Ian Anderson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 170LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #3, Atlanta Braves | Shenendehowa (NY) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 9 5 3.58 24 24 0 128.1 124 1.23
2022 10 6 5.00 22 22 0 111.2 97 1.51
2025 0 1 11.57 7 0 0 9.1 8 2.57
4 Seasons 22 14 4.22 59 52 0 281.2 270 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 24 9-5 3.58 128.1 124 1.23
2022 22 10-6 5.00 111.2 97 1.51
2025 7 0-1 11.57 9.1 8 2.57
4 Seasons 59 22-14 4.22 281.2 270 1.37
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
2020 22 571 81 1 1.2 0.7 86.7 114.5 8.9 18.5 .182 .232 .234 .241 .272 32.1 29.7 10.1 1.95 2.42
2021 23 2175 357 34 9.5 6.4 88.3 117.3 6.4 29.4 .240 .410 .293 .317 .373 38.7 23.2 9.9 3.58 4.30
2022 24 2005 341 21 6.2 4.3 89.2 113.4 8.4 32.0 .254 .383 .333 .323 .356 40.5 19.7 11.0 5.00 4.37
2025 27 203 36 3 8.3 5.9 88.3 115.8 13.4 36.1 .298 .444 .447 .364 .390 41.7 15.7 13.7 11.57 5.24
Player 4954 815 59 7.2 4.8 88.5 117.3 7.8 29.7 .241 .380 .309 .313 .357 38.9 22.2 10.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Anderson relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(51.7%) ,
Changeup
(34.5%) ,
Curveball
(13.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2020 54.3 45.7 18.5 17.3 9.9 46.9 34.6 18.5 30.9 16.0 7.4 16.0 18.5 11.1
2021 52.1 47.9 20.4 21.8 5.6 39.2 35.9 24.9 28.0 15.4 8.7 11.2 20.4 16.2
2022 48.4 51.6 22.9 24.0 4.7 43.4 33.7 22.9 25.8 16.7 5.9 17.6 17.0 17.0
2025 44.4 55.6 22.2 27.8 5.6 44.4 27.8 27.8 25.0 11.1 8.3 19.4 16.7 19.4
Player 50.4 49.6 21.3 22.6 5.6 42.0 34.5 23.6 27.2 15.8 7.4 14.7 18.7 16.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 11.1 35.8 23.5 22.2 6.2 1.2 0.7
2021 7.6 37.5 19.6 21.0 4.5 9.5 6.4
2022 2.3 38.4 20.5 26.7 5.6 6.2 4.3
2025 8.3 22.2 22.2 33.3 5.6 8.3 5.9
Player 5.8 37.1 20.5 24.0 5.2 7.2 4.8
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2025 Curveball LAA R 28 80.9 47.3 -5.1 2.2GLV -5.3 -5.4 -4.4 2.2GLV -7.1
2025 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 105 93.7 16.3 -2.2 7.9ARM 1.3 15.0 -0.8 7.9ARM 0.2
2025 Changeup LAA R 70 88.2 25.7 -5.1 10.6ARM -3.9 9.6 -5.6 10.6ARM -4.0
2022 Curveball ATL R 371 81.7 43.8 -7.0 0.6GLV -6.4 -2.8 -7.1 0.6GLV -8.5
2022 Changeup ATL R 666 88.2 25.3 -2.0 10.4ARM -3.6 9.8 -3.9 10.4ARM -3.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 960 94.0 14.3 -0.4 5.9ARM -0.3 16.7 0.5 5.9ARM -1.5
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 105 51.7 22 .471 .471 .486 8.9 9.1 9.5 .333 .372 .398 40.0
2025 Changeup -1.5 -1 70 34.5 24 .348 .565 .404 41.0 25.0 17.6 .259 .423 .309 41.2
2025 Curveball -8.2 -2 28 13.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 11.1 0.0 0.0 .369 .873 .519 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -3 962 48.0 231 .306 .444 .380 18.1 10.4 9.9 .298 .459 .383 47.1
2022 Changeup 0.5 4 669 33.4 196 .209 .345 .286 36.5 31.6 22.4 .219 .322 .279 33.0
2022 Curveball -1.8 -7 374 18.7 66 .286 .476 .348 37.5 16.7 12.5 .213 .316 .251 34.6
! 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
2025 Changeup 69 88.2 94 14.1 1:15 1:45 -30
2025 Curveball 28 80.9 49 8.2 7:15 6:30 45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 104 93.7 97 16.6 12:45 1:00 -15
2022 Changeup 662 88.2 98 14.1 1:15 1:45 -30
