Jimmy Anderson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: January 22, 1976 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1999
Final Game: July 21, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV 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
1999 23 PIT NL 2 1 .667 3.99 13 4 2 0 0 0 29.1 25 15 13 2 16 2 13 1 0 4 127 116 1.398 7.7 0.6 4.9 4.0 0.81
2000 24 PIT NL 5 11 .313 5.25 27 26 0 1 0 0 144.0 169 94 84 13 58 2 73 7 0 6 648 88 1.576 10.6 0.8 3.6 4.6 1.26
2001 25 PIT NL 9 17 .346 5.10 34 34 0 1 0 0 206.1 232 123 117 15 83 14 89 11 1 6 922 90 1.527 10.1 0.7 3.6 3.9 1.07
2002 26 PIT NL 8 13 .381 5.44 28 25 1 1 0 0 140.2 167 91 85 20 63 5 47 5 0 4 636 78 1.635 10.7 1.3 4.0 3.0 0.75
2003 27 CIN NL 1 5 .167 8.84 8 7 1 0 0 0 38.2 60 39 38 8 14 1 13 0 0 0 184 47 1.914 14.0 1.9 3.3 3.0 0.93
2004 28 TOT MLB 0 0 5.17 12 0 4 0 0 1 15.2 19 9 9 0 6 0 6 2 0 2 70 89 1.596 10.9 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
2004 28 CHC NL 0 0 4.66 7 0 2 0 0 1 9.2 9 5 5 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 42 95 1.241 8.4 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
2004 28 BOS AL 0 0 6.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 28 81 2.167 15.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
6 Seasons 25 47 .347 5.42 122 96 8 3 0 1 574.2 672 371 346 58 240 24 241 26 1 22 2587 83 1.587 10.5 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.00
162 Game Avg. 8 15 .347 5.42 38 30 2 1 0 0 179 210 116 108 18 75 7 75 8 0 7 807 83 1.587 10.5 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.00
PIT (4 yrs) 24 42 .364 5.17 102 89 3 3 0 0 520.1 593 323 299 50 220 23 222 24 1 20 2333 87 1.562 10.3 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.01
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 28 81 2.167 15.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 4.66 7 0 2 0 0 1 9.2 9 5 5 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 42 95 1.241 8.4 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 1 5 .167 8.84 8 7 1 0 0 0 38.2 60 39 38 8 14 1 13 0 0 0 184 47 1.914 14.0 1.9 3.3 3.0 0.93
NL (6 yrs) 25 47 .347 5.41 117 96 6 3 0 1 568.2 662 367 342 58 237 24 238 26 1 21 2559 83 1.581 10.5 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.00
AL (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 10 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 28 81 2.167 15.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1999 23 PIT NL 13 127 107 15 25 2 1 2 3 0 16 13 .234 .336 .327 .663 .247 35 6 1 2 1 2
2000 24 PIT NL 27 648 575 94 169 27 6 13 11 4 58 73 .294 .364 .430 .793 .317 247 23 7 5 3 2
2001 25 PIT NL 34 922 808 123 232 40 4 15 33 4 83 89 .287 .358 .402 .760 .304 325 29 11 11 9 14
2002 26 PIT NL 28 636 559 91 167 34 2 20 21 7 63 47 .299 .372 .474 .846 .296 265 18 5 5 4 5
2003 27 CIN NL 8 184 167 39 60 15 2 8 3 0 14 13 .359 .402 .617 1.019 .349 103 2 0 0 3 1
2004 28 TOT MLB 12 70 62 9 19 4 1 0 2 0 6 6 .306 .386 .403 .789 .339 25 4 2 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL 5 28 25 4 10 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 .400 .464 .600 1.064 .455 15 3 0 0 0 0
2004 28 CHC NL 7 42 37 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 .243 .333 .270 .604 .265 10 1 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 122 2587 2278 371 672 122 16 58 73 15 240 241 .295 .366 .439 .805 .307 1000 82 26 23 20 24
162 Game Avg. 38 807 711 116 210 38 5 18 23 5 75 75 .295 .366 .439 .805 .307 312 26 8 7 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1999 23 PIT NL 13 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 52 56 46 5 2 0 1 6.2 7.6 5.1 75 2 1 1 0 102
2000 24 PIT NL 27 26 5 11 10 1 3 9 17 .346 1 5 1 0 10 38% 44 78 20 19 6 1 17 4.7 5.3 5.4 87 6 14 3 3 128
2001 25 PIT NL 34 34 9 17 8 0 4 16 18 .471 2 3 1 0 17 50% 45 76 -9 28 10 0 15 3.8 4.1 6.1 93 8 12 13 1 120
2002 26 PIT NL 28 25 8 13 4 0 5 10 15 .400 3 0 1 0 13 52% 44 73 12 12 4 1 11 4.5 4.9 5.5 86 6 12 7 0 116
2003 27 CIN NL 8 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 6 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 51 -8 2 0 1 2 5.3 5.1 5.4 85 3 3 1 0 107
5 Seasons 110 96 25 47 24 3 12 39 57 .406 6 8 3 0 41 43% 44 78 -9 66 22 3 46 4.4 4.8 5.6 88 25 42 25 4 128
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 23 PIT NL 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.920 0 5 3 0 1 8 2 7 2 3 2 0 3.0 18
2000 24 PIT NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.963 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 63
2002 26 PIT NL 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.012 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.0 28
2003 27 CIN NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.879 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 10
2004 28 TOT MLB 12 12 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 3 43% 0.383 2 3 7 2 2 8 4 8 6 3 6 3 3.9 20
2004 28 CHC NL 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 8 0.584 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 4.1 20
2004 28 BOS AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0.082 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 2 0 3.6 21
5 Seasons 88 26 8 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 3 30% 0.945 2 8 15 3 3 20 6 20 11 7 11 3 3.8 22

