Anderson made the first two appearances of his brief Major League career in 1974, throwing 2.1 innings of scoreless ball with three strikeouts as a 21-year-old.
The following year he appeared in eight games, with one of them a start, going 1-0 with a 5.04 earned run average over 30.1 innings pitched.
After a full season in the Minors in 1976, he’d make it back to the Big Leagues in 1977 with the Chicago White Sox, going 1-3 over six games and 8.2 innings, all out of the bullpen.
That would be the last Major League action of his three-year career, spending the final three seasons of his pro career bouncing around the Minors for SIX organizations: Phillies, Cubs, Astros, Braves, Tigers and finally Orioles in 1980.
As for his MLB career, he’d finish with a record of 2-3 with a 5.66 ERA over 16 games and 41.1 innings of work.
