Name Craig Anderson | Role Baseball Player | |
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Craig Anderson (born 30 October 1980 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia) is a left-handed minor league pitcher who is currently a starting pitcher with the Sydney Blue Sox.
Anderson first signed with the Seattle Mariners in 1999. He played in the Mariners system through 2004, posting 11 wins and a 3.56 ERA with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers that year.
He played for Australia in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, after which he joined the Baltimore Orioles. He began 2008 pitching middle relief for the Norfolk Tides of the Triple-A International League. It was his second season in Norfolk, and his fifth in Triple-A. He became a free agent at the end of the season. He played for Australia in the 2009 WBC, starting the team's first game of the tournament against Mexico.
Craig was awarded the pitcher of the year during the 2012–13 ABL season