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Brett Anderson

Brett Franklin Anderson (twitter: @BrettAnderson49)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: February 1, 1988 in Midland, TX
High School: Stillwater HS (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed September 1, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2009
Team: Athletics 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$12.5M (10-13) & 14-15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2007	19	ARI-min	A,A+	11	7	.611	3.07	23	23	0	0	120.1	126	49	41	9	21	0	125	3	2	7	500		1.222	9.4	0.7	1.6	9.3	5.95	SBN,VIS · MIDW,CALL
2008	20	OAK-min	A+,AA	11	5	.688	3.69	20	19	0	0	105.0	95	45	43	8	27	0	118	5	2	5	436		1.162	8.1	0.7	2.3	10.1	4.37	STK,MDL · CALL,TL
2009	21	OAK	AL	11	11	.500	4.06	30	30	1	1	175.1	180	94	79	20	45	1	150	3	1	0	735	108	1.283	9.2	1.0	2.3	7.7	3.33	RoY-6
2010	22	OAK-min	AAA,Rk	1	0	1.000	3.72	5	5	0	0	19.1	30	8	8	0	3	0	18	2	0	0	86		1.707	14.0	0.0	1.4	8.4	6.00	SAC,ATH · PCL,ARIZ
2010	22	OAK	AL	7	6	.538	2.80	19	19	0	0	112.1	112	41	35	6	22	2	75	7	2	4	470	147	1.193	9.0	0.5	1.8	6.0	3.41
2011	23	OAK	AL	3	6	.333	4.00	13	13	1	0	83.1	86	40	37	8	25	1	61	7	1	0	356	102	1.332	9.3	0.9	2.7	6.6	2.44
3 Yrs				21	23	.477	3.66	62	62	2	1	371.0	378	175	151	34	92	4	286	17	4	4	1561	115	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	6.9	3.11
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.477	3.66	34	34	1	1	203	207	96	83	19	50	2	157	9	2	2	856	115	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	6.9	3.11

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	21	OAK	AL	175.1	30	30	94	4.83	4.91	-0.18	0.19	98.3	5.19	6	0.6	-0.1	2.0	29	.520	.504	$400,000	RoY-6
2010	22	OAK	AL	112.1	19	19	41	3.28	4.28	0.38	0.15	98.1	3.98	8	0.8	-0.1	1.8	21	.545	.505	$410,000
2011	23	OAK	AL	83.1	13	13	40	4.32	4.47	-0.10	0.16	97.0	4.59	2	0.2	-0.1	0.9	12	.519	.502	$1,250,000
3 Seasons				371.0	62	62	175	4.25	4.62	0.01	0.17	98.0	4.69	16	1.7	-0.2	4.7	62	.527	.503	$2,060,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2009	21	OAK	AL	30	735	679	94	180	29	1	20	14	4	45	150	.265	.312	.399	.711	.312	271	24	3	4	4	1	11
2010	22	OAK	AL	19	470	436	41	112	24	0	6	8	5	22	75	.257	.302	.353	.655	.297	154	12	7	3	2	2	5
2011	23	OAK	AL	13	356	319	40	86	11	1	8	5	7	25	61	.270	.335	.386	.721	.311	123	8	7	4	1	1	4
3 Yrs				62	1561	1434	175	378	64	2	34	27	16	92	286	.264	.314	.382	.696	.307	548	44	17	11	7	4	20
162 Game Avg.				34	856	786	96	207	35	1	19	15	9	50	157	.264	.314	.382	.696	.307	301	24	9	6	4	2	11
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	21	OAK	AL	3.2	0.3	752	0.3	12.3	-12.0	.94	1.1	-0.8	2.4	0.2	0.94	12.3
2010	22	OAK	AL	15.0	1.6	490	1.6	9.0	-7.5	1.05	1.5	0.0	13.5	1.4	1.05	15.1
2011	23	OAK	AL	0.8	0.1	367	0.4	7.2	-6.8	1.13	0.6	-0.2	3.4	0.4	1.13	5.2
3 Yrs				19.0	2.0	1609	2.3	28.5	-26.2	1.02	3.2	-0.9	19.4	2.0	1.02	32.6

