Brian Anderson
California Angels 1993–1995; Cleveland Indians 1996–1997; Arizona Diamondbacks 1998–2002; Cleveland Indians 2003; Kansas City Royals 2003–2005
Percentile snapshot
2004 season — qualified pitchers
of 89 qualified 2004 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 35 | 75 | 66 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .106 | .145 | .106 | .251 | -43.4 | -32.2 | .124 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 32 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .132 | .171 | .263 | .434 | -2.7 | 7.7 | .191 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 37 | 81 | 69 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .194 | .232 | .426 | -4.7 | 6.6 | .188 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .216 | .351 | -29.5 | -12.9 | .151 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 38 | 49 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .136 | .186 | .322 | -38.3 | -18.4 | .146 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 121.6 | 51.0 | .364 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.1 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11.3 | 3.97 | 1.147 | 3.18 | 3.97 | 88.8 | 112.6 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 59 | 27 | 47 | 13 | 101.7 | 5.22 | 1.446 | 4.16 | 4.88 | 100.4 | 93.1 | 0.6 |
| 1995 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 65 | 30 | 45 | 24 | 99.7 | 5.87 | 1.405 | 4.06 | 6.36 | 135.7 | 79.8 | -0.2 |
| 1996 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 51.3 | 4.91 | 1.403 | 3.68 | 5.53 | 112.2 | 100.4 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 48.0 | 4.69 | 1.375 | 4.13 | 4.81 | 103.2 | 99.4 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 100 | 24 | 95 | 39 | 208.0 | 4.33 | 1.178 | 4.11 | 4.99 | 118.2 | 97.6 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 144 | 66 | 28 | 75 | 18 | 130.0 | 4.57 | 1.323 | 5.19 | 4.39 | 95.7 | 100.4 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 226 | 96 | 39 | 104 | 38 | 213.3 | 4.05 | 1.242 | 4.39 | 4.99 | 106.0 | 116.2 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 77 | 30 | 55 | 25 | 133.3 | 5.20 | 1.395 | 3.71 | 5.32 | 116.7 | 87.6 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 83 | 32 | 81 | 23 | 156.0 | 4.79 | 1.321 | 4.67 | 4.39 | 100.3 | 91.4 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 212 | 83 | 43 | 87 | 27 | 197.7 | 3.78 | 1.290 | 3.96 | 4.70 | 105.0 | 118.5 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 104 | 53 | 70 | 33 | 166.0 | 5.64 | 1.627 | 3.80 | 5.87 | 126.8 | 82.2 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 30.7 | 6.75 | 1.402 | 4.99 | 5.30 | 121.2 | 64.8 | -0.5 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-07-22 | AZ @ SF Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999-08-04 | SF @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000-06-23 | COL @ AZ Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002-07-13 | AZ @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002-05-04 | WSH @ AZ Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-07-28 | SD @ AZ Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 2003-08-14 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1999-07-24 | LAD @ AZ Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999-07-02 | AZ @ STL Gameday | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 2004-08-04 | CWS @ KC Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.