Matt Anderson
Matthew Jason Anderson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY
High School: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
School: Rice University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed December 23, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1998
Final Game: July 1, 2005
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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
1998 21 DET AL 5 1 .833 3.27 42 0 10 0 0 0 44.0 38 16 16 3 31 4 44 2 0 2 194 144 1.568 7.8 0.6 6.3 9.0 1.42
1999 22 DET AL 2 1 .667 5.68 37 0 9 0 0 0 38.0 33 27 24 8 35 1 32 1 0 3 180 87 1.789 7.8 1.9 8.3 7.6 0.91
2000 23 DET AL 3 2 .600 4.72 69 0 27 0 0 1 74.1 61 44 39 8 45 4 71 3 0 4 324 99 1.426 7.4 1.0 5.4 8.6 1.58
2001 24 DET AL 3 1 .750 4.82 62 0 41 0 0 22 56.0 56 33 30 2 18 4 52 0 1 9 239 88 1.321 9.0 0.3 2.9 8.4 2.89
2002 25 DET AL 2 1 .667 9.00 12 0 8 0 0 0 11.0 17 13 11 1 8 1 8 2 0 1 58 47 2.273 13.9 0.8 6.5 6.5 1.00
2003 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 5.40 23 0 10 0 0 3 23.1 25 17 14 5 9 1 13 1 0 1 105 80 1.457 9.6 1.9 3.5 5.0 1.44
2005 28 COL NL 0 0 12.60 12 0 6 0 0 0 10.0 19 17 14 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 62 38 3.000 17.1 2.7 9.9 3.6 0.36
7 Seasons 15 7 .682 5.19 257 0 111 0 0 26 256.2 249 167 148 30 157 15 224 11 1 20 1162 88 1.582 8.7 1.1 5.5 7.9 1.43
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .682 5.19 68 0 29 0 0 7 68 66 44 39 8 42 4 59 3 0 5 307 88 1.582 8.7 1.1 5.5 7.9 1.43
DET (6 yrs) 15 7 .682 4.89 245 0 105 0 0 26 246.2 230 150 134 27 146 15 220 9 1 20 1100 93 1.524 8.4 1.0 5.3 8.0 1.51
COL (1 yr) 0 0 12.60 12 0 6 0 0 0 10.0 19 17 14 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 62 38 3.000 17.1 2.7 9.9 3.6 0.36
AL (6 yrs) 15 7 .682 4.89 245 0 105 0 0 26 246.2 230 150 134 27 146 15 220 9 1 20 1100 93 1.524 8.4 1.0 5.3 8.0 1.51
NL (1 yr) 0 0 12.60 12 0 6 0 0 0 10.0 19 17 14 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 62 38 3.000 17.1 2.7 9.9 3.6 0.36

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
1998 21 DET AL 42 194 152 16 38 7 2 3 2 2 31 44 .250 .378 .382 .759 .324 58 6 2 6 3 4
1999 22 DET AL 37 180 142 27 33 6 0 8 3 1 35 32 .232 .383 .444 .827 .240 63 2 1 0 2 1
2000 23 DET AL 69 324 268 44 61 8 2 8 6 4 45 71 .228 .339 .362 .700 .272 97 6 3 2 6 4
2001 24 DET AL 62 239 218 33 56 14 4 2 4 0 18 52 .257 .311 .385 .696 .325 84 5 0 1 2 4
2002 25 DET AL 12 58 45 13 17 0 1 1 2 0 8 8 .378 .474 .489 .963 .421 22 2 2 1 2 1
2003 26 DET AL 23 105 92 17 25 3 0 5 3 0 9 13 .272 .340 .467 .807 .267 43 2 1 2 1 1
2005 28 COL NL 12 62 47 17 19 1 0 3 0 1 11 4 .404 .525 .617 1.142 .390 29 1 2 1 1 0
7 Seasons 257 1162 964 167 249 39 9 30 20 8 157 224 .258 .363 .411 .774 .301 396 24 11 13 17 15
162 Game Avg. 68 307 255 44 66 10 2 8 5 2 42 59 .258 .363 .411 .774 .301 105 6 3 3 4 4
