MLB / Players

Jimmy Anderson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb
BornJanuary 22, 1976 · Portsmouth, VA, USA
MLB debutJuly 4, 1999
Final gameJuly 21, 2004
Seasons6 (1999–2004)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1999–2002; Cincinnati Reds 2003; Boston Red Sox 2004; Chicago Cubs 2004

Percentile snapshot

2001 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
59
GS
34
68.7
W
9
9.6
L
17
2.4
SV
0
0
CG
1
19.3
SHO
0
0
H
232
10.8
ER
117
4.8
BB
83
16.9
SO
89
3.6
HR
15
89.2
IP
206.3
55.4
ERA
5.10
10.8
WHIP
1.527
8.4
K/9
3.88
1.2
FIP
4.46
38.6
FIP-
101.5
37.3
ERA+
86.0
10.8
sWAR
0.3
9.6

of 84 qualified 2001 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.2
4.7

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
199913992310010200.333.333.444.77894.095.1.3420.6
200027545057100101100.140.140.160.300-37.5-24.0.1340.3
200134695927100341500.119.175.136.310-24.9-18.0.1520.3
200228474215000121200.119.159.119.278-38.6-25.3.137-0.8
200381391100002400.111.273.111.38417.36.3.216-1.6
200412110000000000.000.000.000.000-128.3-100.0.0000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19991342100025131613229.33.991.3983.994.81105.4114.50.6
2000272651101016984587313144.05.251.5764.564.5799.187.80.3
20013434917010232117838915206.35.101.5273.884.46101.586.00.3
2002282581301016785634720140.75.441.6353.015.51132.976.2-0.8
2003871500060381413838.78.841.9143.036.08142.948.1-1.6
20041200010019966015.75.171.5963.453.8085.186.70.0

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

G
122
PA
193
AB
170
R
11
H
23
2B
3
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
6
BB
8
SO
44
SB
0
BA
.1353
OBP
.1742
SLG
.1529
OPS
.3271

Pitching

G (P)
122
GS
96
W
25
L
47
SV
1
CG
3
SHO
0
IP
575
SO (P)
241
BB allowed
240
ERA
5.419
WHIP
1.5870
K/9
3.77

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2000-05-17PIT @ CIN Gameday222100003
2001-09-25CHC @ PIT Gameday402000202
1999-08-26COL @ PIT Gameday312000102
2000-09-04PIT @ LAD Gameday512000102
2002-04-04PIT @ NYM Gameday302000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2001-05-29MIA @ PIT Gameday6.2633370
2001-06-15CLE @ PIT Gameday7.0522260
2000-04-26SD @ PIT Gameday4.1744260
2002-06-16PIT @ CIN Gameday9.0511550
2000-04-15NYM @ PIT Gameday8.0500150

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.