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INFIELDER
TIM ANDERSON

MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2023
◆ Appeared in eighth MLB season with White Sox...Appeared in 121 games, including 117 starts at shortstop
and two at second base (first professional appearances).
◆ Slashed .304/.331/.384 (38/125) vs. LHP, compared to .226/.272/.266 (83/368) vs. RHP.
◆ Batted .274/.321/.338 (60/219) in the second half (56 games), after starting the season with a .223/.259/.263
(61/274) line prior to the break (67 games).
◆ Matched his career high with four hits three times: April 7 at PIT, May 26 at DET, and Sept. 18 at WSH.
◆ Was placed on the Injured List on April 11 with a sprained left knee (suffered on April 10 at MIN). Appeared
in three injury rehabilitation games with Triple-A Charlotte and was reinstated on May 2.
◆ Was ejected from the game on Aug. 6 at CLE following an on-field altercation with CLE’s José Ramirez. Was
suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLB. Reached a settlement with MLB to reduce
the suspension to five games, and served from Aug. 18-22.
◆ Stole home on July 22 at MIN...First steal of home for the White Sox since Billy Hamilton on Sept. 26, 2021 at CLE. ANDERSON
◆ Reached 1,000 career hits on Sept. 3 vs. DET, becoming the 30th player in franchise history to reach the
milestone and the 19th to record his first 1,000 career hits with White Sox.
◆ Went 16/38 (.421) with a double, RBI and four runs scored over a season-high 10-game hitting streak from Sept. 9-20.
2022
◆ Was limited in seventh MLB season with White Sox to a career-low 79 games due to injury...Did not play
after undergoing surgery on left hand in early August.
◆ Hit .301 (100/332), his fourth consecutive season batting over .300.
◆ Slashed .397/.426/.534 (23/58) vs. LHP, compared to .281/.321/.365 (77/274) vs. RHP.
◆ Was successful on all 13 stolen-base attempts...Recorded 100th-career stolen base on June 27 at LAA.
◆ Hit two leadoff homers to bring his career total to 15, second-most in White Sox history behind Ray Durham (20).
◆ Batted .356 (58/163) with nine doubles, five homers, 19 RBI, and an .896 OPS in 40 combined games in April and May.
◆ Homered on the first pitch of the game for the sixth time in his career on April 24 at MIN, tying Hall-of-Famer
Craig Biggio for the third-highest total in MLB history.
◆ Left the game in the fifth inning on May 29 vs. CHC with a strained right groin and placed on the 10-day
Injured List on May 31 (retroactive to May 30)...Appeared in four rehab games with Triple-A Charlotte and
was reinstated on June 20.
◆ Voted A.L. starting shortstop in the All-Star Game, his second All-Star appearance (also 2021)...Named the
second African American player to be voted A.L. starting shortstop, joining Derek Jeter (nine times, last 2014).
◆ Placed on 10-day Injured List on Aug. 9 with a sagittal band tear on the middle finger of his left hand.
Underwent successful surgery on Aug. 11 in Chicago in a procedure performed by hand specialist Dr. John
Fernandez of Midwest Orthopedics at RUSH, Surgery Center. Missed the remainder of the season.
2021
◆ Began sixth season with Chicago (A.L.)...Ranked fourth in the A.L. in AVG (.309) in first-career All-Star season.
◆ First player in White Sox history to finish in the top five of the A.L. batting average leaders in three
consecutive seasons (2019-2021).
◆ Led the White Sox in hits (163), runs scored (94), stolen bases (18), multi-hit games (46) and three-hit games (16).
◆ Was the White Sox Opening Day shortstop for the fifth consecutive season.
◆ Left in the first inning on April 4 at LAA with left hamstring tightness, missed two games before being placed
on the 10-day Injured List on April 7 (retroactive to April 5) with a strained left hamstring...Reinstated from
the I.L. on April 15.
◆ Connected on his second career grand slam on May 1 vs. CLE off Triston McKenzie.
◆ Had a career-high 16-game hitting streak from June 27 to July 19 and batted .394 (28/71) with six doubles,
three home runs, 10 RBI, and seven multi-hit efforts during the span.
◆ Scored a run in 13 straight games from July 2-20, the fifth-longest streak in club history, and the longest by
a White Sox player since Jim Thome’s club-record 17 games from April 2-22, 2006 (22 runs scored total).
◆ Recorded a hit and scored a run in 12 straight games from July 2-19, the longest streak in club history.
◆ Hit his second career game-ending home run on Aug. 12 vs. NYY, a two-run shot off LHP Zach Britton in the
inaugural “MLB at the Field of Dreams” Game in Dyersville, Iowa.
◆ Missed four games from Aug. 21-24 with left hamstring tightness and back-to-back games on Aug. 29 vs. CHC
and Aug. 31 vs. PIT before being placed on the 10-day IL (retroactive to Aug. 29)...Reinstated on Sept. 14.
◆ Selected as the cover athlete for R.B.I. Baseball ‘21.

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