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
1998 21 DET AL 42 42 10 5 1 4 0 4 0% 10 6 30 15 50% 7 1.408 22 9 9 13 13 16 17 25 13 11 13 10 3.1 19
1999 22 DET AL 37 37 9 2 1 2 0 2 0% 6 3 26 13 50% 7 0.585 11 6 19 14 1 22 15 22 11 11 12 5 3.1 22
2000 23 DET AL 69 69 27 3 2 1 1 0 100% 10 9 47 17 36% 7 0.638 14 13 37 15 6 48 29 40 23 24 26 14 3.2 19
2001 24 DET AL 62 62 41 3 1 24 22 2 92% 33 9 41 9 22% 9 1.305 28 15 19 38 5 19 27 35 10 23 13 14 2.7 14
2002 25 DET AL 12 12 8 2 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 1 1 100% 8 1.168 4 0 7 2 2 8 1 11 1 3 1 0 2.8 18
2003 26 DET AL 23 23 10 0 1 4 3 1 75% 8 4 13 6 46% 8 1.319 10 2 11 9 4 10 7 16 7 6 8 5 3.0 16
2005 28 COL NL 12 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.604 1 4 5 3 1 8 0 12 0 3 0 3 2.5 20
7 Seasons 257 257 111 15 7 37 26 11 70% 71 33 158 61 39% 0.982 90 49 107 94 32 131 96 161 65 81 73 51 3.0 18

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%
1998 21 DET AL 194 41% 1.6% 22.7% 16.0% 6.2% 32% 0.68 1.13 56% 19% 6.0% 24% 49 6 12%
1999 22 DET AL 180 42% 4.4% 17.8% 19.4% 7.8% 42% 0.44 0.42 58% 19% 12.9% 19% 41 2 5%
2000 23 DET AL 324 44% 2.5% 21.9% 13.9% 5.6% 30% 0.82 1.08 60% 22% 9.0% 17% 80 6 8%
2001 24 DET AL 239 50% 0.8% 21.8% 7.5% 8.4% 36% 0.52 0.76 69% 30% 2.2% 15% 51 5 10%
2002 25 DET AL 58 53% 1.7% 13.8% 13.8% 3.5% 12% 0.73 0.67 66% 30% 5.3% 14% 23 2 9%
2003 26 DET AL 105 36% 4.8% 12.4% 8.6% 7.6% 32% 0.86 1.11 71% 16% 13.2% 10% 20 2 10%
2005 28 COL NL 62 37% 4.8% 6.5% 17.7% 6.5% 21% 0.48 0.47 66% 27% 11.5% 10% 22 1 5%
7 Seasons 1162 44% 2.6% 19.3% 13.5% 6.7% 31% 0.64 0.83 63% 23% 8.0% 17% 286 24 8%
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
1998 21 DET AL 194 777 4.01 435 56% 23% 17% 33% 27% 77% 4% 43% 78% 42% 8% 16 6 18% 34 20 0 32% 6 6 0 0 0
1999 22 DET AL 180 793 4.41 446 56% 25% 19% 31% 25% 75% 0% 42% 75% 47% 14% 25 12 22% 40 30 5 28% 5 12 0 0 0
2000 23 DET AL 324 1320 4.07 806 61% 26% 21% 27% 25% 74% 2% 45% 72% 57% 9% 29 13 32% 105 65 8 24% 17 13 0 0 0
2001 24 DET AL 239 892 3.73 587 66% 22% 22% 27% 29% 78% 5% 51% 71% 56% 5% 12 7 23% 55 37 6 10% 10 3 0 0 0
2002 25 DET AL 58 216 3.72 131 61% 19% 11% 39% 31% 81% 5% 49% 86% 52% 7% 4 2 19% 11 8 1 50% 2 1 0 0 0
2003 26 DET AL 105 371 3.53 228 61% 28% 10% 27% 36% 72% 3% 44% 87% 52% 8% 8 6 22% 23 17 3 31% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 28 COL NL 62 235 3.79 138 59% 24% 9% 35% 33% 76% 0% 45% 89% 55% 6% 4 1 10% 6 3 1 25% 0 3 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1162 4604 3.96 2771 60% 24% 18% 30% 28% 76% 3% 45% 76% 52% 8% 98 47 24% 274 180 24 24% 43 39 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
