Brian Anderson
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 3, #76, Miami Marlins | Arkansas
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 264 233 24 58 7 5 .249 .337 .378 .715
2022 383 338 43 75 8 1 .222 .311 .346 .657
2023 361 318 38 72 9 1 .226 .310 .368 .678
7 Seasons 2,522 2,222 287 559 66 14 .252 .336 .404 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .249 7 5 .715
2022 .222 8 1 .657
2023 .226 9 1 .678
7 Seasons .252 66 14 .740
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2017 24 384 57 3 5.3 3.2 87.7 110.6 8.5 43.9 .254 .384 .309 .320 .412 38.6 29.5 10.5
2018 25 2641 463 27 5.8 4.0 90.2 113.3 8.7 29.2 .261 .407 .333 .334 .367 42.4 19.3 9.3
2019 26 1925 348 31 8.9 6.0 89.9 114.4 11.1 31.3 .253 .454 .342 .340 .392 46.0 21.9 8.5
2020 27 888 135 13 9.6 5.7 87.4 109.5 9.6 34.8 .227 .426 .348 .324 .406 39.3 28.8 9.6
2021 28 1028 168 13 7.7 4.9 88.8 108.7 11.3 33.9 .215 .374 .314 .299 .346 38.7 24.6 9.8
2022 29 1543 238 23 9.7 6.0 88.7 112.0 7.7 31.1 .229 .379 .293 .309 .372 42.0 26.4 9.7
2023 30 1441 213 22 10.3 6.1 87.6 110.3 9.9 34.3 .231 .391 .299 .316 .405 37.1 29.9 10.0
Player 9850 1622 132 8.1 5.2 89.1 114.4 9.6 32.1 .242 .407 .323 .324 .381 41.6 24.2 9.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 50.9 12.3 29.8 7.0 33.3 49.1 17.5 0.0 40.4 12.3 31.6 10.5 5.3 3.2
2018 52.3 18.8 23.3 5.6 35.0 39.1 25.7 2.4 39.3 19.2 27.0 6.0 5.8 4.0
2019 45.7 24.1 23.9 6.3 31.6 39.1 29.3 2.9 33.6 22.4 25.0 7.2 8.9 6.0
2020 48.9 23.7 24.4 3.0 43.0 34.1 23.0 5.2 36.3 23.7 18.5 6.7 9.6 5.7
2021 48.8 25.0 20.8 5.4 32.1 36.9 31.0 1.8 36.3 25.0 21.4 7.7 7.7 4.9
2022 51.3 22.3 21.4 5.0 38.7 36.1 25.2 6.3 34.5 20.2 24.8 4.2 9.7 6.0
2023 47.9 22.5 23.0 6.6 27.7 43.7 28.6 4.7 33.8 21.1 23.5 6.1 10.3 6.1
Player 49.4 21.8 23.2 5.6 34.2 39.0 26.8 3.5 36.1 21.0 24.7 6.4 8.1 5.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -7 453 31.4 116 .220 .360 .298 34.7 32.8 26.0 .203 .354 .305 51.6
2023 Slider -0.8 -2 277 19.2 70 .239 .403 .306 41.7 40.0 27.5 .266 .450 .322 35.9
2023 Sinker 0.7 2 239 16.6 53 .220 .341 .369 20.8 11.3 10.7 .262 .363 .369 31.4
2023 Changeup -1.4 -2 157 10.9 38 .143 .229 .201 39.0 36.8 23.0 .174 .327 .249 23.8
2023 Cutter 0.7 1 103 7.1 24 .364 .591 .433 25.5 8.3 13.3 .297 .634 .413 45.0
2023 Curveball 4.0 4 100 6.9 25 .286 .571 .416 23.5 20.0 14.7 .290 .514 .397 18.8
2023 Sweeper 3.7 3 68 4.7 23 .300 .350 .311 33.3 30.4 24.1 .266 .357 .305 21.4
2023 Split-Finger -7.7 -3 37 2.6 11 .000 .000 .000 45.5 72.7 27.6 .044 .050 .042 33.3
2023 Slurve -0.5 0 5 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 475 30.8 111 .270 .472 .386 23.6 18.0 13.2 .273 .510 .402 52.9
2022 Slider 0.3 1 274 17.8 72 .217 .391 .299 38.2 36.1 24.3 .187 .374 .267 34.9
2022 Sinker -0.5 -1 261 16.9 62 .175 .246 .258 17.8 22.6 23.0 .247 .326 .287 44.2
