What years did Brett Anderson play?

Brett Anderson played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021.

Was Brett Anderson a pitcher?

Yes. Brett Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 772 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brett Anderson hit?

Brett Anderson hit 0 career home runs with 12 hits.

What was Brett Anderson's career batting average?

Brett Anderson batted .104 over his career, with 12 hits in 115 at bats.

How many RBI did Brett Anderson have?

Brett Anderson drove in 6 runs in his career.

What was Brett Anderson's career ERA?

Brett Anderson finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 67-74 with 772 strikeouts.

Brett Anderson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2021)

Brett Anderson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021 for 6 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 13 seasons. Across 222 career appearances, he went 67-74 with a 4.07 ERA and 772 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6135.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 67–74

ERA 4.07

WHIP 1.33

SO 772

Pitcher PIV 6135.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 230 lb
Born: 2/1/1988 in Midland, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-04-10
Last Game: 2021-10-03

Full name: Brett Franklin Anderson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Brett Anderson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
67	74	222	210	3	1	3	1140.1	1,217	516	115	304	772	4.07	6135.0

Career ERA 4.07 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Brett Anderson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	OAK	AL	11	11	30	30	1	1	0	175.1	180	79	45	150	4.06	4.32 (+6%)	2868.0
2010	OAK	AL	7	6	19	19	0	0	0	112.1	112	35	22	75	2.80	4.08 (+31%)	2491.7
2011	OAK	AL	3	6	13	13	1	0	0	83.1	86	37	25	61	4.00	3.94 (-1%)	-39.5
2012	OAK	AL	4	2	6	6	0	0	0	35.0	29	10	7	25	2.57	4.01 (+36%)	1138.1
2013	OAK	AL	1	4	16	5	0	0	3	44.2	51	30	21	46	6.04	3.87 (-56%)	13.1
2014	COL	NL	1	3	8	8	0	0	0	43.1	44	14	13	29	2.91	3.74 (+22%)	816.3
2015	LAN	NL	10	9	31	31	1	0	0	180.1	194	74	46	116	3.69	3.96 (+7%)	85.5
2016	LAN	NL	1	2	4	3	0	0	0	11.1	25	15	4	5	11.91	4.19 (-184%)	-1054.4
2017	CHN	NL	2	2	6	6	0	0	0	22.0	34	20	12	16	8.18	4.36 (-88%)	-89.8
2017	TOR	AL	2	2	7	7	0	0	0	33.1	39	19	9	22	5.13	4.36 (-18%)	453.4
2018	OAK	AL	4	5	17	17	0	0	0	80.1	90	40	13	47	4.48	4.15 (-8%)	-40.3
2019	OAK	AL	13	9	31	31	0	0	0	176.0	181	76	49	90	3.89	4.51 (+14%)	-294.8
2020	MIL	NL	4	4	10	10	0	0	0	47.0	50	22	10	32	4.21	4.45 (+5%)	83.5
2021	MIL	NL	4	9	24	24	0	0	0	96.0	102	45	28	58	4.22	4.27 (+1%)	-295.8
Career · 14 seasons			67	74	222	210	3	1	3	1,140.1	1,217	516	304	772	4.07	—	6,135

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Brett Anderson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
222	115	4	12	3	0	0	6	0	10	62	.104	.176	.130	.306	-452

Career AVG .104 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 58.8% below league average.

Career OBP .176 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Career SLG .130 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 68.1% below league average.

Career OPS .306 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 58.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Brett Anderson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	OAK	AL	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	OAK	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	OAK	AL	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	OAK	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	COL	NL	8	14	0	2	2	1	0	7	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	LAN	NL	31	47	1	4	1	3	5	32	.085	—	—	—	—	-451.9
2016	LAN	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHN	NL	6	7	0	1	0	1	1	3	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TOR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	31	8	1	4	0	0	0	2	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIL	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	MIL	NL	24	28	2	0	0	1	4	14	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			222	115	4	12	3	6	10	62	.104	—	—	—	—	-452

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Brett Anderson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Brett Anderson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2015	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	1	.000
2013	ALDS2	OAK	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALDS2	OAK	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brett Anderson — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	3	2	0	9.1	10	7	3	10	6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brett Anderson — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	NLDS2	LAN	0	1	1	1	3.0	7	6	0	3	18.00
2013	ALDS2	OAK	0	0	1	0	0.1	1	1	1	1	27.00
2012	ALDS2	OAK	1	0	1	1	6.0	2	0	2	6	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Brett Anderson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	102	43	1	3	0	3	.070
Away	120	72	3	9	0	3	.125