1998 21 DET AL 194 38 3 0 3 0 14 3 0 2 1 24 12 2 50% 1 2 0 76 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1999 22 DET AL 180 33 0 0 8 0 11 1 7 3 5 7 6 0 86% 1 3 0 73 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2000 23 DET AL 324 61 9 0 8 1 17 4 4 4 4 22 14 3 64% 5 4 0 140 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
2001 24 DET AL 239 56 3 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 20 15 4 75% 4 9 2 106 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2002 25 DET AL 58 17 3 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 10 7 1 70% 1 1 3 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2003 26 DET AL 105 25 3 1 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 4 1 0 25% 1 1 1 43 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2005 28 COL NL 62 19 3 0 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 5 2 0 40% 2 0 1 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 1162 249 24 1 30 1 66 14 16 13 17 92 57 10 62% 15 20 7 497 20 8 71% 17 7 3 1 0 0 3 1 60 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+
1998 21 5 1 .833 3.27 42 0 10 0 0 0 44.0 38 16 16 3 31 4 44 2 0 2 194 144 1.568 7.8 0.6 6.3 9.0 1.42 144
1999 22 7 2 .778 4.39 79 0 19 0 0 0 82.0 71 43 40 11 66 5 76 3 0 5 374 109 1.671 7.8 1.2 7.2 8.3 1.15 109
2000 23 10 4 .714 4.55 148 0 46 0 0 1 156.1 132 87 79 19 111 9 147 6 0 9 698 104 1.554 7.6 1.1 6.4 8.5 1.32 104
2001 24 13 5 .722 4.62 210 0 87 0 0 23 212.1 188 120 109 21 129 13 199 6 1 18 937 100 1.493 8.0 0.9 5.5 8.4 1.54 100
2002 25 15 6 .714 4.84 222 0 95 0 0 23 223.1 205 133 120 22 137 14 207 8 1 19 995 95 1.531 8.3 0.9 5.5 8.3 1.51 95
2003 26 15 7 .682 4.89 245 0 105 0 0 26 246.2 230 150 134 27 146 15 220 9 1 20 1100 93 1.524 8.4 1.0 5.3 8.0 1.51 93
2004 27 15 7 .682 4.89 245 0 105 0 0 26 246.2 230 150 134 27 146 15 220 9 1 20 1100 93 1.524 8.4 1.0 5.3 8.0 1.51 93
2005 28 15 7 .682 5.19 257 0 111 0 0 26 256.2 249 167 148 30 157 15 224 11 1 20 1162 88 1.582 8.7 1.1 5.5 7.9 1.43 88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1998 21 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 37 17 15 3 30 42 2 1.595 7.9 6.4 9.0 1.40 0.6 42
1999 22 2 2 .500 4.97 38.0 32 23 21 8 34 32 1 1.737 7.6 8.1 7.6 0.94 1.9 37
2000 23 4 4 .500 4.44 73.0 59 40 36 8 44 70 3 1.411 7.3 5.4 8.6 1.59 1.0 69
2001 24 2 4 .333 4.91 55.0 56 33 30 2 18 51 0 1.345 9.2 2.9 8.3 2.83 0.3 62
2002 25 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 17 12 11 1 8 7 2 2.500 15.3 7.2 6.3 0.88 0.9 12
2003 26 1 1 .500 5.48 23.0 26 16 14 5 9 13 1 1.522 10.2 3.5 5.1 1.44 2.0 23
2005 28 0 1 .000 11.70 10.0 19 14 13 3 11 4 2 3.000 17.1 9.9 3.6 0.36 2.7 12
7 Seasons 11 15 .423 5.02 251.0 246 155 140 30 154 219 11 1.594 8.8 7.9 1.42 1.1 257

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2001 AL--9--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL--born 1976-08-17--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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