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Matt Anderson

Position: Relief 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)

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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.19

257

256.2

224

WHIP

1.582

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1998	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	DET	2	0	1.000	0.66	1.10	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
1998	21	-2.6	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	DET	1	0	1.000	0.60	0.60	13	0	12	0	0	10	15.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	1	56	0.800	4.2	0.6	3.0	6.6	2.20
1998	21	-1.4	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	1	0	1.000	0.69	1.38	17	0	13	0	0	3	26.0	18	4	2	0	8	0	34	0	0	2	108	1.000	6.2	0.0	2.8	11.8	4.25
1998	21	-8.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	1	.833	3.27	3.27	42	0	10	0	0	0	44.0	38	16	16	3	31	4	44	2	0	2	194	1.568	7.8	0.6	6.3	9.0	1.42
1999	22	-4.7	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	4	.000	6.39	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
1999	22	-7.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	1	.667	5.68	6.39	37	0	9	0	0	0	38.0	33	27	24	8	35	1	32	1	0	3	180	1.789	7.8	1.9	8.3	7.6	0.91
2000	23	-5.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	4.72	5.33	69	0	27	0	0	1	74.1	61	44	39	8	45	4	71	3	0	4	324	1.426	7.4	1.0	5.4	8.6	1.58
2001	24	-4.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	1	.750	4.82	5.30	62	0	41	0	0	22	56.0	56	33	30	2	18	4	52	0	1	9	239	1.321	9.0	0.3	2.9	8.4	2.89
2002	25	-3.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	1	.667	9.00	10.64	12	0	8	0	0	0	11.0	17	13	11	1	8	1	8	2	0	1	58	2.273	13.9	0.8	6.5	6.5	1.00
2003	26	-0.8	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	3	.250	3.79	5.45	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
2003	26	-2.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	5.40	6.56	23	0	10	0	0	3	23.1	25	17	14	5	9	1	13	1	0	1	105	1.457	9.6	1.9	3.5	5.0	1.44
2004	27	0.1	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	5	.000	5.82	6.88	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
2005	28	0.8	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	3	3	.500	4.21	4.40	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
2005	28	-1.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	0	0		12.60	15.30	12	0	6	0	0	0	10.0	19	17	14	3	11	0	4	2	0	0	62	3.000	17.1	2.7	9.9	3.6	0.36
2006	29	2.2	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	2	.333	9.17	9.44	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
2006	29	-0.3	Bridgeport	ATLL	Ind		1	1	.500	4.11	4.11	15	0	4	0	0	2	15.1	12	7	7	1	8	0	17	1	0	0	66	1.304	7.0	0.6	4.7	10.0	2.13
2007-08	30	3.0	Hermosillo	MXPW	FgW		0	2	.000	5.40	8.10	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	15	1.500	5.4	2.7	8.1	5.4	0.67
2008	31	3.9	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	0	0		5.60	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
2008-09	31	4.1	Santurce	PRWL	FgW		1	3	.250	3.86	4.82	15	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	16	10	8	1	14	3	10	3	0	4	90	1.607	7.7	0.5	6.8	4.8	0.71
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		15	7	.682	5.19	5.86	257	0	111	0	0	26	256.2	249	167	148	30	157	15	224	11	1	20	1162	1.582	8.7	1.1	5.5	7.9	1.43
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		7	17	.292	4.90	5.44	198	9	120	0	0	31	250.0	248	151	136	34	133	4	230	9	4	24	1126	1.524	8.9	1.2	4.8	8.3	1.73
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		1	5	.167	4.09	5.32	18	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	18	13	10	2	17	4	12	3	0	4	105	1.591	7.4	0.8	7.0	4.9	0.71
Other (1 season)					Other		1	1	.500	4.11	4.11	15	0	4	0	0	2	15.1	12	7	7	1	8	0	17	1	0	0	66	1.304	7.0	0.6	4.7	10.0	2.13
All Levels (11 Seasons)							24	30	.444	4.98	5.59	488	9	242	0	0	59	544.0	527	338	301	67	315	23	483	24	5	48	2459	1.548	8.7	1.1	5.2	8.0	1.53

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		5	17	.227	5.73	6.29	168	9	95	0	0	18	209.0	223	146	133	33	120	4	185	9	4	21	962	1.641	9.6	1.4	5.2	8.0	1.54
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.60	0.60	13	0	12	0	0	10	15.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	1	56	0.800	4.2	0.6	3.0	6.6	2.20
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.69	1.38	17	0	13	0	0	3	26.0	18	4	2	0	8	0	34	0	0	2	108	1.000	6.2	0.0	2.8	11.8	4.25