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Garret Anderson

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — No. 16
Left Fielder / Designated Hitter
Born: June 30, 1972 (1972-06-30) (age 35)
Los Angeles, California
Bats: Left Throws: Left 
Major League Baseball debut
July 27, 1994 for the California Angels
Selected MLB statistics
(through October 5, 2007)
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HR     262
RBIs     1233
OPS     . On-base plus slugging (OPS is a baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's On-base percentage and Slugging percentage. 798
Hits     2,224
Runs     980
Teams
*California Angels (1994-1996), Anaheim Angels (1997-2004)
Highlights and awards

Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder and designated hitter who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The The outfield is a Sporting term used in Cricket and Baseball to refer to the area of the Field of play further from the Batsman Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A left fielder (LF is an Outfielder in the sport of Baseball who plays defense in left field. In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. He is the franchise leader in games played, at-bats, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, grand slams, extra-base hits, career RBI, single-game RBI, and consecutive games (12) with an RBI.

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High school career

Garret Anderson attended Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, California. John F Kennedy High School or Kennedy High School can refer to one of many secondary schools including Canada John F Granada Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. While there, he was a three sport star in baseball, football, and basketball. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m In baseball, he won two All-Los Angeles City honors and two All-League Honors, and as a junior, helped his team win the Los Angeles City Championship. In basketball, as a senior, he won All-Los Angeles City honors and All-League honors.

Career with the Angels

Since entering the major leagues with the California Angels in 1994, Garret Anderson has emerged as one of the greatest players in the franchise's history. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. After finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1995 to Marty Cordova of the Minnesota Twins, Anderson became a mainstay in the Angels' lineup. In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Martin Kevin "Marty" Cordova (born July 10, 1969 in Las Vegas Nevada) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Over the next eight seasons, he accumulated at least 600 at bats every year, breaking 90 RBIs and 20 Home Runs five times while compiling a batting average near . Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 300. In 2002, when the Angels won their first World Series championship, Garret finished fourth in the MVP voting after compiling a . Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. 306 average with 29 home runs and 123 runs batted in. Garret Anderson had a similarly strong performance in 2003, he became an American League all star. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to That all star weekend, he stole the show by becoming the Home Run Champion and voted the most valuable player in the all star game. Anderson began experiencing chronic ailments in 2004 that limited his playing time and production, including an arthritic condition and plantar fasciitis in his feet. Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body Plantar fasciitis is a painful inflammatory condition of the Foot caused by excessive wear to the Plantar fascia that supports the Arch The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. In 2005, he began to see more regular time as a designated hitter to ease the wear and tear off of his body. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 Anderson's production in 2006 was roughly on par with his 2005 production, with both seasons seeing him hit 17 home runs and drive in at least 85 runs. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success On August 21, 2007, he drove in a team-record 10 runs, including a grand slam and a three-run homer, in the Los Angeles Angels' 18-9 win over the New York Yankees. Anderson became the 13th player in Major League history to have 10 RBIs in a game. Anderson now holds the team record for grand slams with eight and RBIs in a game with ten. This performance has been part of a general resurgence in the second half of the 2007 season, a relief to Angels fans who may have wondered if Anderson's career was near its end after a mediocre, injury-plagued first half. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Instead, Anderson has led the Majors in RBI in the latter part of '07. On September 7,2007, Anderson drove in a run on an RBI single, to set a franchise record for most consecutive games with an RBI, with 11. The streak lasted for 12 games, during which time he drove in 22 runs.

Highlights

Awards

Championships and accomplishments

See also

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Preceded by
Edgar Martínez		 American League Player of the Month
July, 1995		 Succeeded by
Albert Belle
Preceded by
Cal Ripken, Jr.		 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Most Valuable Player
2003		 Succeeded by
Alfonso Soriano
Preceded by
Jason Giambi		 Home Run Derby Champion
2003		 Succeeded by
Miguel Tejada
See also List of lifetime home run leaders through history This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters. Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted Below is the list of 254 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2000 hit milestone during their career in MLB Below is the list of 155 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 400 doubles milestone Below is the list of 257 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 1000 RBI milestone Major League Baseball recognizes doubles champions in the American League and National League each season Listed below are the occurrences of Major League Baseball players who have hit three Home runs in a single game For the other professional baseball player named Edgar Martínez see Edgar Martínez (pitcher Edgar Martínez, born January 2, The Player of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Albert Jojuan Belle (born August 25, 1966) is a former American Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Cleveland Indians The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7 1976 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a professional Major League Baseball Outfielder The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Miguel Odalis Tejada (born Miguel Odalis Tejeda on May 25 1974
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