Pitching — Home / Away

Brett Anderson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	102	540.1	576	259	152	350	4.31
Away	120	600.0	641	257	152	422	3.85

Last 10 Games — Batting

Brett Anderson — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	BB	SO
2021-10-03	MIL	LAD	L	0	0	0	0
2021-09-30	MIL	STL	L	2	0	0	2
2021-09-22	MIL	STL	L	0	0	0	0
2021-09-01	MIL	SFG	W	1	0	0	0
2021-08-26	MIL	CIN	L	1	0	0	1
2021-08-20	MIL	WAS	L	1	0	0	1
2021-08-14	MIL	PIT	L	2	0	0	0
2021-08-08	MIL	SFG	L	2	0	0	0
2021-08-01	MIL	ATL	W	2	0	0	1
2021-07-27	MIL	PIT	W	2	1	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brett Anderson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-10-03	MIL	LAD	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-30	MIL	STL	—	5.0	3	2	2	1	2	1
2021-09-22	MIL	STL	L	1.2	6	6	2	1	0	1
2021-09-01	MIL	SFG	—	2.0	3	0	0	1	2	0
2021-08-26	MIL	CIN	L	4.0	4	3	3	2	3	0
2021-08-20	MIL	WAS	L	5.1	5	3	3	3	3	0
2021-08-14	MIL	PIT	L	3.1	8	6	6	1	4	0
2021-08-08	MIL	SFG	—	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	1
2021-08-01	MIL	ATL	W	5.2	3	1	1	1	3	0
2021-07-27	MIL	PIT	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brett Anderson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	222	210	19	205	9	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brett Anderson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	OAK	P	30	30	0	29	0	5
2010	OAK	P	19	19	4	31	1	1
2011	OAK	P	13	13	0	21	2	1
2012	OAK	P	6	6	0	1	0	0
2013	OAK	P	16	5	0	4	0	0
2014	COL	P	8	8	0	5	0	0
2015	LAN	P	31	31	4	47	0	1
2016	LAN	P	4	3	0	3	0	0
2017	CHN	P	6	6	0	6	1	0
2017	TOR	P	7	7	2	7	0	0
2018	OAK	P	17	17	1	7	0	1
2019	OAK	P	31	31	5	25	3	1
2020	MIL	P	10	10	2	6	0	0
2021	MIL	P	24	24	1	13	2	1

Career Games by Position

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Brett Anderson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	222

Awards & Honors

Brett Anderson — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2009	Rookie of the Month	September

Salary History

Brett Anderson — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAN	NL	$15,800,000
2015	LAN	NL	$10,000,000
2014	COL	NL	$8,000,000
2013	OAK	AL	$5,750,000
2012	OAK	AL	$3,250,000
2011	OAK	AL	$1,250,000
2010	OAK	AL	$410,000
2009	OAK	AL	$400,000
Total Career Earnings			$44,860,000

Award Voting History

Brett Anderson — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2009	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	4.0	160	0

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Career Spans

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Brett Anderson: the record in brief

April 10, 2009 and October 3, 2021 bracket Brett Anderson's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. By club, Anderson's seasons break down as the Oakland Athletics (2009 to 2019), the Colorado Rockies (2014), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015 to 2016), the Chicago Cubs (2017), the Toronto Blue Jays (2017), and the Milwaukee Brewers (2020 through 2021). Anderson played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit left-handed. The bio adds a birth date on February 1, 1988, in Midland, TX, USA and a listed size of 6 feet, 4 inches and 230 pounds. Brett Anderson was the playing name; the full given name is Brett Franklin.

Anderson went 67-74 with a 4.07 ERA in 222 games, 210 of them starts. The totals include 772 strikeouts. Anderson's 4.07 ERA was close to the 4.13 league figure for those seasons. 2019 brought Anderson a season-high 13 wins. The strikeout high was 150 in 2009.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brett Anderson

What years did Brett Anderson play?: Brett Anderson played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021.
Was Brett Anderson a pitcher?: Yes. Brett Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 772 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brett Anderson hit?: Brett Anderson hit 0 career home runs with 12 hits.
What was Brett Anderson's career batting average?: Brett Anderson batted .104 over his career, with 12 hits in 115 at bats.
How many RBI did Brett Anderson have?: Brett Anderson drove in 6 runs in his career.
What was Brett Anderson's career ERA?: Brett Anderson finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 67-74 with 772 strikeouts.