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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 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 2005-2009
Agents: Gaylord Sports, previously: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 27)
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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
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 (v2.2): 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	-15	-1.4	15	-0	0.0	.489	.491	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	.457	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$390,000	/78D
2008	26	CHW	AL	109	193	-5	3	-0	2	1	0	0.1	7	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.6	0.4	5	$395,000	8/D79
2009	27	CHW	AL	65	210	-10	-2	1	-2	1	-12	-1.2	8	-5	-0.5	.481	.492	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$440,000	8/9
2009	27	BOS	AL	21	21	1	1	-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	3	-36	-3.3	33	-2	-0.2	.490	.496	0.2	0.1	2	$1,555,000

CHW (5 yrs)				334	862	-36	-0	-0	-1	4	-34	-3.2	32	-1	-0.1	.490	.496	-0.0	0.4	-0	$1,555,000
BOS (1 yr)				21	21	1	1	-0	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.2	-0.3	2

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

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	7	3	85.0	20	19	1	0	1	1.000	-2	3	-23	42	2.12	1.67	.986	2.30	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	30	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	154	2.57	2.00	.980	2.06	2.10
2006	CHW	AL	24	CF	134	106	90	966.0	310	305	3	2	1	.994	6	-1	7	-1	2.87	2.30	.989	2.65	2.61
2006	CHW	AL	24	OF	134	106	90	966.0	310	305	3	2	1	.994	6	-1	7	-1	2.87	2.30	.986	2.30	2.27
2007	CHW	AL	25	OF	8	3	2	35.1	10	9	0	1	0	.900	-2	-3	-54	-102	2.29	1.13	.987	2.29	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	-2	-50	-100	3.00	2.67	.989	2.70	2.67
2007	CHW	AL	25	DH	2	1
2008	CHW	AL	26	OF	98	39	33	469.1	105	105	0	0	0	1.000	-2	2	-5	5	2.01	1.07	.986	2.31	2.28
2008	CHW	AL	26	CF	94	37	32	447.1	102	102	0	0	0	1.000	-2	2	-6	5	2.05	1.09	.989	2.71	2.69
2008	CHW	AL	26	DH	3	0
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	55	48	530.0	129	124	3	2	1	.984	1	-5	1	-11	2.16	1.53	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	TOT	AL	27	CF	67	49	43	450.0	114	110	2	2	1	.982	0	-2	0	-5	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	-3	14	-52	1.96	0.88	.982	2.13	2.10
2009	CHW	AL	27	OF	64	51	45	466.0	123	118	3	2	1	.984	0	-2	1	-5	2.34	1.89	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	CHW	AL	27	CF	61	49	43	438.0	112	108	2	2	1	.982	0	-1	1	-3	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	-3	4	-56	0.84	0.32	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	BOS	AL	27	RF	11	3	3	41.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	-2	26	-59	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	210	176	2085.2	574	562	7	5	3	.991	1	-4	1	-2	2.46	1.70	.986	2.31	2.28
	5 Seasons			CF	303	198	167	1923.1	542	532	5	5	2	.991	1	-2	1	-1	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	-2	15	-29	1.87	0.85	.982	2.12	2.10
	5 Seasons			TOT	335	210	176	2085.2	574	562	7	5	3	.991	1	-4	1	-1	2.46	1.70	.986	2.31	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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 2005 AL 1 (5th)	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 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 2006 AL 2.87 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL 1 (5th)

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 (2nd)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2251), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Center Field (741st), -0.2 career WAR/-0.2 7yr-peak WAR/-0.2 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2003.
July 28, 2009: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Kotsay.
December 12, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 17, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
November 27, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
May 27, 2011: Released by the New York Yankees.
February 26, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 31, 2012: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
April 7, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	24	Chicago White Sox	$330,000
2007	25	Chicago White Sox	$390,000
2008	26	Chicago White Sox	$395,000
2009	27	Chicago White Sox	$440,000
2010	28	Kansas City Royals	$700,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,255,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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