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1999 23 PIT NL 127 76% 1.6% 10.2% 12.6% 3.9% 20% 1.71 2.26 73% 13% 6.9% 15% 28 6 21%
2000 24 PIT NL 648 79% 2.0% 11.3% 9.0% 7.1% 27% 1.45 2.62 76% 23% 7.1% 8% 160 23 14%
2001 25 PIT NL 922 81% 1.6% 9.7% 9.0% 6.4% 25% 1.51 2.34 77% 20% 5.7% 7% 199 29 15%
2002 26 PIT NL 636 78% 3.1% 7.4% 9.9% 8.8% 34% 1.43 2.28 78% 22% 11.0% 10% 124 18 15%
2003 27 CIN NL 184 77% 4.4% 7.1% 7.6% 13.6% 42% 1.36 1.94 81% 19% 12.9% 6% 33 2 6%
2004 28 TOT MLB 70 71% 0.0% 8.6% 8.6% 7.1% 26% 1.33 3.56 80% 23% 0.0% 0% 11 4 36%
2004 28 CHC NL 42 76% 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 2.4% 11% 1.43 2.71 81% 18% 0.0% 0% 6 1 17%
2004 28 BOS AL 28 64% 0.0% 10.7% 10.7% 14.3% 40% 1.20 6.50 79% 32% 0.0% 0% 5 3 60%
6 Seasons 2587 79% 2.2% 9.3% 9.3% 7.6% 29% 1.47 2.37 77% 21% 7.8% 8% 555 82 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 23 PIT NL 127 462 3.64 266 58% 24% 13% 26% 36% 76% 4% 44% 83% 51% 8% 10 5 11% 14 5 1 23% 2 4 0 0 0
2000 24 PIT NL 648 2321 3.58 1342 58% 24% 12% 25% 38% 76% 1% 44% 84% 52% 9% 58 39 12% 78 39 2 11% 7 17 0 0 0
2001 25 PIT NL 922 3145 3.41 1884 60% 22% 12% 26% 39% 78% 3% 46% 84% 58% 6% 58 29 15% 141 77 11 19% 12 18 0 0 0
2002 26 PIT NL 636 2237 3.52 1330 59% 24% 9% 28% 39% 76% 2% 45% 88% 54% 8% 49 32 13% 81 45 5 17% 8 13 0 0 0
2003 27 CIN NL 184 602 3.27 346 57% 25% 6% 24% 45% 75% 2% 43% 92% 49% 5% 10 7 5% 10 3 0 23% 2 2 0 0 0
2004 28 TOT MLB 70 245 3.50 140 57% 26% 8% 26% 40% 74% 0% 42% 89% 47% 7% 5 2 7% 5 4 1 17% 3 3 0 0 0
2004 28 CHC NL 42 142 3.38 79 56% 30% 5% 22% 43% 70% 0% 39% 93% 48% 7% 3 1 5% 2 2 1 0% 1 2 0 0 0
2004 28 BOS AL 28 103 3.68 61 59% 21% 11% 31% 36% 79% 0% 47% 85% 46% 7% 2 1 11% 3 2 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2587 9012 3.48 5308 59% 24% 11% 26% 39% 76% 2% 45% 85% 54% 7% 190 114 13% 329 173 20 17% 34 57 0 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1999 23 PIT NL 127 25 1 0 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 8 5 2 63% 3 4 0 44 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2000 24 PIT NL 648 169 22 1 13 0 7 8 5 7 6 45 28 4 62% 13 6 4 279 11 4 73% 7 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 11 0
2001 25 PIT NL 922 232 41 8 15 1 22 11 4 7 8 74 39 9 53% 15 6 2 355 33 4 89% 22 3 10 1 1 0 4 4 25 0
2002 26 PIT NL 636 167 19 5 20 1 16 13 7 9 11 42 17 2 40% 11 4 0 241 21 7 75% 13 6 8 1 0 0 7 6 12 0
