Brady Anderson



         


Brady Kevin Anderson (born January 18, 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was a professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians.

Brady attended Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, California, where he was a star baseball player and won team MVP several times. After graduation, he studied economics at the University of California, Irvine. He played OF and first base for the college team and graduated in 1985.

Brady was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on April 4, 1988. He had been billed as a can't miss prospect, but a lackluster spring resulted in a trade to the Baltimore Orioles with Curt Schilling for Mike Boddicker on July 29. Brady hit poorly in his first several seasons with Baltimore, neither hitting for average nor power.

Brady proved himself a capable lead-off man in the 1992 season, scoring 100 runs, hitting 21 homers, driving in 80 runs, stealing 53 bases, and making the all star team, but it was his 1996 season that turned heads. Despite a combined 72 home runs in his first 7 Major League seasons, Brady Anderson went into the final game with 49 home runs and second in the league to super slugger Mark McGwire. Brady hit his 50th home run early in the game off Cy Young winner Pat Hentgen, and in so doing joined a club previous thought reserved for Hall of Fame players and quintessential power hitters. Some felt Brady's accomplishment cheapened the 50 home run plateau -- which had never been reached by such greats as Joe Jackson, Ted Williams or even Hank Aaron -- especially coming from a lead-off hitter. Nonetheless, Brady's 1996 season remains one of the most impressive, and surprising, accomplishments in baseball history.

The fan favorite was an all star again in 1997, but he was unable to duplicate his 1996 results over the next several seasons, eventually bowing out of baseball in 2002. His second highest season home run total was 1999 when he hit 24 -- less than half of his 1996 total.

YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS 1988 Redsox 24 41 148 14 34 5 3 0 0.00 12 15 35 4 2 .230 .304 .315 .620 Orioles 24 53 177 17 35 8 1 1 0.56 9 8 40 6 4 .198 .271 .232 .504 TOTALS 94 325 31 69 13 4 1 0.31 21 23 75 10 6 .212 .286 .272 .558 1989 Orioles 25 94 266 44 55 12 2 4 1.50 16 43 45 16 4 .207 .312 .324 .636 1990 Orioles 26 89 234 24 54 5 2 3 1.28 24 31 46 15 2 .231 .308 .327 .635 1991 Orioles 27 113 256 40 59 12 3 2 0.78 27 38 44 12 5 .230 .324 .338 .662 1992 Orioles 28 159 623 100 169 28 10 21 3.37 80 98 98 53 16 .271 .449 .373 .823 1993 Orioles 29 142 560 87 147 36 8 13 2.32 66 82 99 24 12 .263 .425 .363 .788 1994 Orioles 30 111 453 78 119 25 5 12 2.65 48 57 75 31 1 .263 .419 .356 .776 1995 Orioles 31 143 554 108 145 33 10 16 2.89 64 87 111 26 7 .262 .444 .371 .815 1996 Orioles 32 149 579 117 172 37 5 50 8.64 110 76 106 21 8 .297 .637 .396 1.034 1997 Orioles 33 151 590 97 170 39 7 18 3.05 73 84 105 18 12 .288 .469 .393 .863 1998 Orioles 34 133 479 84 113 28 3 18 3.76 51 75 78 21 7 .236 .420 .356 .776 1999 Orioles 35 150 564 109 159 28 5 24 4.26 81 96 105 36 7 .282 .477 .404 .881 2000 Orioles 36 141 506 89 130 26 0 19 3.75 50 92 103 16 9 .257 .421 .375 .796 2001 Orioles 37 131 430 50 87 12 3 8 1.86 45 60 77 12 4 .202 .300 .311 .611 2002 Indians 38 34 80 4 13 4 0 1 1.25 5 18 23 4 0 .163 .250 .327 .577 TOTALS 1834 6499 1062 1661 338 67 210 3.23 761 960 1190 315 100 .256 .425 .362 .787 LG AVERAGE 6564 930 1763 335 36 195 2.98 880 672 1139 129 61 .269 .420 .339 .759 POS AVERAGE 6571 1008 1772 325 51 185 2.81 819 677 1158 247 93 .270 .419 .340 .759
YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS 1988 Redsox 15 -7 -11 .329 3.29 45 8 .074 .189 .381 0 4 4 1 2 123 172 RF Orioles 11 -13 -15 .188 1.93 48 10 .073 .130 .308 0 0 7 0 1 154 192 CF TOTALS 26 -20 -26 .255 2.53 93 18 .074 .157 .343 0 4 11 1 3 277 364 1989 Orioles 30 -5 -7 .422 3.62 83 18 .105 .312 .439 6 3 5 0 4 224 317 CF 1990 Orioles 28 -2 -4 .456 3.88 72 10 .077 .265 .425 2 5 4 5 4 195 279 LF 1991 Orioles 33 -2 -2 .470 4.11 83 17 .094 .270 .437 0 5 11 3 1 217 313 LF 1992 Orioles 118 40 35 .674 6.49 280 59 .178 .395 .571 14 9 10 9 2 491 749 LF 1993 Orioles 93 11 4 .549 5.69 238 57 .163 .330 .514 4 10 6 6 4 441 664 LF 1994 Orioles 76 3 0 .514 5.91 190 42 .157 .349 .536 3 10 3 2 7 347 525 LF 1995 Orioles 100 17 14 .579 6.35 246 59 .182 .374 .550 4 10 4 2 3 425 657 LF 1996 Orioles 149 64 66 .731 9.23 369 92 .340 .494 .689 1 22 6 4 11 436 687 CF 1997 Orioles 116 34 36 .649 7.18 277 64 .181 .334 .555 6 19 2 1 1 436 696 CF 1998 Orioles 78 9 6 .548 5.47 201 49 .184 .370 .523 1 15 4 1 7 385 574 CF 1999 Orioles 123 39 41 .665 7.80 269 57 .195 .417 .596 7 24 1 7 6 426 692 CF 2000 Orioles 87 9 13 .546 5.86 213 45 .164 .360 .515 5 8 5 7 4 401 618 CF 2001 Orioles 45 -16 -20 .358 3.44 129 23 .098 .256 .405 4 8 2 1 3 353 501 RF 2002 Indians 7 -6 -7 .231 2.59 20 5 .088 .363 .386 2 2 0 1 5 73 101 CF TOTALS 1109 175 149 .570 5.84 2763 615 .170 .350 .526 59 154 74 50 65 5127 7737 LG AVERAGE 948 0 0 .500 4.99 2757 567 .151 .264 .462 47 56 51 61 154 5127 7404 POS AVERAGE 969 17 0 .502 5.10 2753 561 .149 .276 .477 44 57 51 55 129 5127 7411

