Rick Anderson (baseball, born 1956)

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Richard Arlen Anderson (born November 29, 1956 in Everett, Washington) is a pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins in Major League Baseball. He was named the pitching coach in 2002. Before that he was the pitching coach for class AAA Salt Lake for 7 years. He was also a class AA coach and a class A coach since he joined the Twins organization in 1989. In 1978 he was drafted in the 24th round by the New York Mets, with whom he made his major league debut on June 9, 1986. After the single season with the Mets, he played with the Kansas City Royals until 1988.

[edit] Personal

Anderson is married and has two daughters, one son. He graduated from Mariner High School in 1975.^[1] After that he attended Everett Community College and the University of Washington.

[edit] Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

v • d • e Minnesota Twins current roster 5 Michael Cuddyer | 7 Joe Mauer | 15 Glen Perkins | 16 Jason Kubel | 18 Matt Macri | 21 Delmon Young | 22 Carlos Gómez | 23 Brendan Harris | 24 Mike Lamb | 25 Alexi Casilla | 26 Boof Bonser | 27 Craig Monroe | 28 Jesse Crain | 30 Scott Baker | 33 Justin Morneau | 36 Joe Nathan | 37 Dennys Reyes | 39 Juan Rincón | 49 Craig Breslow | 53 Nick Blackburn | 54 Matt Guerrier | 55 Mike Redmond | 59 Kevin Slowey | 60 Brian Bass | 61 Liván Hernández Inactive (40-man) roster: 2 Denard Span | 11 Jason Pridie | 32 Brian Buscher | 38 Philip Humber | 41 Bobby Korecky | 47 Francisco Liriano | 51 Julio DePaula | 58 José Morales | 74 Jose Mijares | 86 Oswaldo Sosa | -- Sergio Santos Disabled list: 8 Nick Punto | 12 Adam Everett | 17 Pat Neshek | 20 Matt Tolbert Coaching Staff: Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire | Bench Coach 9 Steve Liddle | 1st Base Coach 13 Jerry White | 3rd Base Coach 45 Scott Ullger | Hitting Coach 46 Joe Vavra | Pitching Coach 40 Rick Anderson | Bullpen Coach 43 Rick Stelmaszek