Matt
Anderson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 17, 1976 in Usa, KY, LOUISVILLE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 27 DET AL $ 3,010,000 2 6 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 7
2005 28 DET AL $ 860,000 2 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 7 8
2006 29 DET AL $ 860,000 2 6 7 6 6 5 6 9 7 8
2007 30 DET AL $ 860,000 2 5 6 6 6 5 6 9 8 8
2008 31 DET AL $ 5,940,000 2 5 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 8
2009 32 DET AL   2 5 5 5 6 4 5 8 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 5 5 5 6 4 5 8 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,940,000 2 6 7 7 6 5 6 9 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 27 DET AL 2 2 .500 59 0 0 0 0 76.0 83 42 8 40 46 4.97 .278 .360 .445 .804 3.0
2005 28 DET AL 1 1 .500 44 0 0 0 2 59.7 57 18 3 16 49 2.72 .259 .303 .368 .671 5.8
2006 29 DET AL 5 4 .556 59 0 0 0 19 79.0 60 20 5 28 55 2.28 .212 .289 .297 .586 16.3
2007 30 DET AL 4 9 .308 59 0 0 0 30 69.3 62 20 3 22 53 2.60 .237 .298 .302 .599 13.1
2008 31 DET AL 9 9 .500 69 0 0 0 11 77.0 83 40 6 45 49 4.68 .273 .369 .398 .767 6.3
2009 32 DET AL 0 1 .000 27 0 0 0 0 42.7 47 17 5 21 24 3.59 .285 .368 .418 .787 3.0
6 Years Sim 21 26 .447 317 0 0 0 62 403.7 392 157 30 172 276 3.50 .256 .331 .370 .701 47.5
Season Average 3 4 .429 52 0 0 0 10 67.3 65 26 5 28 46 3.50 .256 .331 .370 .701  
Career Highs 9 9 .556 69 0 0 0 30 79.0 83 42 8 45 55 4.97 .285 .369 .445 .804  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   167 69 17 89 128   .232 .317 .356 .673
vs LH   225 88 13 83 148   .276 .343 .382 .725
Home 11 10 .524 161 0 0 0 33 209.0 191 77 7 86 142 3.32 .243 .318 .331 .648
Away 10 16 .385 156 0 0 0 29 194.7 201 80 23 86 134 3.70 .269 .345 .411 .756
Mar/Apr 3 3 .500 47 0 0 0 10 68.6 59 23 4 26 63 3.02 .235 .307 .359 .665
May 5 4 .556 64 0 0 0 14 84.3 94 33 3 35 41 3.52 .284 .352 .378 .730
June 4 4 .500 48 0 0 0 10 65.6 61 27 4 29 39 3.70 .252 .332 .355 .687
July 2 4 .333 47 0 0 0 6 57.0 60 26 6 23 47 4.11 .269 .337 .417 .754
August 6 5 .545 58 0 0 0 10 66.3 64 21 8 26 45 2.85 .248 .317 .368 .685
Sep/Oct 1 6 .143 53 0 0 0 12 61.7 54 27 5 33 41 3.94 .237 .333 .342 .675
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 27 DET AL P 59 0 76.0 4 14 1 1 .947 2.13    
2005 28 DET AL P 44 0 59.7 4 8 1 1 .923 1.81    
2006 29 DET AL P 59 0 79.0 7 10 1 1 .944 1.94    
2007 30 DET AL P 59 0 69.3 7 7 1 2 .933 1.82    
2008 31 DET AL P 69 0 77.0 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.34    
2009 32 DET AL P 27 0 42.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.05    
Career Totals   317 0 403.7 30 56 4 6 .956 1.92    
Career Highs   69 0 79.0 7 14 1 2 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2005 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 1 2 4.50 .333 .375 .533 .908
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 1 2 4.50 .333 .375 .533 .908
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2007-7-30
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 5/11/2004
10/14/2007: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,940,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Detroit on 10/22/2009