Drew Anderson (pitcher)


Andrew James Anderson is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. He was drafted by the Phillies in the 21st round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. Anderson made his Major League Baseball debut in 2017 for the Phillies.

Career

Anderson was born in Reno, Nevada, and attended Galena High School in Reno.

Philadelphia Phillies

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft. In 2013, he was an MiLB Philadelphia Phillies Organization All Star, as pitching for Williamsport he was 6-3 with a 2.00 ERA in 15 starts. He missed the 2015 season recovering from Tommy John surgery, that April 2. In 2016 pitching for Lakewood and Clearwater he was 3-4 with a 2.70 ERA in 15 starts.
The Phillies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season. In 2017 as he played for Reading, he was the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week on both May 14 and June 4, and was an Eastern League Mid-Season All Star.
Anderson received his MLB call-up on August 1, 2017, to fill the open roster spot after the Phillies traded away Joaquín Benoit. After making his debut that day, he was optioned back to the AA Reading Fightin Phils the very next day. He appeared in one more major league game that season, August 26, at home against the Cubs. Over his two 2017 Phillies appearances, he pitched a total of 2.1 innings and allowed 6 earned runs. Pitching for Reading and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, he was 9-4 with a 3.46 ERA in 22 starts.
In 2018 with the Phillies, he was 0-1 with a 4.97 ERA, and 11 strikeouts in 12.2 innings pitched. Pitching for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs he was 9-4 with a 3.87 ERA in 19 starts.
Anderson had a strong spring training with the Phillies in 2019, pitching to a 0.71 ERA in four starts. However, he did not make the team's Opening Day roster, and then struggled in AAA with the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs before being designated for assignment on September 1 and released the following day. With Lehigh Valley in 2019 he was 0-6 with a 5.77 ERA in 11 starts, and he pitched six innings with the Phillies in which he gave up five runs.

Chicago White Sox

On January 21, 2020, Anderson signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox.