| Brian Anderson | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 26, 1972 Portsmouth, Virginia |
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| Batted: Switch | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1993 for the California Angels | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 8, 2005 for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 82–83 |
| Earned run average | 4.74 |
| Strikeouts | 723 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Brian James Anderson (born April 26, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played 13 season for five teams, as well as a sports broadcaster and coach. Currently, Anderson is the color commentator on the Rays TV crew on Sun Sports.
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Anderson was born on April 26, 1972, in Portsmouth, Virginia. At Geneva High School (Ohio), Anderson was a four-year letterman in baseball, a three-year letterman in golf, and a two-year letterman in basketball. He went on to attend Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Anderson was selected by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft.
Anderson played for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Kansas City Royals, posting a career ERA of 4.74. He is also noted for having a great pickoff move.
Roughly a month after solid performance during the 1997 World Series, Anderson was the second pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.
Anderson's 2005 season ended prematurely when he tore an elbow ligament, necessitating Tommy John surgery. He attempted a comeback in 2006 with the Texas Rangers, but re-injured it during his rehab program. He had to undergo a second Tommy John surgery. During his convalescence in 2007, Anderson was a fill-in broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians.
On February 1, 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays signed Anderson to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. During spring training however, Anderson left the mound in the middle of a game, and followed that with an MRI. The MRI revealed he had a torn ulnar collateral ligament (for the third time), as well as a torn flexor mass muscle, both in his left elbow. Rays manager Joe Maddon commented by saying, "It can't be repaired; he's done. It's really a big disappointment."[1]
Following the second Tommy John surgery, Anderson was out of baseball for the 2007 season, during which he occasionally filled in as a broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians on SportsTime Ohio, as well as doing several spring training games and a weekly highlight show.[2]
In 2008, he served temporarily as a color analyst for Rays television broadcasts during a ten-game West Coast road trip, teamed with play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats while regular Rays broadcast partner Joe Magrane was away on assignment as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Anderson was an assistant to the pitching coach from and worked in the front office for the Rays.
In 2009 and 2010, Anderson again worked as a part-time TV analyst for the Rays, calling about 50 games for which Magrane's successor, Kevin Kennedy, was unavailable. In October 2010, the Rays announced that Anderson would become the team's full-time TV analyst beginning in 2011.[3]
Anderson resides in Bratenahl, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, and has two children, Rylyn Mae (5) and Jackson James (2).
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