Brett Anderson
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 2, #55, Arizona Diamondbacks | Stillwater HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 13 9 3.89 31 31 0 176 90 1.31
2020 4 4 4.21 10 10 0 47 32 1.28
2021 4 9 4.22 24 24 0 96 58 1.35
13 Seasons 67 74 4.07 222 210 3 1,140.1 772 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 31 13-9 3.89 176 90 1.31
2020 10 4-4 4.21 47 32 1.28
2021 24 4-9 4.22 96 58 1.35
13 Seasons 222 67-74 4.07 1,140.1 772 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 27 2716 586 24 4.1 3.2 88.3 114.4 -2.1 24.9 .241 .370 .316 .293 .321 32.9 15.5 6.1 3.69 3.53
2016 28 209 53 4 7.5 6.5 87.7 107.6 2.9 43.4 .348 .538 .504 .396 .411 28.3 8.1 6.5 11.91 7.13
2017 29 900 192 10 5.2 4.0 89.5 112.7 5.1 39.6 .317 .503 .370 .375 .415 44.3 15.1 8.4 6.34 6.36
2018 30 1203 271 21 7.7 6.3 89.0 117.0 4.8 31.7 .270 .436 .331 .321 .356 38.5 14.1 3.9 4.48 4.39
2019 31 2659 600 44 7.3 5.9 89.6 115.1 5.0 30.5 .283 .479 .308 .347 .370 40.0 12.1 6.6 3.89 5.44
2020 32 752 156 10 6.4 5.0 89.1 110.7 4.4 31.4 .274 .447 .328 .333 .369 48.1 15.8 5.0 4.21 4.77
2021 33 1508 321 30 9.3 7.3 90.9 112.9 3.0 30.8 .298 .472 .328 .362 .397 47.0 14.2 6.8 4.22 5.77
Player 9947 2179 143 6.6 5.2 89.3 117.0 2.7 30.4 .276 .444 .328 .334 .364 39.6 14.0 6.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Anderson relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(45.1%) ,
Changeup
(25.7%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(13.1%) ,
Cutter
(8.2%) ,
Slider
(7.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 67.4 10.4 20.8 1.4 34.8 39.9 25.3 1.9 57.2 9.2 18.6 6.1 4.1 3.2
2016 50.9 13.2 34.0 1.9 20.8 30.2 49.1 3.8 41.5 13.2 32.1 0.0 7.5 6.5
2017 50.5 13.5 33.3 2.6 29.7 40.6 29.7 5.7 37.0 13.0 28.6 9.4 5.2 4.0
2018 57.2 14.0 24.4 4.4 38.4 38.4 23.2 3.3 43.9 15.9 22.5 5.2 7.7 6.3
2019 55.5 16.3 23.7 4.5 37.8 41.2 21.0 3.5 43.0 16.0 24.2 5.2 7.3 5.9
2020 59.6 16.7 21.8 1.9 32.7 47.4 19.9 5.1 41.7 16.0 21.8 7.7 6.4 5.0
2021 58.9 15.6 23.7 1.9 42.4 38.3 19.3 5.6 41.7 11.8 25.5 5.9 9.3 7.3
Player 59.2 14.0 24.0 2.8 36.3 40.2 23.5 3.7 46.1 13.2 23.1 6.0 6.6 5.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2021 Sinker MIL L 669 89.1 24.8 0.5 14.5ARM 0.4 9.6 -0.1 14.5ARM -0.2
2021 Curveball MIL L 194 76.0 59.9 1.2 5.9GLV -1.8 -12.4 3.7 5.9GLV -2.0
2021 Slider MIL L 110 81.6 46.3 5.9 4.0GLV -2.2 -5.4 7.0 4.0GLV -0.8
2021 Changeup MIL L 386 82.2 32.9 2.2 13.8ARM 0.6 7.5 0.3 13.8ARM -0.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 9 88.6 21.4 -3.9 7.3ARM 0.9 13.2 -2.9 7.3ARM -0.3
2021 Cutter MIL L 123 85.7 27.3 2.4 0.6GLV -2.4 9.6 1.6 0.6GLV -1.1
2020 Slider MIL L 83 82.2 46.0 6.1 2.5GLV -3.4 -5.8 7.1 2.5GLV -2.6
2020 Curveball MIL L 79 76.1 60.2 0.6 6.8GLV -1.8 -12.9 4.1 6.8GLV -1.4
2020 Changeup MIL L 180 82.7 30.4 0.3 14.0ARM 1.3 9.4 -1.6 14.0ARM 0.4
2020 Sinker MIL L 305 89.7 22.8 -0.6 14.9ARM 0.7 11.2 -2.5 14.9ARM 0.4
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 16 90.2 17.8 -1.0 8.8ARM 2.6 15.9 -0.1 8.8ARM 1.3
2020 Cutter MIL L 89 87.3 24.2 3.6 1.5ARM -4.4 11.3 3.6 1.5ARM -3.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 Sinker -0.2 -1 680 45.1 199 .318 .509 .385 10.7 11.6 16.5 .321 .522 .397 51.9
2021 Changeup 1.5 6 387 25.7 121 .188 .268 .245 19.3 13.2 20.5 .249 .330 .287 35.0
2021 Curveball 0.9 2 197 13.1 24 .261 .348 .283 25.9 29.2 38.9 .285 .421 .318 50.0
2021 Cutter -1.4 -2 123 8.2 28 .308 .538 .384 30.2 17.9 13.5 .349 .642 .437 71.4
2021 Slider -4.7 -5 112 7.4 34 .344 .563 .432 15.7 20.6 11.5 .315 .555 .386 44.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -11.0 -1 9 0.6 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .284 .857 .465 33.3
2020 Sinker -0.8 -2 305 40.6 85 .316 .526 .408 11.4 8.2 9.5 .316 .495 .375 60.0
2020 Changeup 2.2 4 180 23.9 55 .245 .340 .285 21.3 10.9 13.6 .269 .429 .309 41.7
2020 Cutter -0.4 0 89 11.8 21 .211 .368 .333 8.8 9.5 8.3 .291 .557 .391 35.3
2020 Slider -0.4 0 83 11.0 30 .192 .423 .292 38.8 50.0 27.8 .136 .238 .211 33.3
2020 Curveball 0.6 0 79 10.5 10 .400 .800 .505 33.3 20.0 15.4 .311 .495 .346 37.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 0 16 2.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .153 .534 .281 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 360 82.2 94 15.9 10:30 9:45 45
2021 Curveball 186 75.9 72 16.6 5:00 5:15 -15
2021 Cutter 112 85.7 56 8.7 11:30 12:15 -45
2021 Sinker 636 89.1 93 17.5 10:45 10:00 45
2021 Slider 107 81.7 43 9.5 4:30 5:00 -30
2020 Changeup 174 82.7 97 16.7 10:30 10:00 30
2020 Curveball 76 76.1 73 17.3 5:00 5:15 -15
2020 Cutter 85 87.4 64 10.8 11:15 11:45 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 16 90.2 94 17.7 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Sinker 280 89.7 95 18.5 10:45 10:00 45
2020 Slider 82 82.3 45 8.7 4:45 5:30 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 711 2,721 3 14 -15 -7 -5
2010 432 1,650 8 17 -8 -6 11
2011 354 1,347 2 6 -4 -5 -2
2012 157 603 8 7 -2 -2 12
2013 202 776 -6 2 -6 -1 -11
2014 177 655 1 4 -4 -1 0
2015 763 2,763 1 12 -8 -8 -3
2016 62 209 -5 -4 -1 -1 -11
2017 250 897 2 -2 -8 -3 -11
2018 332 1,197 -8 11 -5 -3 -5
2019 741 2,659 16 22 -17 -10 10
2020 202 752 1 9 -4 -4 2