2022 Changeup -1.0 -2 165 10.7 42 .179 .231 .260 46.2 35.7 26.8 .208 .305 .257 29.2
2022 Curveball 0.5 1 142 9.2 34 .313 .375 .326 32.9 32.4 20.4 .220 .293 .252 38.1
2022 Cutter -1.3 -2 142 9.2 36 .219 .344 .293 32.0 25.0 20.5 .254 .409 .333 43.5
2022 Sweeper -1.6 -1 52 3.4 15 .167 .167 .260 25.0 20.0 15.8 .180 .228 .283 33.3
2022 Split-Finger -11.8 -3 24 1.6 8 .000 .000 .000 37.5 37.5 27.3 .083 .124 .086 20.0
2022 Slurve 0.9 0 7 0.5 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 2 313 30.4 78 .273 .394 .364 22.8 17.9 15.4 .251 .413 .346 46.2
2021 Slider -1.1 -2 222 21.6 55 .157 .196 .211 38.2 36.4 23.5 .148 .284 .221 32.3
2021 Sinker 4.1 8 186 18.1 52 .422 .644 .492 15.5 9.6 11.1 .313 .549 .410 50.0
2021 Changeup -0.6 -1 112 10.9 27 .154 .308 .246 38.3 40.7 28.2 .151 .278 .200 33.3
2021 Curveball -2.2 -2 87 8.5 23 .136 .273 .196 47.5 43.5 31.3 .149 .226 .184 25.0
2021 Cutter 3.2 2 68 6.6 16 .385 .615 .481 21.4 18.8 20.0 .253 .524 .393 20.0
2021 Sweeper -4.9 -1 21 2.0 4 .000 .000 .000 16.7 25.0 10.0 .052 .063 .050 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -0.4 0 18 1.8 7 .167 .167 .229 18.2 14.3 9.1 .191 .216 .254 20.0
2021 Slurve -3.8 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 7 287 32.3 70 .281 .526 .421 30.6 34.3 27.6 .219 .454 .357 60.6
2020 Slider -1.1 -2 180 20.3 50 .156 .244 .225 40.8 30.0 24.2 .122 .194 .191 23.3
2020 Sinker 3.0 4 142 16.0 36 .333 .667 .468 23.9 11.1 13.3 .246 .465 .368 38.5
2020 Changeup 2.9 3 102 11.5 25 .333 .625 .454 33.9 24.0 14.3 .325 .622 .406 38.9
2020 Curveball -1.7 -1 85 9.6 20 .176 .176 .205 36.7 40.0 22.9 .203 .286 .250 10.0
2020 Cutter -1.8 -1 61 6.9 19 .316 .526 .361 41.2 15.8 27.3 .396 .712 .469 43.8
2020 Split-Finger -5.8 -1 23 2.6 7 .000 .000 .000 69.2 85.7 46.2 .081 .098 .076 0.0
2020 Sweeper -0.1 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 610 31.7 148 .219 .398 .327 23.5 14.9 14.1 .256 .484 .359 50.0
2019 Sinker 0.7 3 472 24.5 122 .280 .505 .402 14.5 14.8 18.9 .282 .478 .366 50.0
2019 Slider 1.8 6 343 17.8 95 .313 .590 .423 42.6 31.6 26.1 .227 .412 .321 45.3
2019 Changeup -0.5 -1 169 8.8 53 .235 .373 .295 29.6 34.0 30.0 .217 .383 .269 33.3
2019 Curveball 2.2 4 169 8.8 55 .300 .580 .387 34.4 29.1 29.6 .269 .523 .354 45.7
2019 Cutter 1.3 2 117 6.1 33 .267 .400 .326 28.6 18.2 23.1 .296 .462 .354 41.7
2019 Split-Finger -0.4 0 31 1.6 7 .167 .167 .229 38.5 42.9 23.1 .168 .185 .229 33.3
2019 Sweeper -4.6 0 9 0.5 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .320 0.0
2019 Slurve -9.8 0 2 0.1 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .080 .147 .089 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 7 901 34.1 205 .279 .488 .380 21.9 16.6 13.7 .257 .470 .368 52.1
2018 Sinker 1.6 9 542 20.5 158 .346 .434 .409 12.0 9.5 13.4 .315 .455 .385 47.1
2018 Slider 0.4 2 429 16.2 114 .250 .327 .307 32.7 26.3 21.0 .245 .329 .287 33.8
