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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 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 2005-2009
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.053, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Gaylord Sports, previously: Alan Nero [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:01AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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 42 13 2 0 1 0 0
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 *
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 /
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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 CHW AL 35 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
2006 24 CHW AL 405 -20 -1 4 0 6 2 14 5 0.6 -1 -0.1 0.7 $330,000 *
2007 25 CHW AL 19 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $390,000 /
2008 26 CHW AL 193 -6 2 0 0 -2 1 7 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $395,000
2009 27 CHW AL 210 -8 -2 -1 1 0 1 7 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $440,000 8/9
2009 27 BOS AL 21 2 0 -0 -0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 9/87
5 Seasons 883 -37 -0 3 0 1 4 31 2 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $1,555,000
CHW (5 yrs) 862 -39 -1 3 1 1 4 30 -1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $1,555,000
BOS (1 yr) 21 2 0 -0 -0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 CHW AL 23 OF 12 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 -2 3 1.67 .986 2.28
2005 CHW AL 23 LF 9 3 3 42.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 -0 1 -11 29 2.36 1.22 .988 2.10 2.08
2005 CHW AL 23 CF 5 3 0 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -47 33 1.75 1.40 .989 2.70 2.66
2005 CHW AL 23 RF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 34 171 2.57 2.00 .980 2.06 2.10
2006 CHW AL 24 OF 134 310 305 3 2 1 .994 6 2 2.30 .986 2.27
2006 CHW AL 24 CF 134 106 90 966.0 310 305 3 2 1 .994 6 2 7 2 2.87 2.30 .989 2.65 2.61
2007 CHW AL 25 OF 8 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -2 -2 1.13 .987 2.28
2007 CHW AL 25 LF 5 0 0 11.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -64 -106 0.79 0.20 .980 2.06 2.08
2007 CHW AL 25 CF 3 3 2 24.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1 -1 -50 -50 3.00 2.67 .989 2.70 2.67
2007 CHW AL 25 DH 1 1
2008 CHW AL 26 OF 98 105 105 0 0 0 1.000 -2 3 1.07 .986 2.28
2008 CHW AL 26 CF 94 37 32 447.1 102 102 0 0 0 1.000 -2 3 -6 8 2.05 1.09 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 CHW AL 26 LF 3 2 1 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 1.69 1.00 .983 2.02 2.03
2008 CHW AL 26 RF 2 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.15
2009 TOT AL 27 OF 83 54 47 530.0 129 124 3 2 1 .984 1 -6 1 -13 2.16 1.53 .987 49.16 2.30
2009 TOT AL 27 CF 67 48 42 450.0 114 110 2 2 1 .982 0 -4 0 -10 2.24 1.67 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 TOT AL 27 RF 17 5 5 69.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1 -2 14 -34 1.96 0.88 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 CHW AL 27 OF 64 50 44 466.0 123 118 3 2 1 .984 0 -6 1 -15 2.34 1.89 .987 49.16 2.30
2009 CHW AL 27 CF 61 48 42 438.0 112 108 2 2 1 .982 0 -3 1 -8 2.26 1.80 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 CHW AL 27 RF 6 2 2 28.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -4 -43 3.54 1.83 .982 2.12 2.10
2009 BOS AL 27 OF 19 4 3 64.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 -6 4 -112 0.84 0.32 .987 49.16 2.30
2009 BOS AL 27 RF 11 3 3 41.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 -1 26 -29 0.88 0.36 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 BOS AL 27 CF 6 0 0 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -40 -100 1.50 0.33 .990 2.70 2.70
2009 BOS AL 27 LF 4 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -33 0 0.00 0.00 2.13 2.10
5 Seasons OF 335 54 47 530.0 574 562 7 5 3 .991 1 0 2 0 2.16 1.70 .986 49.16 2.28
5 Seasons CF 303 197 166 1923.1 542 532 5 5 2 .991 1 1 1 0 2.51 1.77 .990 2.68 2.66
4 Seasons LF 21 6 4 80.1 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 -1 0 -13 0 1.68 0.71 .987 2.08 2.08
3 Seasons RF 20 6 5 82.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1 -1 15 -14 1.87 0.85 .982 2.12 2.10
5 Seasons TOT 335 54 47 530.0 574 562 7 5 3 .991 1 0 2 0 2.16 1.70 .986 49.16 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.87 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  .994 (3rd)
2008 AL  1.000 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.87 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2008 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200624Chicago White Sox$330,000
200725Chicago White Sox$390,000
200826Chicago White Sox$395,000
200927Chicago White Sox$440,000
201028Kansas City Royals$700,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,555,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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