2021 409 1,508 6 9 -11 -5 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,716 49.6 62.2 88.1 30.1 65.2 43.9 58.5 46.0 18.5 7.4 66.8
2016 209 48.8 62.7 89.1 27.1 75.9 44.5 67.7 44.5 14.0 4.3 55.6
2017 900 47.3 66.5 83.0 27.3 67.4 45.4 57.4 45.8 20.4 7.9 78.9
2018 1,203 48.5 67.1 87.7 29.7 69.9 44.7 58.3 47.7 17.2 6.1 72.6
2019 2,659 51.6 66.5 88.5 27.3 64.7 42.6 59.2 47.5 17.0 8.3 75.0
2020 752 45.6 65.3 85.3 27.9 68.4 44.8 66.3 44.9 19.5 5.6 52.4
2021 1,508 43.0 62.0 91.8 26.3 64.6 41.6 56.2 41.6 16.7 5.2 73.1
Player 9,947 48.5 64.6 88.0 28.2 66.3 43.5 59.0 45.8 17.8 7.0 70.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 68 52 61 63 71 23 75 43 48 17 72 15 57 26 1 56 7
2016 32 6 20
2017 3 1 6 24 3 66 65 5 1 10 49 19 46 18 2 28 29
2018 33 12 20 33 58 36 25 29 24 3 99 4 70 16 2 31 18
2019 15 8 14 24 28 4 43 23 20 1 74 1 27 12 1 32 15
2020 33 18 29 41 44 23 58 35 5 9 90 8 53 9 5 43 23
2021 6 2 13 37 11 22 22 8 3 3 72 1 32 6 1 29 18
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.0 4 2.7 1 1 1 2 50.0
2017 22.9 5 6.1 -1 2 4 3 60.0
2018 22.9 10 9.4 1 8 5 5 50.0
2019 22.7 20 23.0 -3 12 18 10 50.0
2020 23.7 6 6.5 -1 5 6 2 33.3
2021 23.1 11 11.2 0 8 13 1 9.1
Player 22.8 56 58.8 -3 36 47 23 41.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 2 2
2017 5 6 5 4 6 6 8 5 4 6 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 4 8 7 8 3
2018 10 12 7 9 7 8 10 9 5 8 7 12 11 9 9 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 14 12 9 9 6 10 12 10 7
2019 20 30 20 27 21 21 26 24 18 16 21 23 32 22 22 22 20 20 23 27 26 24 30 26 21 21 19 24 31 19 13
2020 6 7 9 8 5 6 7 5 3 5 4 5 8 6 6 5 8 6 8 7 7 8 11 6 6 5 6 8 8 7 5
2021 11 14 9 8 11 9 14 12 5 7 9 15 14 8 11 14 10 10 13 11 10 13 19 13 10 9 12 12 12 11 11
Player 56 72 52 58 52 52 68 58 37 44 51 64 76 54 56 61 56 53 62 64 62 65 85 67 55 54 49 66 74 57 41
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 91.8 0.6 ↑ 90.6 -1.2 ↓ 90.3 -0.3 ↓ 90.3 0.0 89.2 -1.1 ↓ 88.6 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 83.6 -0.3 ↓ 83.6 0.0 83.5 -0.1 ↓ 82.6 -0.9 ↓ 82.7 0.1 ↑ 82.2 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.6 80.4 -0.2 ↓ 79.8 -0.6 ↓ 80.7 0.9 ↑ 80.5 -0.2 ↓ 79.2 -1.3 ↓ 78.0 -1.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.3 87.7 -0.6 ↓ 89.5 1.8 ↑ 89.0 -0.5 ↓ 89.6 0.6 ↑ 89.1 -0.5 ↓ 90.9 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle -2.1 2.9 5.0 ↑ 5.1 2.2 ↑ 4.8 -0.3 ↓ 5.0 0.2 ↑ 4.4 -0.6 ↓ 3.0 -1.4 ↓