2018 Curveball -1.0 -3 318 12.0 71 .164 .239 .216 23.8 19.7 14.6 .214 .361 .272 30.2
2018 Changeup 1.2 3 249 9.4 52 .234 .362 .316 33.1 25.0 12.9 .242 .328 .289 14.7
2018 Cutter -0.5 -1 134 5.1 48 .311 .489 .403 34.1 27.1 38.2 .290 .460 .346 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -0.9 0 42 1.6 15 .200 .200 .180 48.1 60.0 31.0 .136 .153 .127 50.0
2018 Sweeper -3.4 -1 20 0.8 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 25.0 20.0 .079 .088 .235 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -2 157 40.9 33 .259 .296 .356 23.6 27.3 24.3 .315 .456 .398 44.4
2017 Slider -0.4 0 81 21.1 20 .278 .444 .348 45.5 45.0 37.5 .199 .288 .255 44.4
2017 Sinker 5.5 3 62 16.1 18 .353 .529 .397 9.1 5.6 5.6 .302 .430 .337 37.5
2017 Curveball -2.5 -1 34 8.9 11 .200 .300 .195 35.3 27.3 25.0 .273 .555 .373 37.5
2017 Changeup 1.2 0 27 7.0 7 .333 .500 .407 69.2 42.9 50.0 .206 .287 .282 33.3
2017 Split-Finger -5.2 -1 10 2.6 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 20.0 .006 .011 .007 0.0
2017 Cutter -6.3 0 7 1.8 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .044 .051 .040 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -7.5 0 5 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 50.0 .022 .022 .022 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 95 384 -3 -3 3 2 -1
2018 667 2,637 -5 -14 22 12 16
2019 519 1,925 10 -17 9 9 11
2020 249 968 4 -6 5 5 8
2021 262 1,028 -3 -3 5 6 6
2022 381 1,542 -4 -14 9 6 -4
2023 361 1,441 -7 -12 9 5 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 384 51.6 65.2 72.9 27.4 62.7 39.8 26.3 46.9 30.0 7.6 82.8
2018 2,641 51.2 68.2 81.6 23.4 56.8 42.9 30.5 46.3 24.3 8.3 75.5
2019 1,925 47.0 65.2 83.7 31.9 52.5 41.9 32.5 47.5 27.4 6.9 75.2
2020 888 44.5 73.4 72.1 29.6 52.7 44.6 39.0 49.1 34.4 6.5 87.9
2021 1,028 49.7 72.8 79.3 27.9 52.1 41.8 35.5 50.2 28.1 7.8 80.0
2022 1,543 48.3 73.9 76.8 29.0 51.9 42.5 37.2 50.7 30.3 6.9 78.5
2023 1,441 50.5 69.4 75.4 28.1 44.5 42.7 35.7 48.9 33.3 8.7 80.0
Player 9,850 49.1 69.5 78.8 27.9 52.5 42.5 33.8 48.3 28.8 7.6 78.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2017 79 45
2018 60 66 45 38 75 56 35 75 91 76 60 60 48 77 54 21
2019 59 43 54 57 62 59 61 63 95 86 45 48 28 29 53 35
2020 45 22 51 63 43 66 62 25 65 47 17 57 9 38 39 94 76
2021 57 50 69 78
2022 42 23 38 49 48 40 65 43 81 61 18 67 16 53 55 9 99
2023 35 18 27 41 37 30 66 19 61 26 12 70 11 51 26 56 98
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
2018 21.7 11 14.3 -3 7 13 5 45.5
2019 21.2 20 21.1 -1 8 13 11 55.0
2020 24.7 11 11.8 -1 1 7 8 72.7
2021 22.9 7 6.1 1 6 3 3 42.9
2022 22.8 8 8.9 -1 2 6 5 62.5
2023 21.5 9 7.5 2 1 11 1 11.1
Player 22.3 66 70.2 -4 25 54 33 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2018 11 19 9 11 13 12 18 12 10 9 13 14 18 14 13 17 16 11 13 17 17 15 22 17 14 11 11 16 19 17 12
