Shaun Anderson

Anderson began the 2019 season with Sacramento, with whom he was 2-1 with a 3.76 ERA in 8 starts covering 38.1 innings in which he struck out 41 batters. The Giants promoted Anderson to make his major league debut on May 15 against the Toronto Blue Jays. His two hits in the game made him the first Giants pitcher since at least 1908 to have a multi-hit game with the bat in his first major league game. With the Giants in 2019 he was 3-5 with two saves and a 5.44 ERA in 28 games (16 starts) in which he pitched 96 innings.

On July 25, 2017, the Red Sox traded Anderson and Gregory Santos to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Eduardo Núñez. The Giants assigned him to the San Jose Giants of the Class A-Advanced California League, where he finished the season. In 24 total games between Greenville, Salem, and San Jose, with 23 of those being starts, Anderson posted a 9–6 record with a 3.44 ERA. Anderson began the 2018 season with the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League. He was selected to represent the Giants at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. In July, the Giants promoted him to the Sacramento River Cats of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

The Boston Red Sox selected Anderson in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft, intending to use him as a starting pitcher, and he signed for a signing bonus of $700,000. The Red Sox assigned him to the Lowell Spinners of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League. Anderson pitched only ​2  ⁄3 innings in 2016, giving up nine runs. He began the 2017 season with the Greenville Drive of the Class A South Atlantic League. The Red Sox promoted Anderson to the Salem Red Sox of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in May.

Anderson enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball for the Florida Gators. He began his collegiate career as a starting pitcher, but transitioned into a relief pitcher. He started one game for the Gators, while spending the rest of his time with the Gators in relief. He played collegiate summer baseball as a starting pitcher for the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods League in 2014 and the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2015. In 2016, as a junior he pitched to a 3–0 win-loss record and a 0.97 earned run average (ERA) with 13 saves (leading the SEC) in 36 games and 60 strikeouts in 46.1 innings for the Gators, which tied the Gators single-season record for saves. He was named First Team All-American by the NCBWA, Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings, and Perfect Game/Rawlings, Third Team All-American by D1baseball.com, and named to the ABCA All-South Region First Team and to the All-SEC First Team.

Anderson attended American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida. His junior year he was 6-1 with an 0.77 ERA, and his senior year he was 12-1 with a 1.10 ERA. In the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, the Washington Nationals selected Anderson in the 40th round, with the 1,216th overall pick, the final pick in the draft.

Shaun Anderson (born October 29, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Boston Red Sox selected Anderson in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.