0.48	2
5 Yrs				-39.3	-3.7	921	-3.3	11.9	-15.2	.88	-2.9	-1.0	-44.3	-4.1	0.93	-41.7	0.57	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	23	CHW	AL	0	25%	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2006	24	CHW	AL	10	35%	120	4	7	36%	3	7	1	1	1	3	9	44%	12	11	1	0	0	0	15	4	11
2007	25	CHW	AL	0	75%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
2008	26	CHW	AL	2	36%	86	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	1	7	79%	9	3	6	0	0	0	5	0	5
2009	27	TOT	AL	0	39%	90	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	1	3	45%	14	11	3	6	3	3	9	2	7
2009	27	CHW	AL	0	35%	80	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	1	2	40%	13	11	2	4	3	1	8	1	7
2009	27	BOS	AL	0	83%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0
5 Yrs				12	37%	308	13	14	48%	12	14	1	1	1	5	21	53%	35	25	10	9	4	5	30	6	24

Situational Hitting*

						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		3	2	67%	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%	14	9	64%	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	12	4	1	2	0.17	8	0	5	0	8	5	3	0	2	2	100%	27	2	7%	17	5	29%	119	19	16%	7	4	57%	8	3	38%	0
2009	27	TOT	AL	231	32%	49	8	1	9	2	0	0	0.92	4	0	7	3	1	3	1	0	2	2	100%	46	6	13%	29	5	17%	152	16	11%	16	6	38%	11	1	9%	0
2009	27	CHW	AL	210	31%	44	8	1	7	2	0	0	1.05	2	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	100%	35	4	11%	24	4	17%	131	13	10%	14	4	29%	9	0	0%	0
2009	27	BOS	AL	21	48%	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.48	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	21	3	14%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
5 Yrs				883	41%	181	19	1	29	7	1	3	0.57	22	0	24	11	11	15	7	0	10	7	70%	146	15	10%	80	22	28%	540	63	12%	46	22	48%	36	15	42%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			51%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	194	707	3.64	451	64%	25%	22%	23%	31%	75%	0%	48%	71%	30%	6%	11	0	16%	32	14	8%	16	15	16%	-1	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 Yrs				884	3177	3.59	2044	64%	25%	20%	26%	29%	75%	1%	49%	74%	37%	5%	40	0	13%	116	47	7%	66	50	28%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

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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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
2005	23	13	35	34	3	6	1	0	2	3	1	0	12	.176	.176	.382	.559	2	13
2006	24	134	400	361	42	78	22	1	8	30	4	29	90	.216	.281	.349	.630	34	134
2007	25	13	21	18	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	.167	.286	.278	.563	1	13
2008	26	109	191	179	22	40	12	0	8	24	5	10	45	.223	.265	.425	.689	20	109
2009	27	86	228	200	29	47	9	0	4	17	3	22	54	.235	.319	.340	.659	21	86
5 Yrs		355	875	792	101	174	46	1	22	74	13	64	208	.220	.283	.364	.647	78	355
162 Game Avg.		162	399	361	46	79	21	0	10	34	6	29	95	.220	.283	.364	.647	36	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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