2003 27 CIN NL 184 60 7 0 8 0 2 6 2 4 4 13 9 1 69% 2 0 2 72 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 28 TOT MLB 70 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 100% 0 2 0 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 28 CHC NL 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 28 BOS AL 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 100% 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 2587 672 91 14 58 2 53 39 19 28 30 185 101 19 55% 44 22 8 1018 73 15 83% 48 11 24 4 1 0 11 10 65 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV 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+
1999 23 2 1 .667 3.99 13 4 2 0 0 0 29.1 25 15 13 2 16 2 13 1 0 4 127 116 1.398 7.7 0.6 4.9 4.0 0.81 116
2000 24 7 12 .368 5.04 40 30 2 1 0 0 173.1 194 109 97 15 74 4 86 8 0 10 775 92 1.546 10.1 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.16 92
2001 25 16 29 .356 5.07 74 64 2 2 0 0 379.2 426 232 214 30 157 18 175 19 1 16 1697 91 1.536 10.1 0.7 3.7 4.1 1.11 91
2002 26 24 42 .364 5.17 102 89 3 3 0 0 520.1 593 323 299 50 220 23 222 24 1 20 2333 87 1.562 10.3 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.01 87
2003 27 25 47 .347 5.43 110 96 4 3 0 0 559.0 653 362 337 58 234 24 235 24 1 20 2517 83 1.587 10.5 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.00 83
2004 28 25 47 .347 5.42 122 96 8 3 0 1 574.2 672 371 346 58 240 24 241 26 1 22 2587 83 1.587 10.5 0.9 3.8 3.8 1.00 83

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
1999 23 2 1 .667 3.72 29.0 24 13 12 2 15 13 1 1.345 7.4 4.7 4.0 0.87 0.6 13
2000 24 6 9 .400 4.66 143.0 158 82 74 12 54 72 7 1.483 9.9 3.4 4.5 1.33 0.8 27
2001 25 9 13 .409 4.57 205.0 219 116 104 14 78 88 10 1.449 9.6 3.4 3.9 1.13 0.6 34
2002 26 5 10 .333 5.47 135.0 164 91 82 20 62 45 5 1.674 10.9 4.1 3.0 0.73 1.3 28
2003 27 1 3 .250 9.24 37.0 60 42 38 8 14 12 0 2.000 14.6 3.4 2.9 0.86 1.9 8
2004 28 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 18 9 8 0 6 6 2 1.600 10.8 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.0 12
6 Seasons 23 37 .383 5.07 564.0 643 353 318 56 229 236 25 1.546 10.3 3.8 1.03 0.9 122

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2001 NL--34--4th

Hits s c a p y
2001 NL--232--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL--.654--4th

Losses s c a p y
2001 NL--17--2nd
2002 NL--13--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--117--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL--11--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 NL--922--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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