What years did Brian Anderson play?

Brian Anderson played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2005.

Was Brian Anderson a pitcher?

Yes. Brian Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 723 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brian Anderson hit?

Brian Anderson hit 1 career home runs with 35 hits.

Brian Anderson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2005)

W–L 82–83

ERA 4.74

WHIP 1.34

SO 723

Pitcher PIV -22172.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 190 lb
Born: 4/26/1972 in Portsmouth, VA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-09-10
Last Game: 2005-05-08

Full name: Brian James Anderson

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
82	83	291	245	12	4	1	1547.0	1,743	814	264	337	723	4.74	-22172.6

Career ERA 4.74 vs. league average 4.45 across their career seasons — 6.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	CAL	AL	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	11.3	11	5	2	4	3.97	4.19 (+5%)	65.8
1994	CAL	AL	7	5	18	18	0	0	0	101.7	120	59	27	47	5.22	4.51 (-16%)	-765.9
1995	CAL	AL	6	8	18	17	1	0	0	99.7	110	65	30	45	5.87	4.45 (-32%)	-4666.7
1996	CLE	AL	3	1	10	9	0	0	0	51.3	58	28	14	21	4.91	4.61 (-6%)	-1077.8
1997	CLE	AL	4	2	8	8	0	0	0	48.0	55	25	11	22	4.69	4.39 (-7%)	-463.7
1998	ARI	NL	12	13	32	32	2	1	0	208.0	221	100	24	95	4.33	4.43 (+2%)	-3304.0
1999	ARI	NL	8	2	31	19	2	1	1	130.0	144	66	28	75	4.57	4.71 (+3%)	864.6
2000	ARI	NL	11	7	33	32	2	0	0	213.3	226	96	39	104	4.05	4.77 (+15%)	-1578.0
2001	ARI	NL	4	9	29	22	1	0	0	133.3	156	77	30	55	5.20	4.42 (-18%)	-3138.7
2002	ARI	NL	6	11	35	24	0	0	0	156.0	174	83	32	81	4.79	4.28 (-12%)	-767.6
2003	CLE	AL	9	10	25	24	0	0	0	148.0	162	61	32	72	3.71	4.40 (+16%)	-862.7
2003	KCA	AL	5	1	7	7	2	1	0	49.7	50	22	11	15	3.99	4.40 (+9%)	-326.2
2004	KCA	AL	6	12	35	26	2	1	0	166.0	217	104	53	70	5.64	4.46 (-26%)	-5401.1
2005	KCA	AL	1	2	6	6	0	0	0	30.7	39	23	4	17	6.75	4.29 (-57%)	-750.6
Career · 14 seasons			82	83	291	245	12	4	1	1,547.0	1,743	814	337	723	4.74	—	-22,173

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
308	255	15	35	5	3	1	10	2	7	57	.137	.162	.192	.354	-1,291

Career AVG .137 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 48.5% below league average.

Career OBP .162 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 51.9% below league average.

Career SLG .192 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 54.5% below league average.

Career OPS .354 vs. league average .759 across their career seasons — 53.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	CAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CLE	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CLE	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	ARI	NL	35	66	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	19	.106	.266 (-60%)	.335 (-57%)	.420 (-75%)	.755 (-67%)	-725.4
1999	ARI	NL	32	38	4	5	0	1	1	2	1	2	10	.132	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ARI	NL	37	69	4	13	3	0	0	4	0	1	10	.188	.270 (-30%)	.344 (-44%)	.437 (-47%)	.782 (-45%)	-565.2
2001	ARI	NL	33	37	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	9	.135	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ARI	NL	38	43	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	9	.116	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	CLE	AL	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	KCA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	KCA	AL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	KCA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			308	255	15	35	5	3	1	10	2	7	57	.137	—	—	—	—	-1,291

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2001	NLCS	ARI	1	1	1	.000
2001	NLDS2	ARI	2	0	0	.000
2001	WS	ARI	1	0	0	.000
1999	NLDS2	ARI	1	2	0	.000
1997	ALCS	CLE	3	0	0	.000
1997	WS	CLE	3	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	11	2	1	29.7	22	8	7	17	2.43

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2001	NLCS	ARI	1	0	1	0	0	3.3	4	1	1	0	2.70
2001	NLDS2	ARI	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	3	1	0	3	2.25
2001	WS	ARI	0	1	1	1	0	5.3	5	2	3	1	3.38
1999	NLDS2	ARI	0	0	1	1	0	7.0	7	2	0	4	2.57
1997	ALCS	CLE	1	0	3	0	0	6.3	1	1	3	7	1.42
1997	WS	CLE	0	0	3	0	1	3.7	2	1	0	2	2.45

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	160	134	5	17	1	7	.127
Away	148	121	10	18	0	3	.149

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	154	834.2	920	420	168	393	4.53
Away	137	712.1	823	394	169	330	4.98

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2005-05-08	KCR	BAL	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1
2005-05-03	KCR	CHW	—	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	2
2005-04-27	KCR	MIN	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	6	1
2005-04-21	KCR	MIN	—	3.0	10	8	7	0	0	2
2005-04-16	KCR	DET	L	7.2	7	3	3	1	3	0
2005-04-10	KCR	LAA	W	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	1
2004-10-02	KCR	CHW	W	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	2
2004-09-26	KCR	CHW	L	7.0	9	5	5	0	4	4
2004-09-20	KCR	TBR	W	7.2	7	3	3	3	2	2
2004-09-13	KCR	NYY	W	6.0	9	3	3	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	291	245	76	313	18	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	CAL	P	4	1	0	1	0	0
1994	CAL	P	18	18	6	10	1	0
1995	CAL	P	18	17	4	16	2	0
1996	CLE	P	10	9	3	13	2	1
1997	CLE	P	8	8	0	11	0	0
1998	ARI	P	32	32	11	46	2	4
1999	ARI	P	31	19	10	36	2	1
2000	ARI	P	33	32	13	47	1	4
2001	ARI	P	29	22	9	32	2	2
2002	ARI	P	35	24	5	36	2	4
2003	CLE	P	25	24	6	30	1	2
2003	KCA	P	7	7	2	7	1	0
2004	KCA	P	35	26	5	24	2	2
2005	KCA	P	6	6	2	4	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	291
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1994	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2005	KCA	AL	$3,250,000
2004	KCA	AL	$3,250,000
2003	CLE	AL	$1,500,000
2002	ARI	NL	$5,375,000
2001	ARI	NL	$4,125,000
2000	ARI	NL	$2,250,000
1999	ARI	NL	$1,800,000
1998	ARI	NL	$775,000
1995	CAL	AL	$135,000
1994	CAL	AL	$120,000
1993	CAL	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$22,689,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Wright State University	Dayton	OH	1991, 1992, 1993

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	4.0	140	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Brian Anderson

What years did Brian Anderson play?: Brian Anderson played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2005.
Was Brian Anderson a pitcher?: Yes. Brian Anderson pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 723 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brian Anderson hit?: Brian Anderson hit 1 career home runs with 35 hits.