Matt Anderson

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Full Name: Matthew Jason Anderson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200	First Game: June 25, 1998
Birthdate: August 17, 1976	Final Game: July 1, 2005
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 17, 1976 in Louisville, Kentucky, Matt Anderson (Matthew Jason Anderson) played for the Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 7 year career. Anderson broke into the bigs on June 25, 1998 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.72 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Matt Anderson's best season was 2001, when he posted a 4.82 ERA, notched 22 saves and struck out 52 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	DET	A	42	0	5	1	3.27	44	16	16	0	0	0	44	38	3	31	4	2	2
1999	DET	A	37	0	2	1	5.68	32	27	24	0	0	0	38	33	8	35	1	3	1
2000	DET	A	69	0	3	2	4.72	71	44	39	0	0	1	74.1	61	8	45	4	4	3
2001	DET	A	62	0	3	1	4.82	52	33	30	0	0	22	56	56	2	18	4	9	0
2002	DET	A	12	0	2	1	9.00	8	13	11	0	0	0	11	17	1	8	1	1	2
2003	DET	A	23	0	0	1	5.40	13	17	14	0	0	3	23.1	25	5	9	1	1	1
2005	COL	N	12	0	0	0	12.60	4	17	14	0	0	0	10	19	3	11	0	0	2
Total	NL		12	0	0	0	12.60	4	17	14	0	0	0	10	19	3	11	0	0	2
Total	AL		245	0	15	7	4.89	220	150	134	0	0	26	246.2	230	27	146	15	20	9
Total			257	0	15	7	5.19	224	167	148	0	0	26	256.2	249	30	157	15	20	11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	DET	A	P	42	0	44	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	.889
1999	DET	A	P	37	0	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
2000	DET	A	P	69	0	74.1	4	6	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1.000
2001	DET	A	P	62	0	56	9	5	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.000
2002	DET	A	P	12	0	11	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1.000
2003	DET	A	P	23	0	23.1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	.750
2005	COL	N	P	12	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	257	0	256.2	16	23	2	1	0	7	20	8	1	.951

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1998	DET	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	DET	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	DET	A	69	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	DET	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	DET	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	DET	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	COL	N	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		245	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			257	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1997 - signed December 23, 1997).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2004).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (February 28, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 3, 2005).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 17, 2006).
Released by San Francisco Giants (July 26, 2006).

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