Tyler John Anderson...Wife’s name is Taitym...Has two daughters Halleigh and Brinkleigh and a son, Tucker...Is a 2008 graduate of Spring Valley HS (Las Vegas, NV)...Was a Little League teammate with nine-year MLB veteran LHP Chasen Shreve...Studied political science at University of Oregon, where he was part of Oregon’s original class as the Ducks brought back baseball for 2009 after the program was discontinued following the 1981 season...Earned Pac-10 All-Conference honors in 2010 and 2011...Played for Team USA’s Collegiate National team, helping USA win a Silver Medal at the FISU World Championships...His father, John, played baseball collegiately and professionally...Enjoys playing golf...Favorite food is Mexican...Originally signed by Rockies scout Jesse Retzlaff.
2022
Across 30 games (28 starts) for Dodgers, produced a 15-5 record with 2.57 ERA (178.2 IP - 51 ER) with 138 strikeouts against just 34 walks...Held a 1.00 WHIP and limited opponents to a .221 average on the year...Tossed 5.0+ innings in 26 of his 28 starts…Tallied season-high 10 strikeouts Oct. 2 vs. Colorado; third 10 strikeout game of career (also 8/24/16 at MIL and 5/6/17 vs. ARI - both as member of Rockies)...Led Dodgers staff with 178.2 IP (career-high) and ranked third with 15 wins (career-high), second with 28 starts and second with 138 strikeouts…Also had career-bests in ERA (2.57), WHIP (1.00) and opponent average (.221)...Made first career All-Star game, but did not pitch in the game...Posted a 3-0 record with a 1.11 ERA (32.1 IP - 4 ER) and 24 strikeouts in July...Took a no-hitter into ninth inning of June 15 start vs. Angels, walking two and striking out eight...Shohei Ohtani’s one out triple in the ninth inning originally broke up the no-hit bid; following the game, an official scoring change overturned an error call, resulting in Jared Walsh breaking up the no-hitter with a seventh inning infield single...Had a 28.0 scoreless inning streak spanning May 17 - June 9.
2021
Spent his season with the Pirates and Mariners…posted a 7-11 record with both clubs, earning a 4.53 ERA (84 ER/167.0 IP) in 31 games (31 starts)... Signed another one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates…appeared in 18 starts with Pittsburgh and went 5-8 with a 4.35 ERA (50 ER/103.1 IP) and a 1.200 WHIP... Dealt to the Seattle Mariners on July 27 in return for two prospects, Carter Bins and Joaquin Tejada…posted a 2-3 record and a 4.81 ERA (34 ER/63.2 IP) during his stint with the Mariners... Bolstered a season-high seven strikeouts, his last coming Sept. 20 at Oakland…went a season-high 8.0 innings against the Cubs on May 9 during his time with the Pirates... Known for his stellar pitching against righties…held them to a .261 average in 126.2 IP along with 108 of his 134 strikeouts.
2020
Spent the entire season with San Francisco in his only season as a member of the Giants...Ranked second on the Giants in wins and starts and tied for second in innings pitched...Recorded four starts without allowing an earned run, becoming one of just five pitchers in MLB to record four or more games of at least 5.0 innings pitched and no earned runs allowed along with Cleveland’s Shane Bieber (six), Kansas City’s Brad Keller (five), Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes (four) and St. Louis’ Kwang Hyun Kim...(four)...Tossed first career complete game on 8/22 vs. Arizona, allowing one run (unearned) on three hits with four strikeouts...Made first of two relief appearances on 7/29 vs. San Diego...Was ejected from the game on 9/17 vs. Seattle in the bottom of the third inning for arguing balls and strikes (was his second career ejection and first since 2016)...Went 3-0 with a 2.75 ERA in his last four games of the season, including two starts with no earned runs allowed.
2019
Made his third career Opening Day roster with Colorado in his fourth Major League season... Made five starts before missing the remainder of the season due to left knee surgery … placed on the 10-day injured list on April 7 after making two starts...reinstated on April 22 and made three starts before being optioned to Triple-A on May 4...recalled and placed on the 60-day injured list May 22 with a left-knee chondral defect… underwent left knee surgery on June 11... Allowed at least five runs in all five of his starts, tied for the second-longest streak in Rockies franchise history… the five-start streak allowing at least five runs was tied for the longest streak to begin a season in team history (also: Scott Elarton, April 9-May 1, 2004)... On April 28 at Atlanta, became the fifth Rockies pitcher to record at least nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched or fewer...Kyle Freeland also accomplished this on April 2 at Tampa Bay.
2018
Set professional career highs in starts (32), innings pitched (176.0) and strikeouts (164) … Made his first career postseason start in Game 2 of the NLDS at Milwaukee, a 4-0 Rockies loss … pitched six innings and allowed one run on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts … Went 6-3 with a 3.72 ERA (113.2 IP, 47 ER) in 20 starts in the first half, 1-6 with a 6.06 ERA (62.1 IP, 42 ER) in 12 starts after the All-Star break … Recorded consecutive outings of eight scoreless innings June 29 at Los Angeles-NL and July 4 vs. San Francisco … was the third pitcher in franchise history to record consecutive outings of at least eight scoreless innings (also: Ubaldo Jimenez, May 26-31, 2010 and Jason Marquis, June 30-July 6, 2009) … was the first Rockies pitcher to accomplish that feat while allowing four or fewer hits in each start, and the first MLB pitcher to do so since Jake Arrieta, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2015 … Pitched 7.2 shutout innings in his final start of the regular season on Sept. 30 … it was his third start of 7.2 or more shutout innings in the season, the most such starts since Ubaldo Jiménez in 2010.