BRADY ANDERSON LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1988 AL WORST RCAA 7TH -20; WORST RCAP 2ND -26; SACRIFICES T6TH 11

1992 AL GAMES T6TH 159; AT BATS 9TH 623; RUNS T8TH 100; TRIPLES 3RD 10; WALKS 6TH 98; STOLEN BASES 3RD 53; CAUGHT STEALING 4TH 16; RUNS CREATED 2ND 118; RCAA 7TH 40; RCAP 8TH 35; OWP 10TH .674; EXTRA BASE HITS 10TH 59; SECONDARY AVERAGE 5TH .395; TOTAL AVERAGE 6TH .898; BPA 5TH .571; INTENTIONAL WALKS T4TH 14; HIT BY PITCHES T9TH 9; SACRIFICE FLIES T9TH 9; PLATE APPEARANCES 1ST 749; OUTS T6TH 491

1993 AL TRIPLES T6TH 8; CAUGHT STEALING T10TH 12; HIT BY PITCHES T7TH 10

1994 AL AT BATS T4TH 453; TRIPLES T8TH 5; STOLEN BASES 5TH 31; HIT BY PITCHES T3RD 10; PLATE APPEARANCES 3RD 525; OUTS 4TH 347

1995 AL GAMES T8TH 143; AT BATS T9TH 554; RUNS T6TH 108; DOUBLES T8TH 33; TRIPLES 3RD 10; WALKS 9TH 87; HIT BY PITCHES T6TH 10; PLATE APPEARANCES 2ND 657; OUTS 8TH 425

1996 AL HOMERUNS 2ND 50; HR/100 OUTS 4TH 11.47; HR/100 PA 4TH 7.28; HR/100 AB 4TH 8.64; SLG 3RD .637; OPS 6TH 1.034; RUNS CREATED 4TH 149; RCAA 6TH 64; RCAP T4TH 66; OWP 7TH .731; RUNS CREATED/GAME 10TH 9.23; TOTAL BASES 4TH 369; EXTRA BASE HITS 1ST 92; ISOLATED POWER 2ND .340; SECONDARY AVERAGE 6TH .494; TOTAL AVERAGE 7TH 1.127; BPA 2ND .689; HIT BY PITCHES 1ST 22

1997 AL TRIPLES T5TH 7; CAUGHT STEALING T7TH 12; RCAP T8TH 36; HIT BY PITCHES 1ST 19; PLATE APPEARANCES 8TH 696

1998 AL HIT BY PITCHES T4TH 15

1999 AL WALKS T9TH 96; STOLEN BASES T6TH 36; RCAP 10TH 41; HIT BY PITCHES 1ST 24

2000 AL CAUGHT STEALING T8TH 9

2001 AL WORST RCAP T7TH -20


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