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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

JUSTIN ANDERSON # 38
BORN: SEPT. 28, 1992 OPENING DAY AGE: 27
BIRTHPLACE: HOUSTON, TX RESIDES: HOUSTON, TX
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 1 YEAR, 161 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN 14TH ROUND OF 2014 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
MARRIED::BRIANA SMITH, NOV. 2, 2019

RHP HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 230 BATS: L THROWS: R
ANDERSON’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2014— Orem 1-4 9 .00 11 5 0 0 0 0 22 31 29 22 1 1 12 0 13 6 0 .316
Angels (AZL) 0-0 5.14 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 9 4 4 0 0 3 0 6 2 0 .310
2015— Burlington 9-9 3.41 28 22 0 3 0 0 142.2 148 68 54 4 7 51 0 112 8 0 .273
2016— Inland Empire 8-12 5 .70 28 27 0 0 0 0 145 .1 193H 99 92H 15 8 48 0 107 5 1 .322
2017— Inland Empire 0-0 5 .06 4 0 0 2 0 1 5 .1 4 4 3 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 .174
Mobile 3-2 5.06 42 0 0 11 0 1 58.2 56 35 33 7 5 29 1 36 3 0 .255
2018— Mobile 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 .167
Salt Lake 0-0 0 .00 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 .000
LAA 3-3 4 .07 57 0 0 10 0 4 55 .1 42 25 25 3 4 40 3 67 9 1 .214
2019— LAA 3-0 5 .55 54 0 0 7 0 1 47 42 32 29 6 1 32 0 60 4 0 .232
Salt Lake 0-1 12 .27 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .2 2 5 5 2 1 4 0 7 0 0 .154
MAJOR TOTALS 6-3 4.75 111 0 0 17 0 5 102.1 84 57 54 9 5 72 3 127 13 1 .223
MINOR TOTALS 21-28 4.87 124 56 0 19 0 2 393.1 445 244 213 29 23 151 1 301 27 1 .287
H led or tied for league lead
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Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Right upper trap strain; disabled Aug. 12 (retro to Aug. 10 - Sept. 8)
2019 SEASON
◆ Made Angels Opening Day roster for first time in career.
◆ Earned wins in consecutive appearances for Angels on April 5 and April 7 vs. TEX.
◆ Converted only 9th inning save opportunity May 26 vs. Texas.
◆ Tallied 100th strikeout of career on June 8 vs. Seattle (Kyle Seager) in 9th inning.
◆ Led Angels with 37 inherited runners (21 stranded)...Stranded rate of 57% also led staff (min. 5 IR).
◆ In 32 first half appearances, went 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA (32 IP - 12 ER) and 46 strikeouts.
◆ Missed 26 games on injured list with a right upper trap strain (did not have a minor league rehab stint).
◆ Optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake April 8 and made three appearances for Bees before being recalled April 23 for remainder
of season.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2018
◆ Made Major League debut with Angels Apr. 23 in hometown of Houston...Recorded first career strikeout vs. Carlos
Correa with two on and two out in the 8th inning of Angels 2-0 win.
◆ Led Angels staff and ranked seventh in American League with 22 holds...Was fifth among Major League rookies in holds.
◆ Strikeouts per nine innings rate of 10.90 ranked fifth among A.L. rookies (min. 50 IP)...Rate of 0.49 home runs allowed
per nine innings ranked second .
◆ Stranded 21 of 24 inherited runners (87.5%) on season.
◆ Converted first Major League save May 14 vs. Houston.
◆ Earned first career win May 23 at Toronto.
◆ Struck out all four batters faced on Aug. 10 vs. A’s…First Angels pitcher to do so (min. 4 BF) since Cory Rasmus (4 BF – 4
SO) Oct. 4, 2015 at Texas.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 7, 2014...Selected by Angels in 14th round of 2014 First-Year Player Draft (signed June 10, 2014).

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