Tyler Anderson (2024) - Hall of Fame - University of Oregon Athletics

Tyler Anderson

Induction:
2024
Class:
2011

A cornerstone player when Oregon reinstated baseball at the varsity level, Tyler Anderson set seven school pitching records and was a Golden Spikes semifinalist before being selected in the first round of the 2011 Major League draft. Anderson was part of Oregon’s initial signing class when the Ducks began playing baseball again in 2009 for the first time in 28 years. Anderson’s final campaigns remain two of the best seasons complied by a UO pitcher. As a sophomore in 2010, he became the first Oregon player named to the Pac-10 all-conference team in 39 years after posting a 2.98 earned run average and striking out a then-school record 105 batters. That season, he pitched the Ducks to wins over No. 4 Cal State Fullerton and No. 22 Stanford. His final year in Eugene, 2011, he broke his own school record by striking out 114 batters and also established the single-season mark for innings pitched – 107.2. With a 2.17 ERA, Anderson was selected to the 2011 Louisville Slugger All-America second team and was also named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. In addition, he was chosen for the Pac-10 all-conference team for the second year in a row. The left-hander still holds Oregon’s all-time record with 285 career strikeouts. In addition to his single-season marks, Anderson fanned a career-high 14 batters in a win at Long Beach State in 2011, which at the time established the Oregon single-game benchmark. In his final appearance at PK Park, May 27, 2011, Anderson pitched the Ducks to a 4-1 victory over No. 6 Oregon State, holding the Beavers to one run in 7.1 innings, scattering four hits and striking out 10. He was selected by the Colorado Rockies as the 20th overall pick in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. In his first nine Major League Baseball seasons, he has been selected to two MLB All-Star games (2022, 2024) and has pitched for the Rockies, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Seattle, the Los Angeles Dodgers – where he was selected to the 2022 All-Star Game – and the Los Angeles Angels as a 2024 MLB All-Star.