Brett Anderson
2009–2021 · P

Brett Anderson

6' 4", 230 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2021 · 9,955 pitches · 90.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.80
Best ERA · 2010
13
Most W · 2019
150
Most K · 2009
1.193
Best WHIP · 2010
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

13 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2009ATH30300.000.0000
2010ATH19000
2011ATH13100.000.0000
2012ATH6000
2013ATH16000
2014COL81401.143.42961
2015LAD314703.085.27939
2016LAD4300.000.0000
2017CHC13701.143.39352
2018ATH17400.250.50069
2019ATH31800.5001.000132
2020MIL10000
2021MIL242801.000.12517
Career22211506.104

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2009ATH30175.311114.061061501.283
2010ATH19112.3762.80145751.193
2011ATH1383.3364.0098611.332
2012ATH635.0422.57156251.029
2013ATH1644.7146.0464461.612
2014COL843.3132.91129291.315
2015LAD31180.31093.691071161.331
2016LAD411.31211.913552.559
2017TOR1355.3446.3469381.699
2018ATH1780.3454.4892471.282
2019ATH31176.01393.89115901.307
2020MIL1047.0444.21105321.277
2021MIL2496.0494.22101581.354
Career2221140.16774772
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 9,869 pitches · 2015–2021
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFFCHKCFC
SI · Sinker36.9% · 90.3 mph
SL · Slider19.3% · 82.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball16.3% · 90.7 mph
CH · Changeup15.7% · 82.9 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve9.6% · 76.0 mph
FC · Cutter2.1% · 86.4 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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