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Matt Anderson PTigers

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
7 256.7 15 7 26 224 5.19 -0.2
Birth Date8-17-1976
Height6' 4"
Weight200 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1998 DET 21 42 0 44.0 0.0 44.0 5 1 0 4 0 0 194 38 16 16 3 58 31 27 2 44 3.27 4.36 4.92 3.7 0.4
1999 DET 22 37 0 38.0 0.0 38.0 2 1 0 3 0 0 180 33 27 24 8 63 35 34 1 32 5.68 7.10 9.09 -10.5 -1.0
2000 DET 23 69 0 74.3 0.0 74.3 3 2 1 0 0 0 324 61 44 39 8 97 45 41 3 71 4.72 4.65 5.92 -0.3 -0.0
2001 DET 24 62 0 56.0 0.0 56.0 3 1 22 2 0 0 239 56 33 30 2 84 18 14 0 52 4.82 2.67 3.14 13.7 1.4
2002 DET 25 12 0 11.0 0.0 11.0 2 1 0 2 0 0 58 17 13 11 1 22 8 7 2 8 9.00 5.51 6.50 -0.7 -0.1
2003 DET 26 23 0 23.3 0.0 23.3 0 1 3 1 0 0 105 25 17 14 5 43 9 8 1 13 5.40 6.05 6.75 -2.3 -0.2
2005 COL 28 12 0 10.0 0.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 19 17 14 3 29 11 11 2 4 12.60 9.99 11.71 -5.5 -0.6
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Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1998 DET MLB 42 0 44.0 4.92 101 .267 .279 .348 .458 .277 .307 98 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
1998 LAK A+ 17 0 26.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 JAX AA 13 0 15.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.353 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 DET MLB 37 0 38.0 9.09 27 .287 .286 .360 .454 .273 .240 99 -10.5 -1.0 -10.5 -1.0
1999 TOL AAA 24 4 38.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.307 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 DET MLB 69 0 74.3 5.92 80 .257 .282 .354 .456 .270 .269 92 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0
2001 DET MLB 62 0 56.0 3.14 136 .241 .272 .338 .441 .266 .323 100 13.7 1.4 13.7 1.4
2002 DET MLB 12 0 11.0 6.50 66 .341 .262 .334 .425 .264 .410 100 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2003 DET MLB 23 0 23.3 6.75 58 .285 .275 .337 .440 .268 .260 97 -2.3 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2
2003 TOL AAA 23 5 38.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .365 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TOL AAA 34 0 34.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 COL MLB 12 0 10.0 11.71 -16 .375 .274 .338 .442 .270 .381 118 -5.5 -0.6 -5.5 -0.6
2005 CSP AAA 46 0 47.0 5.18 113 .201 .275 .353 .447 .271 .254 117 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 FRE AAA 26 0 34.2 8.44 17 .373 .282 .359 .447 .279 .386 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 HER Wnt 3 0 3.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CHR AAA 15 0 17.7 5.16 94 .256 .261 .333 .413 .255 .264 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0256.75.9481.273.278.347.449.270.29698-1.8-0.2-1.8-0.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1998 DET MLB 5 1 0 42 0 44.0 38 31 44 3 44% .307 7.8 6.3 0.6 9.0 1.57 3.27 3.7 0.4
1998 JAX AA 1 0 10 13 0 15.0 7 5 11 1 0% -.353 4.2 3.0 0.6 6.6 0.80 0.60 0.0 0.0
1998 LAK A+ 1 0 3 17 0 26.0 18 8 34 0 0% -.429 6.2 2.8 0.0 11.8 1.00 0.69 0.0 0.0
1999 DET MLB 2 1 0 37 0 38.0 33 35 32 8 30% .240 7.8 8.3 1.9 7.6 1.79 5.68 -10.5 -1.0
1999 TOL AAA 0 4 5 24 4 38.0 32 31 35 9 0% -.307 7.6 7.3 2.1 8.3 1.66 6.39 0.0 0.0
2000 DET MLB 3 2 1 69 0 74.3 61 45 71 8 53% .269 7.4 5.4 1.0 8.6 1.43 4.72 -0.3 -0.0
2001 DET MLB 3 1 22 62 0 56.0 56 18 52 2 43% .323 9.0 2.9 0.3 8.4 1.32 4.82 13.7 1.4
2002 DET MLB 2 1 0 12 0 11.0 17 8 8 1 39% .410 13.9 6.5 0.8 6.5 2.27 9.00 -0.7 -0.1
2003 DET MLB 0 1 3 23 0 23.3 25 9 13 5 48% .260 9.6 3.5 1.9 5.0 1.46 5.40 -2.3 -0.2
2003 TOL AAA 1 3 3 23 5 38.0 50 8 31 4 0% .365 11.8 1.9 0.9 7.3 1.53 3.79 0.0 0.0
2004 TOL AAA 0 5 1 34 0 34.0 41 23 25 5 0% .319 10.9 6.1 1.3 6.6 1.88 5.82 0.0 0.0
2005 COL MLB 0 0 0 12 0 10.0 19 11 4 3 33% .381 17.1 9.9 2.7 3.6 3.00 12.60 -5.5 -0.6
2005 CSP AAA 3 3 9 46 0 47.0 36 21 46 5 37% .254 6.9 4.0 1.0 8.8 1.21 4.21 0.0 0.0
2006 FRE AAA 1 2 0 26 0 34.2 48 29 33 8 29% .386 12.6 7.6 2.1 8.7 2.25 9.21 0.0 0.0
2007 HER Wnt 0 2 0 3 0 3.3 2 3 2 1 0% .111 5.5 8.2 2.7 5.5 1.52 5.45 0.0 0.0
2008 CHR AAA 0 0 0 15 0 17.7 16 8 15 2 20% .264 8.1 4.1 1.0 7.6 1.36 5.59 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2003-07-14 2003-08-28 Minors 45 0 Right Shoulder Impingement - -
2002-05-19 2002-09-20 60-DL 124 112 Right Shoulder Strain Torn Teres Major -
2002-04-27 2002-05-18 15-DL 21 18 Right Shoulder Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2004 DET $4,300,000
2003 DET $3,200,000
2002 DET $1,800,000
2001 DET $355,000
2000 DET $255,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$9,910,000
5 yrTotal$9,910,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 41 d

Details
  • sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from COL 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 7/05 contract purchased 5/05 signed as a free agent from DET 2/05 (minor-league contract) sent outright to Triple-A 3/04 recalled 9/03
  • 3 year/$9.7M (02-04)+$6.25M club option
  • 02:$1.8M+$0.1M in bonuses, 03:$3.2M+$0.4M in bonuses, 04:$4.3M+$0.4M in bonuses, 05:$6.25M club option (vests with 100 games finished 03-04) $0.4M buyout
  • avoided arbitration arbitration 2/02 ($2.4M - $1.6M) `97 1-__

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Doctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part 11Rany Jazayerli2006-06-02
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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Drafting College ClosersJeff Erickson2005-06-17
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 24-June 12, 2005Christina Kahrl2005-06-16
Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 29, 2005Ben Murphy2005-06-01
This article requires BP Premium accessDoctoring The Numbers: The Draft, Part TwoRany Jazayerli2005-05-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The Wests, etc.Christina Kahrl2005-03-25
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Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Detroit TigersBaseball Prospectus2003-09-11
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