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2009	21	OAK	AL	30	30	11	11	8	3	2	14	16	.467	3	2	1	1	13	43%	51.0	90	23	18	7	0	17	4.4	4.5	5.8	94	3	15	12	0	114
2010	22	OAK	AL	19	19	7	6	6	1	3	8	11	.421	3	2	0	0	13	68%	54.6	71	26	11	2	0	8	3.6	3.4	5.9	95	3	4	11	1	122
2011	23	OAK	AL	13	13	3	6	4	0	1	5	8	.385	1	1	1	0	7	54%	51.4	81	8	6	4	0	5	3.1	2.6	6.4	104	0	3	10	0	114
3 Yrs				62	62	21	23	18	4	6	27	35	.435	7	5	2	1	33	53%	52	90	8	35	13	0	30	3.9	3.7	6.0	96	6	22	33	1	122
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2009	21	OAK	AL	735	27%	2.7%	20.4%	6.1%	6.8%	28%	1.06	1.40	70%	17%	8.8%	12%	147	24	16%
2010	22	OAK	AL	470	24%	1.3%	16.0%	4.7%	6.4%	27%	1.17	1.55	76%	19%	3.9%	8%	74	12	16%
2011	23	OAK	AL	356	33%	2.3%	17.1%	7.0%	5.6%	23%	1.34	2.14	71%	16%	8.7%	15%	69	8	12%
3 Yrs				1561	27%	2.2%	18.3%	5.9%	6.4%	27%	1.15	1.59	72%	17%	7.2%	11%	290	44	15%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	21	OAK	AL	736	2818	3.83	1795	64%	31%	13%	27%	30%	69%	0%	44%	82%	58%	4%	28	20	20%	146	61	4	26%	13	7	-1	0	0
2010	22	OAK	AL	470	1801	3.83	1118	62%	31%	12%	24%	33%	69%	1%	43%	82%	56%	7%	32	25	18%	85	27	2	16%	4	5	0	0	0
2011	23	OAK	AL	357	1351	3.78	864	64%	33%	11%	25%	30%	67%	0%	43%	83%	58%	5%	19	16	19%	69	29	2	23%	14	2	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1563	5970	3.82	3777	63%	31%	12%	26%	31%	69%	1%	43%	82%	58%	5%	79	61	19%	300	117	8	23%	31	14	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2009	21	OAK	AL	735	180	31	3	20	1	13	14	6	6	14	37	27	3	73%	11	0	1	264	14	4	78%	11	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	6	0
2010	22	OAK	AL	470	112	18	1	6	0	6	6	0	5	1	15	8	2	53%	5	4	2	174	8	5	62%	6	4	2	1	0	0	3	3	13	0
2011	23	OAK	AL	356	86	16	2	8	0	8	4	4	5	3	20	10	2	50%	4	0	0	128	5	7	42%	3	6	2	0	0	1	5	5	2	0
3 Yrs				1561	378	65	6	34	1	27	24	10	16	18	72	45	7	63%	20	4	3	566	27	16	63%	20	14	7	1	0	1	12	12	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	21	11	11	.500	4.06	30	30	1	1	175.1	180	94	79	20	45	1	150	3	1	0	735	108	1.283	9.2	1.0	2.3	7.7	3.33	108
2010	22	18	17	.514	3.57	49	49	1	1	287.2	292	135	114	26	67	3	225	10	3	4	1205	120	1.248	9.1	0.8	2.1	7.0	3.36	120
2011	23	21	23	.477	3.66	62	62	2	1	371.0	378	175	151	34	92	4	286	17	4	4	1561	115	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	6.9	3.11	115

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2009	21	8	10	.444	4.21	169.0	180	88	79	20	45	145	3	1.331	9.6	2.4	7.7	3.22	1.1	30
2010	22	8	4	.667	3.08	108.0	116	41	37	6	23	72	7	1.287	9.7	1.9	6.0	3.13	0.5	19
2011	23	3	5	.375	4.62	78.0	89	44	40	8	26	57	7	1.474	10.3	3.0	6.6	2.19	0.9	13
3 Yrs		19	19	.500	3.95	355.0	385	173	156	34	94	274	17	1.349	9.8		6.9	2.91	0.9	62

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 2.310 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 7.700 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2009 AL 1 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2009 AL 3.333 (8th)
Youngest s c a p y 2009 AL born 1988-02-01 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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