Ira Anderson  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Anderson also throws a screwball. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. No one questions this kid's heart. They do question why he just can't get it done late in the game. But Anderson, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Anderson is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Anderson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Anderson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Anderson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 NEW 90 83 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 36 59 0 0 57 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 338
2004 NOR 89 83 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 36 59 0 0 61 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 338
2005 HAV 89 83 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 36 59 0 0 63 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 340
2006 HAV 89 83 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 36 59 0 0 63 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 340
2007 BRO 90 82 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 40 63 0 0 65 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 348
2008 ROM 90 79 63 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 40 63 0 0 65 0 34 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 343
2009 SEA 90 77 61 72 53 54 54 46 43 63 40 63 0 0 65 0 35 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 40 338
Ratings Delta     -2 -2                           +1 +1           -1 -5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.