2022 Curveball 368 81.7 46 5.3 7:15 6:15 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 958 94.0 99 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 138 571 5 8 -2 -4 7
2021 533 2,175 15 27 -15 -13 13
2022 493 2,005 0 21 -16 -12 -6
2025 50 203 -2 0 -2 -1 -5
Player 1,214 4,954 19 57 -35 19 9
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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 %
2020 571 50.1 59.8 78.9 26.3 52.0 40.3 60.9 43.1 28.9 8.6 71.4
2021 2,175 46.6 68.7 78.9 26.3 50.3 40.7 58.9 46.1 28.6 7.6 80.6
2022 2,005 43.6 70.8 81.6 28.4 51.7 40.0 56.8 46.9 28.4 6.4 80.5
2025 203 44.8 68.1 87.1 27.7 58.1 37.4 48.0 45.8 22.6 7.4 73.3
Player 4,954 45.7 68.4 80.3 27.2 51.4 40.3 57.8 46.0 28.3 7.2 79.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 61.1 47.3 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
2020 96 93 99 100 83 97 99 79 80 79 33 65 36 64 11 6 99
2021 42 48 43 40 44 13 20 60 49 48 28 69 32 69 12 1 94
2022 28 27 46 65 15 39 70 31 27 27 11 70 39 52 3 1 93
2025 38 2 89
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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 %
2020 25.78 1 0.4 1 2 1 0 0.0
2021 23.73 17 18.2 -1 6 13 8 47.1
2022 23.97 12 12.2 0 5 11 4 33.3
2025 27.42 2 0.3 2 2 1 0 0.0
Player 24.13 32 31.2 1 15 26 12 37.5
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
2020 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2021 17 20 18 18 21 18 21 19 12 15 17 21 19 13 17 22 16 16 19 19 17 20 22 20 15 15 22 21 19 18 16
2022 12 11 11 12 13 12 15 10 8 6 10 16 12 11 13 17 11 10 13 14 10 13 17 15 8 8 16 16 14 13 11
2025 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Player 32 32 31 31 35 30 37 29 21 21 27 42 31 25 30 39 28 27 32 35 27 34 41 35 23 23 39 38 33 31 28
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 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022
Fastball Velocity 94.1 0.5 94.6 -0.6 94.0
Offspeed Velocity 87.4 0.7 88.1 0.1 88.2
Breaking Velocity 80.1 0.6 80.7 1.0 81.7
Exit Velocity 86.7 1.6 88.3 0.9 89.2
Launch Angle 8.9 -2.5 6.4 2.0 8.4
Barrel % 1.2 8.3 9.5 -3.3 6.2
Hard Hit % 32.1 6.6 38.7 1.8 40.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.5 10.9 29.4 2.6 32.0
xBA .182 0.058 .240 0.014 .254
BA .172 0.049 .221 0.043 .264
xwOBA .241 0.076 .317 0.006 .323
wOBA .234 0.059 .293 0.040 .333
xSLG .232 0.178 .410 -0.027 .383
SLG .230 0.141 .371 0.037 .408
K% 29.7 -6.5 23.2 -3.5 19.7
BB% 10.1 -0.2 9.9 1.1 11.0
Swing % 43.1 3.0 46.1 0.8 46.9
Whiff% 28.9 -0.3 28.6 -0.2 28.4
In Zone % 50.1 -3.5 46.6 -3.0 43.6
Out of Zone % 49.9 3.5 53.4 3.0 56.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 0.0 26.3 2.1 28.4
First Pitch Swing % 23.9 7.1 31.0 -0.8 30.2
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 -2.0 58.9 -2.1 56.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 137 .227 66 0 0.0 71 10 14.1
2021 Shifts 525 .292 272 97 35.7 253 137 54.2
2022 Shifts 493 .333 253 138 54.5 240 72 30.0
2025 Shades 50 .447 34 19 55.9 16 13 81.3
! 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 %
2020 161 17.6 27.3% 2.5% 100 25.1 0.0% 10.0%
2021 682 16.1 38.3% 1.0% 306 23.9 0.0% 9.8%
2022 591 16.2 36.2% 1.2% 293 23.8 0.0% 8.9%
2025 51 13.9 62.7% 0.0% 36 16.9 8.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution