Brett Anderson, born in 1988, is the starter pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007.http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/68727/Brett_Anderson In 2008, he and his team won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He is son of Frank Anderson, who is the baseball coach at Oklahoma State University. He both bats and throws left.

Brett F. Anderson is considered a promising young prospect and was ranked as the number 13 prospect in the Major Leagues by MLBhttp://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/prospects/y2009/. He won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing, China. On July 6th, 2009, Brett Anderson had a major career high: he managed to pitch a shutout against the Boston Red Sox striking out 9 batters, which was his first shutout.

• Bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Chinahttp://baseball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/2130