Matt Anderson
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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