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Brian Anderson CFWhite Sox

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
7	883	.227	.290	.370	73	-0.7

Birth Date	3-11-1982
Height	6' 2"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	42 years, 1 months, 15 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2005	CHA	23	13	35	6	1	0	2	0	12	0	1	0	.176	.176	.382	70	-1.2	0.1	0.4	0.0
2006	CHA	24	134	405	82	23	1	8	30	90	5	4	7	.225	.290	.359	70	-13.9	1.3	4.8	0.5
2007	CHA	25	13	19	2	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	.118	.211	.176	54	-1.0	0.1	-0.4	-0.1
2008	CHA	26	109	193	42	13	0	8	10	45	0	5	1	.232	.272	.436	83	-3.6	0.1	-7.3	-0.5
2009	BOS	27	21	21	5	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	.294	.381	.647	72	-0.7	0.6	-1.8	-0.2
2009	CHA	27	65	210	44	9	0	2	20	49	3	3	6	.238	.322	.319	71	-6.9	0.3	-4.5	-0.5
Career			355	883	181	47	1	22	65	208	8	13	14	.227	.290	.370	73	-27.4	2.4	-9.0	-0.7

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2003	GRF	Rk	PIO	13	59	.000	.000	.000	.459			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	WNS	A+	CRL	69	287	.000	.000	.000	.361			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	BIR	AA	SOU	48	209	.000	.000	.000	.303			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	13	35	.243	.301	.378	.200	99	-3.1	1.0	-0.1	70	19	0.4	0.1	-1.2	0.0
2005	CHR	AAA	INT	118	501	.267	.330	.417	.365	110	2.4	13.5	0.9	115	0	4.5	3.5	9.6	3.0
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	134	405	.275	.338	.437	.274	111	-13.7	12.2	1.1	70	9	4.8	1.3	-13.9	0.5
2007	CHA	MLB	AL	13	19	.267	.333	.411	.200	100	-3	0.6	-0.1	54	14	-0.4	0.1	-1.0	-0.1
2007	CHR	AAA	INT	57	223	.259	.331	.391	.297	96	2.6	6.4	-1.1	94	0	-5.9	0.4	-1.0	-0.1
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	109	193	.268	.335	.426	.266	103	-4.4	5.6	0.3	83	13	-7.3	0.1	-3.6	-0.5
2009	BOS	MLB	AL	21	21	.277	.349	.459	.273	114	0.8	0.6	-0.2	72	10	-1.8	0.6	-0.7	-0.2
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	65	210	.264	.333	.423	.313	106	-8.9	6.0	0.4	71	9	-4.5	0.3	-6.9	-0.5
2009	CHR	AAA	INT	11	46	.264	.330	.407	.385	103	1.1	1.3	0	74	0	0.5	0.6	-3.4	-0.1
2009	PAW	AAA	INT	24	90	.267	.332	.409	.218	98	-3.2	2.6	0	70	0	4.7	0.3	-3.9	0.4

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2003	GRF	Rk	PIO	59	49	6	19	2	1	2	29	13	9	10	3	1	.388	.492	.592	.204	0	0
2004	BIR	AA	SOU	209	185	26	50	9	3	4	77	27	19	30	3	2	.270	.346	.416	.146	1	1
2004	WNS	A+	CRL	287	254	43	81	22	4	8	135	46	29	44	10	1	.319	.395	.531	.213	0	0
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	35	34	3	6	1	0	2	13	3	0	12	1	0	.176	.176	.382	.206	0	1
2005	CHR	AAA	INT	501	448	71	132	24	3	16	210	57	44	115	4	2	.295	.362	.469	.174	1	1
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	405	365	46	82	23	1	8	131	33	30	90	4	7	.225	.290	.359	.134	3	2
2007	CHR	AAA	INT	223	200	29	51	8	2	8	87	31	19	47	3	2	.255	.323	.435	.180	0	0
2007	CHA	MLB	AL	19	17	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	7	0	0	.118	.211	.176	.059	0	0
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	193	181	24	42	13	0	8	79	26	10	45	5	1	.232	.272	.436	.204	0	2
2009	PAW	AAA	INT	90	80	9	16	4	0	4	32	8	7	22	0	2	.200	.278	.400	.200	1	1
2009	CHR	AAA	INT	46	43	6	12	1	1	2	21	5	2	16	0	1	.279	.304	.488	.209	1	1
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	210	185	25	44	9	0	2	59	13	20	49	3	6	.238	.322	.319	.081	0	2
2009	BOS	MLB	AL	21	17	7	5	0	0	2	11	5	3	5	0	0	.294	.381	.647	.353	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	667	0.5022	0.4798	0.7188	0.6537	0.3042	0.8311	0.4752	0.2813	0.0027
2009	829	0.5115	0.4198	0.7414	0.5896	0.2420	0.8160	0.5510	0.2586	-0.0025
Career	1496	0.5074	0.4466	0.7313	0.6182	0.2697	0.8227	0.5172	0.2687	-0.0002

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2009-04-30	2009-05-19	15-DL	19	16	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2005-10-15	2005-10-15	Minors	0	0		Wrist	Surgery	Plate Removal	-
2003-07-30	2003-07-30	Minors	0	0		Wrist	Surgery	Circulation Problem	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	CHA	$440,000
2008	CHA	$395,000
2007	CHA	$390,000
2006	CHA	$330,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$1,555,000
4 yr	Total	$1,555,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 53 d	Gaylord Sports	1 year (2012)

Details

1 year (2012). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 4/6/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2011). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 11/27/10 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.7M (2010). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/23/09. $0.1M in performance bonuses. Refused assignment by Kansas City 11/10/10.
1 year/$0.44M (2009). Re-signed by White Sox 2/24/09. Acquired by Boston in trade from Chicago White Sox 7/28/09 (Boston to pay undisclosed portion of $565,574 still due Kotsay in 2009 salary). Non-tendered by Boston 12/12/09.
1 year/$0.395M (2008). Re-signed by White Sox 2/27/08.
1 year/$0.39M (2007). Re-signed by White Sox 2/07.
1 year/$0.33M (2006). Re-signed by White Sox 2/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased by White Sox 8/05.
Drafted 2003 (1-15) (Arizona). $1.6M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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