BIOGRAPHY
Shaun Anderson was born October 29, 1994, in Coral Springs, Florida. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Anderson attended American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida. His junior year he was 6-1 with an 0.77 ERA, and his senior year he was 12-1 with a 1.10 ERA. In the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, the Washington Nationals selected Anderson in the 40th round, with the 1,216th overall pick, the final pick in the draft.
Anderson enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball for the Florida Gators. He began his collegiate career as a starting pitcher, but transitioned into a relief pitcher. He started one game for the Gators, while spending the rest of his time with the Gators in relief. He played collegiate summer baseball as a starting pitcher for the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods League in 2014 and the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2015. In 2016, as a junior he pitched to a 3–0 win-loss record and a 0.97 earned run average (ERA) with 13 saves (leading the SEC) in 36 games and 60 strikeouts in 46.1 innings for the Gators, which tied the Gators single-season record for saves. He was named First Team All-American by the NCBWA, Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings, and Perfect Game/Rawlings, Third Team All-American by D1baseball.com, and named to the ABCA All-South Region First Team and to the All-SEC First Team.
The Giants promoted Anderson to make his major league debut on May 15 against the Toronto Blue Jays. His two hits in the game made him the first Giants pitcher since at least 1908 to have a multi-hit game with the bat in his first major league game.
On July 20, 2023, Anderson signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
