Ian Anderson

Bats R Throws R6'3" 170 lbBorn 1998 Rexford, USADebut 2020Team LAADraft 2016 R1 #3 Atlanta Braves, Shenendehowa (NY) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	140	18.1	9.9	3.04	21.3	6.69	97.3
2027							100.8
2028							100.2

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 99 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jerad Eickhoff	2018	99.9	88.9	245
2	Daniel Hudson	2014	105.0	104.7	290
3	Chris Paddack	2023	104.8	95.3	384
4	Joey Lucchesi	2020	101.4	102.1	157
5	Jaime Garcia	2014	102.7	118.5	510
6	Micah Owings	2010	97.9	99.5	263
7	Jhoulys Chacin	2015	103.5	97.8	632
8	Jarred Cosart	2017	98.8	did not play
9	Jeremy Hellickson	2014	99.5	94.9	636
10	John Lannan	2012	97.9	90.1	332

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAA	7	0	0	0	0	0
2022	ATL	22	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ATL	24	41	2	1	1	29	0.054	0.079	0.081	0.160	-74.5
2020	ATL	6	0	0	0	0	0
Career		59	41	2	1	1	29	0.054	0.079	0.081	0.160	-74.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									140				100.8
2026*									0
2025	LAA	0	1	11.57	7	0	0	9.3	51	2	7	8	55.2	96.3	51.5
2022	ATL	10	6	5.00	22	22	0	111.7	493	12	54	97	92.2	97.9	90.1
2021	ATL	9	5	3.58	24	24	0	128.3	535	16	53	124	107.2	101.9	109.1
2020	ATL	3	2	1.95	6	6	0	32.3	138	1	14	41	127.6	98.9	126.5
Career		22	14	4.22	59	52	0	281.7	1217	31	128	270	101.3		100.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	41	82.6	-8.9	0.0	18.2	62.5	46.9	0.043	0.050	0.058	22.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	P	7	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	ATL	P	22	112	8	10	0	0	1.000	-1.3
2021	ATL	P	24	128	8	16	1	2	0.960	+1.2
2020	ATL	P	6	32	2	1	1	0	0.750	-0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AA	Columbus Clingstones	Pit	50	11.2 IP, 22% K	3.21
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	169	37.0 IP, 16% K	6.08
2024	A	Augusta GreenJackets	Pit	22	6.1 IP, 27% K	0.00
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	228	52.1 IP, 23% K	3.97
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	98	21.2 IP, 23% K	5.52
2021	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	64	14.2 IP, 31% K	3.80
2019	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	462	111.0 IP, 32% K	2.68
2019	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	113	24.2 IP, 22% K	6.69
2018	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	80	19.1 IP, 30% K	2.36
2018	A+	Florida Fire Frogs	Pit	414	100.0 IP, 29% K	2.52
2017	A	Rome Braves	Pit	355	83.0 IP, 28% K	3.14
2016	Rk	GCL Braves	Pit	68	18.0 IP, 26% K	0.00
2016	Rk	Danville Braves	Pit	89	21.2 IP, 20% K	3.82
2016	Rk	nan	Pit	157	39.2 IP, 23% K	2.07

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.087	0.072	0.050	0.098

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	4	4	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	4	0	0
Career	8	4	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	2	1.59	4	4	17.0	9	1	7	16	0.94
2020	2	0.96	4	4	18.7	11	0	10	24	1.12
Career	4	1.26	8	8	35.7	20	1	17	40	1.04