2019 20 23 18 25 22 21 22 21 19 15 17 22 26 21 21 19 20 19 22 22 23 20 27 23 20 18 19 23 27 22 16
2020 11 12 14 12 12 13 13 11 11 8 9 13 10 12 11 12 14 13 12 13 14 9 15 9 11 8 13 13 13 14 11
2021 7 6 6 8 6 6 6 8 4 5 5 7 6 5 6 9 6 7 7 6 5 5 9 6 5 5 6 5 4 6 7
2022 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 10 8 8 9 7 10 8 8 11 8 8 8 10 12 8 11 11
2023 9 9 5 5 8 6 8 8 6 6 7 8 10 6 11 7 11 8 7 9 8 5 12 9 8 5 5 8 9 6 6
Player 66 77 59 69 72 68 78 68 59 51 61 74 79 66 72 73 75 67 68 78 75 62 97 73 66 55 65 78 81 76 63
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 90.2 2.5 89.9 -0.3 87.4 -2.5 88.8 1.4 88.7 -0.1 87.6 -1.1
Launch Angle 8.5 8.7 0.2 11.1 2.4 9.6 -1.5 11.3 1.7 7.7 -3.6 9.9 2.2
Barrel % 5.3 5.8 0.5 8.9 3.1 9.6 0.7 7.7 -1.9 9.7 2.0 10.3 0.6
Hard Hit % 38.6 42.4 3.8 46.0 3.6 39.3 -6.7 38.7 -0.6 42.0 3.3 37.1 -4.9
Sweet Spot % 43.9 29.2 -14.7 31.3 2.1 34.8 3.5 33.9 -0.9 31.1 -2.8 34.3 3.2
xBA .254 .261 0.007 .253 -0.008 .227 -0.026 .215 -0.012 .229 0.014 .231 0.002
BA .262 .273 0.011 .261 -0.012 .255 -0.006 .249 -0.006 .222 -0.027 .226 0.004
xwOBA .320 .334 0.014 .340 0.006 .324 -0.016 .299 -0.025 .309 0.010 .316 0.007
wOBA .309 .333 0.024 .342 0.009 .348 0.006 .314 -0.034 .293 -0.021 .299 0.006
xSLG .384 .407 0.023 .454 0.047 .426 -0.028 .374 -0.052 .379 0.005 .391 0.012
SLG .369 .400 0.031 .468 0.068 .465 -0.003 .378 -0.087 .346 -0.032 .368 0.022
K% 29.5 19.3 -10.2 21.9 2.6 28.8 6.9 24.6 -4.2 26.4 1.8 29.9 3.5
BB% 10.5 9.3 -1.2 8.5 -0.8 9.6 1.1 9.8 0.2 9.7 -0.1 10.0 0.3
Swing % 46.9 46.3 -0.6 47.5 1.2 49.1 1.6 50.2 1.1 50.7 0.5 48.9 -1.8
Whiff% 30.0 24.3 -5.7 27.4 3.1 34.4 7.0 28.1 -6.3 30.3 2.2 33.3 3.0
In Zone % 51.6 51.2 -0.4 47.0 -4.2 44.5 -2.5 49.7 5.2 48.3 -1.4 50.5 2.2
Out of Zone % 48.4 48.8 0.4 53.0 4.2 55.5 2.5 50.3 -5.2 51.7 1.4 49.5 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 23.4 -4.0 31.9 8.5 29.6 -2.3 27.9 -1.7 29.0 1.1 28.1 -0.9
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 30.5 4.2 32.5 2.0 39.0 6.5 35.5 -3.5 37.2 1.7 35.7 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 58.3 -1.7 62.7 4.4 64.0 1.3 61.1 -2.9 60.7 -0.4 65.9 5.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 95 1 1.1 .313 .000
2018 Shifts R 663 32 4.8 .332 .346
2019 Shifts R 518 55 10.6 .336 .404
2020 Shifts R 228 41 18.0 .317 .490
2021 Shifts R 262 49 18.7 .335 .227
2022 Shifts R 381 33 8.7 .287 .354
2023 Shades R 359 26 7.2 .283 .500
! 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 %
2017 115 16.9 22.6% 0.0% 56 22.1 0.0% 5.4%
2018 771 16.7 30.7% 1.8% 440 22.1 0.7% 6.6%
2019 609 17.5 19.0% 1.8% 270 23.9 0.4% 8.5%
2020 243 18.3 16.9% 0.4% 142 23.9 3.5% 12.7%
2021 334 17.1 27.5% 0.9% 111 23.7 1.8% 8.1%
2022 426 18.1 19.2% 0.9% 219 22.8 0.5% 10.5%
2023 433 15.0 49.4% 0.2% 202 18.6 5.9% 1.0%
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Statcast Rankings