2017
Made his first career Opening Day roster and went 6-6 with a 4.81 ERA (86.0 IP, 46 ER) across 17 appearances, 15 starts...Made 15 starts and also worked the first two relief appearances of his professional career … was 5-6 with a 5.11 ERA (81.0 IP, 46 ER) as a starter, 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (5.0 IP, 0 ER) in his two relief appearances...Had two different stints on the 10-day disabled list and one on the 60-day DL … placed on the 10-day disabled list on June 4 (retroactive to June 1) with left knee inflammation … reinstated on June 22 but made just two appearances (one start) before being placed on the disabled list again on June 26 … underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on July 3 and was transferred to the 60-day DL on July 26...After being reinstated from the 60-day disabled list on Sept. 10, was 3-1 with a 1.19 ERA (22.2 IP, 3 ER), three walks and 18 strikeouts in four appearances, three starts...Pitched seven scoreless innings in his last start of the season, Sept. 26 vs. Miami, the longest scoreless outing of his career...Career-high tying 10 strikeouts May 6 vs. Arizona (also: Aug. 24, 2016 at Milwaukee), the first double-digit strikeout game of his career at Coors Field...Pitched one inning of relief in the National League Wild Card Game at Arizona, allowing two runs on two hits, including one home run.
2016
Made his Major League debut on July 12 and went 5-6 with a 3.54 ERA, the second-lowest ERA by a rookie in franchise history (minimum 100 IP) … the Rockies were 8-11 in his 19 starts...Made his Major League debut June 12 vs. San Diego … pitched 6.1 innings, allowing one run on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts, earning the no decision in a 2-1 Rockies win...Earned his first career win July 9 vs. Philadelphia … pitched six innings and allowed two runs on a career-high nine hits with no walks and six strikeouts...After his June 11 recall, ranked among MLB rookie pitchers in FIP (3.64-1st), innings pitched (114.1-1st), ERA (3.54-2nd), starts (19-T3rd) and strikeouts (99-4th)...Went 2-for-2 July 9 with a home run and two RBI … recorded a single in the third inning for his first Major League hit … first Major League home run in his next at-bat, the only home run by a Rockies pitcher in 2016...Became the second Rockies pitcher to record his first Major League win, hit and home run in the same game since Jason Jennings accomplished the feat in his Major League debut on August 23, 2001 at New York-NL … became one of two active pitchers to accomplish the feat (Kenta Maeda, April 6, 2016 at San Diego)...Was 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA (30.1 IP, 13 ER) in July...Made six starts in the Minors, including one rehab outing for High-A Modesto … combined at Triple-A Albuquerque (May 26-June 11), Double-A Hartford (May 8-26) and Modesto (May 8), was 2-2 with a 2.64 ERA (30.2 IP, 8 ER)...Began the season on the 15-day disabled list after straining his oblique in Spring Training … reinstated and optioned to Hartford on May 8 after the rehab start that day at Modesto … transferred to Triple-A Albuquerque on May 26 … recalled on June 11 and would spend the rest of the season with the Rockies.
2015
Missed the entire 2015 season due to a left elbow injury.
2014
Spent the entire season, the third of his professional career, as a member of the Double-A Tulsa starting rotation...Was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year and a member of the Post-Season All-Star team...led the Texas League in ERA (1.98) while going 7-4 with 106 strikeouts, 40 walks and a .216 opponents batting average in 23 starts...Was also named to the Rockies' MiLB.com Organizational All-Star team, the third-straight season he has been a member of that squad...Went 4-1 with a 1.01 ERA (62.2 IP, 7 ER) in 11 starts after the All-Star break...was 3-3 with a 3.07 ERA (55.2 IP, 19 ER) prior to the break...Owned a four-start scoreless streak July 12-31 that covered 23.0 innings...during the streak he allowed just 14 hits, 8 walks and struck out 25 batters...Has gone 23-10 with a 2.38 ERA (328.1 IP, 87 ER) in his Minor League career entering 2015.
2013
Split the season between Short-Season Tri-City and Single-A Modesto...began the season with Modesto and went 0-1 with a 3.80 ERA (42.2 IP, 18 ER) in eight starts over the course of the first half of the season...made three starts with the Dust Devils wile on a rehab assignment from July 22-Aug. 1 and went 1-1 with a 0.60 ERA (15.0 IP, 1 ER) before returning to Modesto for the remainder of the season...was a Spring Training non-roster invite.
2012
Led the South Atlantic League with a 2.47 ERA over a span of 20 starts (120.1 IP, 33 ER) finishing the season 12-3 with 81 strikeouts compared to 28 walks...was named to the SAL Post-Season All-Star-Team...posted a 2.01 ERA after the All-Star break in 12 starts (7-2, 71.2 IP, 16 ER) and was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star...MLB.com rated him as the Rockies' second-best pitching prospect and sixth-best overall...ranked seventh-best prospect among Rockies by Baseball America.
2011
Did not play after being drafted.
