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IAN ANDERSON
FRONT OFFICE • Was selected to pitch for the United States • Selected by the Braves with the third
overall pick in the 2016 First-Year Player
in the All-Star Futures Game.
Draft, Atlanta’s highest draft selection
• In 2018 Earned Florida State League Post-Season
All-Star honors, and was named a High Class-A since 1991, when it took Mike Kelly
All-Star and Minor League All-Star by Baseball second overall.
America. • Went 6-1 with two saves and a 0.66 ERA (5
ER/53.1 IP) over 11 appearances during his junior
• Split the season between High-A Florida
MANAGER & STAFF and Double-A Mississippi, going 4-7 with season...Allowed just 21 hits while striking out 91
in 53.1 innings pitched en route to being tabbed
a 2.49 ERA (33 ER/119.1 IP) between the
as the 2015 Pitcher of the Year by both Baseball
two stops.
America and Louisville Slugger.
• Made 20 starts in his first full minor league
season in 2017 and went 4-5 with a 3.14 ERA (29 • In the fall of 2015, helped Team USA (U18) win its
ER/83.0 IP) for Single-A Rome. third consecutive Gold Medal at the World Cup
Championship in Osaka, Japan.
• Was named South Atlantic League Pitcher • Rated as the 12th-best prospect by Baseball
iAN ANDERSON one hit and fanning 11 over 6.0 shutout America in the 2016 draft class and earned the
of the Week on May 28 after allowing just
distinction by the publication as having the “Best
innings in his lone start during the week.
Delivery” by a prep pitcher.
amateur
player and the third-best prep pitcher.
• A 2016 preseason High School All-America • ESPN ranked him as the seventh-best
selection by Baseball America and Rawlings- transactions
SEASON IN REVIEW Complete Record • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round
Perfect Game, he was limited during his senior
year at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton
Park, NY due to pneumonia.
(3rd overall) of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft...
Signed by Greg Morhardt.
IP
Year Club W-L 0.00 G GS CG SHO SV 18.0 14 R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
H
ERA
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2017 Rome 0-2 3.74 5 5 0 0 0 21.2 19 30 29 1 11 43 101 8 0
0
1-0
0
5
18 1 0
2016 GCL Braves
4
2
0
0
0
0
5
Danville
10
18 5 0
0
9
8
4-5
0
0 83.0 69
0
0
3.14 20 20
0
2
28
31
0
0 100.0 73
2 40 118 18 0
2.52 20 20
2-6
2018 Florida
Mississippi
19.1
2-1
0
2.33
0
1

24 1 0
9
5
14
0
5
4
4
0
5
24.2 23
1-2
0
5
5
18
18
Gwinnett
2019 Mississippi 7-5 2.68 21 21 1 0 0 111.0 82 38 33 8 2 47 147 8 0
18 25 1 0
0
0
0
6.57
2020 Atlanta 3-2 1.95 6 6 0 0 0 32.1 21 11 7 1 2 14 41 4 0
Minor Totals 17-21 2.91 80 80 1 0 0 377.2 294 134 122 16 16 169 451 42 0
BRAVES HISTORY Wild Card Record
6
0
2 14 41 4 0
11
0 32.1 21
0
1
3-2
1.95
6
Major Totals
7
IP
Year Club, Opp
ERA
0
0
2020 Atl. vs. Cin. W-L 0.00 G GS CG SHO SV 6.0 H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK
1
0
0
1
0 0
1-0
9
0
2
0
0
2
division Series Record
OPPONENTS Year Club, Opp W-L 0.00 G GS CG SHO SV 5.2 H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK
ERA
IP
0
0
1-0
0 0
1
0
0
0
8
0
0
2020 Atl. vs. Mia.
1
3
1
Championship Series Record
Year Club, Opp W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK
2020 Atl. vs. LAD 0-0 2.57 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 0 0 7 7 1 0
MISCELLANEOUS MAJOR LEAGUE FIELDING RECORD A 1 E 1 TC 4 DP 0
G
PCT
PO
Position
.750
Pitcher
2
6
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