Jason Anderson
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1979 –
Who is Jason Anderson?
Jason Roger Anderson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
In 1997, Anderson was all-state during his senior year at Danville High School. He compiled a 14-1 record and tied the Illinois state record for consecutive shutouts with six in a row.
Anderson attended the University of Illinois on a baseball scholarship for two years, earning All-American and Academic All-American honors. He was named the Illinois Co-Newcomer of the Year in 1998 and received the George Huff Academic Award in 1999. Anderson was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2000.
Anderson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft and signed by scout Steve Lemke. In the 2003 season, he became the first player from the Staten Island Yankees to become a New York Yankee. The "Baby Bombers" retired Anderson's #19 on July 14, 2003, in tribute. That day was also proclaimed "Jason Anderson Day" in Staten Island. Anderson earned his first major league win that year in 22 appearances with the Yankees, but midway through the year, he was traded to the New York Mets in a deal that brought Armando BenÃtez to the Yankees.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1979
Danville - Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lived in
- Danville
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on July 23, 2013
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