Professional career
2003–2005:Minor league debut
Upon being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003,Anderson made his minor league debut with the Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League,batting .318 with two home runs,38 RBIs and nine stolen bases. [5] He was promoted to the Low A Beloit Snappers for the 2004 minor league season,finishing eighth in the Midwest League with a .307 batting average,as well as reaching 22 doubles,59 RBIs and 64 runs across 123 games played. [5]
In 2005,Anderson was promoted to the High A Brevard County Manatees,playing in 129 games with 6 home runs and a Florida State League-leading 158 hits,and slashing .311/.360/.407 with 7 triples,before again being promoted to the Double-A Huntsville Stars to begin the 2006 season. [5]
2006–07:Continued success and Brewers debut
Beginning 2006 with the Huntsville Stars of the Southern League,Anderson was promoted to the Triple A Pacific Coast League's Nashville Sounds in mid-August,posting a combined .297 batting average with seven home runs,52 RBIs and 20 stolen bases across 124 games. [5]
That September,Anderson was called up to the Milwaukee Brewers and made his Major League debut on September 11 against the Pittsburgh Pirates,striking out against Salomón Torres as a pinch hitter to end the game. [6] After being brought into the game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 9th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on September 18,Anderson came home to score the winning run after a single hit by Tony Graffanino off Braden Looper. [7] In his first start on September 21,against the San Francisco Giants,Anderson recorded his first Major League hit,a single off Matt Morris. [8] He appeared in a total 9 games for the Brewers,batting .111 with three runs scored to end the season. [9]
Returning to the Triple A Nashville Sounds for the 2007 season,Anderson played 108 games and led the team in doubles and stolen bases,with 28 and 16 respectively,and reached a .273 batting average. He also made 12 appearances at the Double A Huntsville Stars between May 21 and June 2,producing a pair of four-hit games and slashing .444/.444/.756 with one home run and 11 RBIs. Across 120 games played,Anderson hit .291 with five home runs,47 RBIs and 17 total stolen bases. [5]
2008:Cincinnati Reds minors debut
The Brewers designated Anderson for assignment on January 15,2008,and he was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds three days later. [10] He spent 2008 with the Reds' Triple A affiliate Louisville Bats,reaching base in 30 consecutive games between June 4 and June 30 and achieving a 14-game hitting streak in that same span before finishing the season batting .290 with eight home runs and 71 RBIs. [5]
2009–10:Return to the Brewers,free agency
Anderson was released by the Reds prior to the 2009 season,only to be re-signed by the Milwaukee Brewers to a minor league contract and subsequently assigned to the Huntsville Stars. [11] Splitting the season between Huntsville and the Nashville Sounds,he batted .294/.370/.444 while scoring a career-high ten home runs. [5] He elected free agency at the end of the season,signing with the Brewers on May 3,2010 to a one-year contract,and was assigned to the Nashville Sounds before again splitting the season between Nashville and Huntsville. [12] That year,Anderson slashed .281/.375/.462 with 35 extra base hits and 48 RBIs across 339 total plate appearances,before again entering free agency at the end of the season. He has not made a professional baseball appearance since.
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