Matt Anderson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: August 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st) of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: June 25, 1998 (Age 21-312d, 14,893rd in MLB history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 28-318d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Matthew Jason Anderson

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

W

L

ERA

5.19

G

257

GS

SV

IP

256.2

SO

224

WHIP

1.582

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1998	21	DET-min	A+,AA	2	0	1.000	0.66	30	0	25	0	0	13	41.0	25	5	3	1	13	0	45	0	0	3	164			0.927	5.5	0.2	2.9	9.9	3.46	LAK,JCK FLOR,SOUL
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	145	4.28	1.568	7.8	0.6	6.3	9.0	1.42
1999	22	DET-min	AAA	0	4	.000	6.39	24	4	18	0	0	5	38.0	32	27	27	9	31	0	35	1	1	4	173			1.658	7.6	2.1	7.3	8.3	1.13	TOL IL
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	86	7.03	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	4.56	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	89	2.62	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	49	5.42	2.273	13.9	0.8	6.5	6.5	1.00
2003	26	DET-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.79	23	5	9	0	0	3	38.0	50	23	16	4	8	1	31	1	0	0	170			1.526	11.8	0.9	1.9	7.3	3.88	TOL IL
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	81	5.99	1.457	9.6	1.9	3.5	5.0	1.44

2004	27	DET-min	AAA	0	5	.000	5.82	34	0	14	0	0	1	34.0	41	26	22	5	23	3	25	2	1	5	167			1.882	10.9	1.3	6.1	6.6	1.09	TOL IL
2005	28	COL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.21	46	0	36	0	0	9	47.0	36	23	22	5	21	0	46	1	2	7	194			1.213	6.9	1.0	4.0	8.8	2.19	CSP PCL
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	39	10.02	3.000	17.1	2.7	9.9	3.6	0.36
2006	29	SFG-min	AAA	1	2	.333	9.17	26	0	13	0	0	0	34.1	48	36	35	8	29	0	33	3	0	3	179			2.243	12.6	2.1	7.6	8.7	1.14	FRE PCL
2008	31	CHW-min	AAA	0	0		5.60	15	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	16	11	11	2	8	0	15	1	0	2	79			1.358	8.2	1.0	4.1	7.6	1.88	CHR IL
7 Yrs				15	7	.682	5.19	257	0	111	0	0	26	256.2	249	167	148	30	157	15	224	11	1	20	1162	89	4.83	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	89	4.83	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	94	4.62	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	39	10.02	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	94	4.62	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	39	10.02	3.000	17.1	2.7	9.9	3.6	0.36

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