Tanner Anderson (baseball)

Tanner Ackley Anderson (born May 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

After graduating from Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, Anderson enrolled at Harvard University where he played college baseball for the Harvard Crimson. As a senior at Harvard he pitched to a 0–4 record with a 4.08 ERA in 13 games (six starts).^[1] After his senior year, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 2015 MLB draft,^[2] and he signed.

After signing, Anderson was assigned to the Bristol Pirates where he was 4–0 with a 2.38 ERA in 12 relief appearances. At the end of the season, he was promoted and pitched six relief innings for the West Virginia Black Bears in which he was 1–0 with a 4.50 ERA. In 2016, he pitched for the West Virginia Power and the Bradenton Marauders where he posted a combined 3–3 record and 3.58 ERA in 36 games pitched between both clubs. Anderson moved into the starting rotation for the Altoona Curve in 2017, going 10–8 with a 3.38 ERA in 30 games (19 starts).^[3] He began 2018 with the Indianapolis Indians.

Anderson was called up to the major leagues by the Pirates on June 27, 2018.^[4] In 24 relief appearances for Indianapolis prior to his promotion he was 1–1 with a 2.34 ERA.^[5]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Harvard Crimson bio