Cody Anderson

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98+1⁄3innings pitched over 24 games. Anderson started the 2013 season with the Carolina Mudcats and ended the season with the Akron Aeros. He finished the year with a 2.65 earned run average with 122 strikeouts over 136 innings in 26 starts. For his play he won the Bob Feller Award as the Indians best minor league pitcher, and was the Carolina League's Pitcher of the Year. [6] [7] [8]

Major league career

After the 2014 season, the Indians added Anderson to their 40-man roster. [9] On June 21, 2015, Anderson made his MLB debut against the Tampa Bay Rays going 7+2⁄3 innings with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB. [10] [11] [12] On June 29, 2015, Anderson made his second career start against the Tampa Bay Rays. He had a perfect game going through 6+1⁄3 innings, until former Indian Grady Sizemore hit a home run. [13] Anderson and the Indians won the game 7–1, while Anderson went 8 innings pitched, 1 earned run, striking out two, and two hits. [14] [15] [16] On July 9, 2015, Anderson went 6+2⁄3 innings, giving up a home run to Houston Astros' Hank Conger to start the 3rd inning with one strike out, winning his second career game. [17] In 15 starts for Cleveland, he went 7–3 with a 3.05 earned run average in 91+1⁄3 innings.

The 2016 season proved to be a difficult one for Anderson as he struggled to a 6.68 earned run average in 19 games, 9 of them starts. In 60+2⁄3 innings, he struck out 54 but also allowed 13 home runs.

Anderson injured the ulnar collateral ligament of his pitching elbow during the Indians' 2017 spring training camp. The Indians subsequently announced that Anderson required "Tommy John" surgery and would miss the entire 2017 season. [18] He also missed the entire 2018 season recovering.

Following the 2019 season, Anderson was outrighted off the Indians roster and became a free agent.

Seattle Mariners

On February 17, 2020, Anderson signed a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners. He was released on March 31. [19]

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Cody Anderson
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Anderson with Cleveland Indians in 2019
Pitcher
Born: (1990-09-14) September 14, 1990 (age 33)
Quincy, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 21, 2015, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
May 10, 2019, for the Cleveland Indians