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Team: Chicago White Sox
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185
Birthday: 6/23/1993
Average Exit Velo: 88.2 mph
College: East Central Community College
Draft: 17th overall, 2013
Contract: 7 years, $36.5 million, through the 2023 season
WAG: Bria Anderson
Children: Paxton and Peyton Anderson
Betting Odds: +1300 to lead the league in hits, +7500 to win AL MVP, +5000 to lead the league in stolen bases
Record/Accomplishments:
- Two All-Star selections, 2021, 2022
- One Silver Slugger award, 2020
- Named the American League batting champion, 2019
Tim Anderson is breaking baseball, in a good way!
Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is known for two things: twisting our understanding of statistics and making baseball fun.
To the first point, Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) typically hovers around .300. Over the last four seasons, from 2019-2022, Anderson has put up BABIPs of .399, .383, .372, and .347, respectively–residing towards the top of the Major League leaderboards each time. Frequently, BABIP regresses to that league-wide mean, but maintaining a high BABIP is a skill, perhaps one that Anderson possesses better than anyone else in the sport.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the standard deviations of his launch angles was the “tightest” in baseball, meaning his quality of contact was more consistent than anyone else.
Subsequently, Anderson finds himself in the middle of many highlight reels. You may see him bat flipping, celebrating, or otherwise enjoying himself on the field, in ways that break some of baseball’s tradition.
It’s gotten him hit by pitches, taunted, and, by a select few, hated. But that’s not going to stop him.
“I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson,” he said, in an interview with Sports Illustrated. He wasn’t inflating his status or diminishing the work of #42. Anderson was telling the truth. Breaking the fun barrier has rendered him a revolutionary figure in today’s game. Polarizing, talented, and playing the game the right way, Anderson embodies what the game is becoming.
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