Barrel % 4.1 7.5 3.4 ↑ 5.2 -2.3 ↓ 7.7 2.5 ↑ 7.3 -0.4 ↓ 6.4 -0.9 ↓ 9.3 2.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.9 28.3 -4.6 ↓ 44.3 16.0 ↑ 38.5 -5.8 ↓ 40.0 1.5 ↑ 48.1 8.1 ↑ 47.0 -1.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.9 43.4 18.5 ↑ 39.6 -3.8 ↓ 31.7 -7.9 ↓ 30.5 -1.2 ↓ 31.4 0.9 ↑ 30.8 -0.6 ↓
xBA .241 .348 0.107 ↑ .317 -0.031 ↓ .270 -0.047 ↓ .283 0.013 ↑ .274 -0.009 ↓ .298 0.024 ↑
BA .278 .446 0.168 ↑ .322 -0.124 ↓ .285 -0.037 ↓ .265 -0.020 ↓ .270 0.005 ↑ .276 0.006 ↑
xwOBA .293 .396 0.103 ↑ .375 -0.021 ↓ .321 -0.054 ↓ .347 0.026 ↑ .333 -0.014 ↓ .362 0.029 ↑
wOBA .316 .504 0.188 ↑ .370 -0.134 ↓ .331 -0.039 ↓ .308 -0.023 ↓ .328 0.020 ↑ .328 0.000
xSLG .370 .538 0.168 ↑ .503 -0.035 ↓ .436 -0.067 ↓ .479 0.043 ↑ .447 -0.032 ↓ .472 0.025 ↑
SLG .402 .732 0.330 ↑ .498 -0.234 ↓ .453 -0.045 ↓ .408 -0.045 ↓ .454 0.046 ↑ .439 -0.015 ↓
K% 15.5 8.1 -7.4 ↓ 15.1 7.0 ↑ 14.1 -1.0 ↓ 12.1 -2.0 ↓ 15.8 3.7 ↑ 14.2 -1.6 ↓
BB% 6.1 6.5 0.4 ↑ 8.4 1.9 ↑ 3.9 -4.5 ↓ 6.6 2.7 ↑ 5.0 -1.6 ↓ 6.8 1.8 ↑
Swing % 46.0 44.5 -1.5 ↓ 45.8 1.3 ↑ 47.7 1.9 ↑ 47.5 -0.2 ↓ 44.9 -2.6 ↓ 41.6 -3.3 ↓
Whiff% 18.5 14.0 -4.5 ↓ 20.4 6.4 ↑ 17.2 -3.2 ↓ 17.0 -0.2 ↓ 19.5 2.5 ↑ 16.7 -2.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.6 48.8 -0.8 ↓ 47.3 -1.5 ↓ 48.5 1.2 ↑ 51.6 3.1 ↑ 45.6 -6.0 ↓ 43.0 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.4 51.2 0.8 ↑ 52.7 1.5 ↑ 51.5 -1.2 ↓ 48.4 -3.1 ↓ 54.4 6.0 ↑ 57.0 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.1 27.1 -3.0 ↓ 27.3 0.2 ↑ 29.7 2.4 ↑ 27.3 -2.4 ↓ 27.9 0.6 ↑ 26.3 -1.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.7 32.3 6.6 ↑ 31.1 -1.2 ↓ 25.5 -5.6 ↓ 26.2 0.7 ↑ 33.2 7.0 ↑ 24.4 -8.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 67.7 9.2 ↑ 57.4 -10.3 ↓ 58.3 0.9 ↑ 59.2 0.9 ↑ 66.3 7.1 ↑ 56.2 -10.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 62 .504 42 2 4.8 20 6 30.0
2017 Shifts 250 .372 207 0 0.0 43 7 16.3
2018 Shifts 333 .331 256 11 4.3 77 19 24.7
2019 Shifts 741 .308 549 18 3.3 192 68 35.4
2020 Shifts 202 .328 164 54 32.9 38 30 78.9
2021 Shifts 409 .328 323 26 8.0 86 45 52.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 554 14.0 66.6% 1.3% 285 18.0 16.5% 6.0%
2011 408 13.7 66.7% 0.7% 243 18.2 10.3% 3.3%
2012 171 13.2 66.7% 0.6% 72 19.1 5.6% 6.9%
2013 230 13.6 67.0% 1.3% 156 19.0 9.0% 3.2%
2014 201 13.9 62.7% 0.0% 112 19.9 4.5% 5.4%
2015 910 14.8 51.6% 2.9% 384 20.8 11.7% 14.6%
2016 59 16.0 39.0% 0.0% 40 22.0 7.5% 10.0%
2017 236 13.6 65.7% 0.0% 169 18.1 8.3% 3.0%
2018 392 14.2 61.2% 0.5% 159 20.3 0.6% 3.8%
2019 815 14.5 56.2% 0.2% 417 20.0 2.9% 3.8%
2020 237 13.2 69.6% 0.8% 129 17.6 25.6% 1.6%
2021 502 13.0 68.9% 0.4% 272 17.7 19.5% 1.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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