Brett Anderson

BIOGRAPHY

Brett Anderson was born on February 1, 1988, in Midland, Texas. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays. 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. Anderson made his professional debut on April 5, 2007, as the starting pitcher for the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League, in a game against the Great Lakes Loons, whose starting pitcher was former and future teammate Clayton Kershaw.

On December 14, 2007, he was traded by Diamondbacks.

On February 16, 2021, Anderson agreed to re-sign with the Brewers on a one-year, $2.5MM contract, pending a physical. On February 22, the deal became official.