Matt Anderson

Position: 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)

Debut: June 25, 1998 (Age 21-312d, 17,285th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

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

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 2 tying, 8 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	27
COL	3

Platoon
vs LHB	16
vs RHB	14

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	13

Outs
2	13
1	10
0	7

13 Opps
CHW	6
KCR	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
SEA	3
CLE	2
HOU	2
BAL	2
TBD	1
OAK	1
ANA	1
CHC	1
TOR	1

26 Batters
Bobby Kielty	2
Jason Varitek	2
Alex Rodriguez	2
Paul Konerko	2
Jeff Abbott	1
José Canseco	1
Greg Norton	1
Ken Harvey	1
Eric Davis	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Joe Randa	1
David Bell	1
Darin Erstad	1
Enrique Wilson	1
Jason Lane	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Harold Baines	1
Matt Stairs	1
Midre Cummings	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Ray Durham	1
Aaron Guiel	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Ben Grieve	1
Travis Hafner	1

13 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	10
89	5
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
3	8
6	4
4	4
1	3
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	9
12-	8
---	8
1-3	2
123	1
-2-	1
-23	1

65 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	8
1 on	10
2 on	11
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
5	1
6	1
7	8
8	13
9	5
Extra	2

4-6	2
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	5
+1	1
Tied	7
-2	3
-4..	2

Ahead	18
Tied	7
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	7
2-0	5
3-2	3
0-0	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
1-0	2
1-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	5
DH	5
1B	3
PH	3
CF	3
LF	3
3B	3
SS	2
PH/DH	1
2B	1
C	1

OrderPos
7th	6
3rd	5
4th	5
5th	4
6th	4
1st	2
8th	2
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1998-07-30	Eric Davis	BAL	@	DET	tied 4-4	t 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	3	9	28%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Surhoff Scores
2	2	2	1	1998-08-09	Alex Rodriguez	SEA	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 7	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	6	31%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Monahan Scores; J. Cora Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1998-09-08	Jeff Abbott	CHW		DET	ahead 7-5	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	8	9%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Ordóñez Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1999-05-05	Darin Erstad	ANA	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	7	18%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Walbeck Scores
5	5	2	1	1999-05-09	Harold Baines	BAL	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	DH	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Surhoff Scores
6	6	3	1	1999-05-28	Greg Norton	CHW	@	DET	ahead 8-1	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	4	1	1999-05-31	Jason Varitek	BOS		DET	behind 4-6	b 7	1	1--	3,(2-0) 1BBX	2	3	PH/DH	30%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Offerman Scores
8	8	5	2	1999-05-31	Troy O'Leary	BOS		DET	tied 6-6	b 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	7	26%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Garciaparra Scores
9	9	6	1	1999-09-09	José Canseco	TBD		DET	tied 2-2	b 5	2	-23	5,(2-2) B.BCCX	3	3	DH	27%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Smith Scores; T. Lowery Scores
10	10	7	1	1999-09-18	Jason Varitek	BOS		DET	ahead 6-0	b 8	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Nixon Scores; J. Offerman Scores
11	11	8	1	1999-09-30	Midre Cummings	MIN		DET	behind 2-4	b 6	2	12-	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	3	7	PH	41%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cordova Scores/unER; M. Lawton Scores/unER; M. Cummings Scores/Team unER
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2000-06-03	Sammy Sosa	CHC		DET	behind 0-5	b 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	9	9%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Girardi Scores; M. Grace Scores
13	13	2	1	2000-06-21	Carlos Delgado	TOR		DET	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) SCBBBX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	2000-06-25	Enrique Wilson	CLE		DET	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	24%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	2000-07-14	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	DET	ahead 8-2	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	2000-08-12	Ben Grieve	OAK		DET	ahead 6-4	b 7	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	4	7	9%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Tejada Scores; J. Giambi Scores
17	17	6	1	2000-08-22	Alex Rodriguez	SEA	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	12-	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	3	3	6	8%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Henderson Scores; J. Olerud Scores
18	18	7	1	2000-09-20	Ray Durham	CHW	@	DET	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	1	4	13%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Konerko Scores; C. Singleton Scores; C. Johnson Scores
19	19	8	2	2000-09-20	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	DET	ahead 11-6	t 9	2	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Christensen Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2001-06-03	Paul Konerko	CHW		DET	tied 6-6	b 10	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	3	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Perry Scores; R. Durham Scores
21	21	2	1	2001-08-23	David Bell	SEA		DET	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2002-04-14	Bobby Kielty	MIN		DET	behind 5-7	b 8	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	9	PH	33%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Pierzynski Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2003-04-06	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		DET	ahead 7-2	b 8	2	1-3	2,(1-0) .BX	3	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores/unER; J. Paul Scores/unER; M. Ordóñez Scores/Team unER
24	24	2	1	2003-04-17	Bobby Kielty	MIN		DET	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	6	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
25	25	3	1	2003-04-18	Ken Harvey	KCR		DET	tied 3-3	b 11	0	---	4,(0-2) CCFX	1	6	DH	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	2003-09-15	Joe Randa	KCR	@	DET	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	5	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Beltrán Scores; R. Ibañez Scores
27	27	5	2	2003-09-15	Aaron Guiel	KCR	@	DET	ahead 9-4	t 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BBFCX	1	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2005-06-14	Travis Hafner	CLE		COL	ahead 9-2	b 8	0	1--	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	2	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Belliard Scores/unER
29	29	2	1	2005-06-26	Matt Stairs	KCR	@	COL	behind 2-9	t 9	2	1--	4,(2-1) .BCBX	2	8	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); S. Costa Scores
30	30	3	1	2005-06-27	Jason Lane	HOU	@	COL	ahead 8-2	t 8	2	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	5	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Taveras Scores; M. Ensberg Scores