Brett Anderson (baseball)
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Anderson with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 37 | |||
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Born: February 1, 1988 Midland, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 10, 2009, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 38–43 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.86 | ||
| Strikeouts | 507 | ||
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Representing  United States
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Beijing | Team competition |
Brett Franklin Anderson (born February 1, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers.
He attended Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he was an all-state selection in 2006, his senior year. He was 9–0 that season with a 0.37 ERA, 102 strikeouts and only nine walks in 57 1⁄3 innings. He played in the Connie Mack World Series with his amateur team after both his junior and senior seasons and in the 2005 AFLAC High School All-American Game, where he was the winning pitcher. He also played for the US National 18-and-under team alongside Clayton Kershaw and Shawn Tolleson.
Anderson's career numbers at Stillwater were 22–8 with eight saves, 276 strikeouts and an 0.90 ERA. He signed a letter of intent to play for Oklahoma State University where his father, Frank Anderson, was the head coach.
Anderson was rated by Baseball America as having the best command of any high school prospect heading into the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. and was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round. He was torn between signing and playing for his dad at Oklahoma State. He said that playing at OSU “would be awesome. It’d be fun to play with my buddies. I’m torn.” He also said that part of him wanted to prove that he should have been a first round pick. Nevertheless, he agreed to a contract with the Diamondbacks that included a signing bonus of $950,000 with an additional $80,000 to continue his education if he wanted to. The contract was finalized on September 1, 2006.
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