Brian James Anderson

Full Name: Brian James Anderson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 10, 1993
Birthdate: April 26, 1972	Final Game: May 8, 2005
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on April 26, 1972 in Portsmouth, Virginia, Brian Anderson (Brian James Anderson) played for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 13 year career. Anderson broke into the bigs on September 10, 1993 with the California Angels, and put up a 5.22 ERA in 101.2 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Brian Anderson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2003, when he posted a 3.78 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 87 batters. However, others believe that it was 2000, when he posted a 4.05 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 104 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	CAL	A	4	1	0	0	3.97	4	5	5	0	0	0	11.1	11	1	2	0	0	0
1994	CAL	A	18	18	7	5	5.22	47	63	59	0	0	0	101.2	120	13	27	0	5	5
1995	CAL	A	18	17	6	8	5.87	45	66	65	1	0	0	99.2	110	24	30	2	1	3
1996	CLE	A	10	9	3	1	4.91	21	29	28	0	0	0	51.1	58	9	14	1	2	0
1997	CLE	A	8	8	4	2	4.69	22	28	25	0	0	0	48	55	7	11	0	1	0
1998	ARI	N	32	32	12	13	4.33	95	109	100	2	1	0	208	221	39	24	2	3	4
1999	ARI	N	31	19	8	2	4.57	75	69	66	2	1	1	130	144	18	28	3	0	1
2000	ARI	N	33	32	11	7	4.05	104	101	96	2	0	0	213.1	226	38	39	7	1	3
2001	ARI	N	29	22	4	9	5.20	55	93	77	1	0	0	133.1	156	25	30	2	2	1
2002	ARI	N	35	24	6	11	4.79	81	86	83	0	0	0	156	174	23	32	3	2	1
2003	KC	A	7	7	5	1	3.99	15	22	22	2	1	0	49.2	50	6	11	0	1	0
2003	CLE	A	25	24	9	10	3.71	72	88	61	0	0	0	148	162	21	32	3	2	4
2003	TOT	A	32	31	14	11	3.78	87	110	83	2	1	0	197.2	212	27	43	3	3	4
2004	KC	A	35	26	6	12	5.64	70	123	104	2	1	0	166	217	33	53	4	2	1
2005	KC	A	6	6	1	2	6.75	17	24	23	0	0	0	30.2	39	7	4	1	0	0
Total	NL		160	129	41	42	4.52	410	458	422	7	2	1	840.2	921	143	153	17	8	10
Total	AL		131	116	41	41	4.99	313	448	392	5	2	0	706.1	822	121	184	11	14	13
Total			291	245	82	83	4.74	723	906	814	12	4	1	1547	1743	264	337	28	22	23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	CAL	A	P	4	1	11.1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1994	CAL	A	P	18	18	101.2	6	10	1	0	2	4	5	3	.941
1995	CAL	A	P	18	17	99.2	4	16	2	0	0	8	3	3	.909
1996	CLE	A	P	10	9	51.1	3	13	2	1	1	6	6	2	.889
1997	CLE	A	P	8	8	48	0	11	0	0	0	3	5	3	1.000
1998	ARI	N	P	32	32	208	11	46	2	4	0	4	9	9	.966
1999	ARI	N	P	31	19	130	10	36	2	1	0	6	0	4	.958
2000	ARI	N	P	33	32	213.1	13	47	1	4	0	8	7	9	.984
2001	ARI	N	P	29	22	133.1	9	32	2	2	0	7	5	7	.953
2002	ARI	N	P	35	24	156	5	36	2	4	1	4	3	8	.953
2003	KC	A	P	7	7	49.2	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	.900
2003	CLE	A	P	25	24	148	6	31	1	2	0	1	7	4	.974
2003	CLE	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TOT	A	P	32	31	197.2	8	38	2	2	0	1	8	5	.958
2004	KC	A	P	35	26	166	5	24	2	2	1	1	4	4	.935
2005	KC	A	P	6	6	30.2	2	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	1.000
Total			P	291	245	1547	76	314	18	21	6	54	56	58	.956
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1993	CAL	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CAL	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	CAL	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CLE	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CLE	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ARI	N	35	66	6	7	0	0	.106	.145	.106	0	0	3	19	0	6	1	1
1999	ARI	N	32	38	4	5	1	2	.132	.171	.263	0	1	2	10	0	1	1	1
2000	ARI	N	37	69	4	13	0	4	.188	.194	.232	3	0	1	10	0	9	0	1
2001	ARI	N	33	37	1	5	0	2	.135	.135	.216	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	2
2002	ARI	N	38	43	0	5	0	2	.116	.136	.186	1	1	0	9	1	5	0	0
2003	KC	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	CLE	A	27	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	TOT	A	34	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	KC	A	35	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	KC	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		175	253	15	35	1	10	.138	.160	.194	5	3	6	57	1	21	2	5
Total	AL		133	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total			308	255	15	35	1	10	.137	.162	.192	5	3	7	57	1	22	2	5

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Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed July 30, 1993).
Traded by California Angels to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pep Harris and Jason Grimsley (February 15, 1996).
Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks from Cleveland Indians (2nd pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 18, 1997).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 23, 2002).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Trey Dyson, Kieran Mattison and cash (August 25, 2003); Kansas City Royals received Chris White (November 6, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 1, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Texas Rangers (February 7, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).

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