- Full name Robert Benjamin Anderson
- Born 08/21/1998 in Lagrange, GA
- Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 175 / Bats: L / Throws: R
- School Georgia
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A redshirt sophomore, Anderson had to sit out for the 2019 season due to transfer rules after spending his 2018 season at Furman. While there, Anderson was a standout leadoff hitter who led the team in each triple slash category, hitting .361/.461/.530 while setting a program-record with seven triples. In the 18 games Anderson was able to play in for Georgia prior to the 2020 season ending, he continued to show impressive bat-to-ball skills. The 6-foot-1, 171-pound outfielder led the Bulldogs with a .414 average and .544 on base percentage. An above-average runner, there’s a chance Anderson could stick in center field at the next level, and he’s shown some skill in chasing down balls in the gaps, but some scouts wish he was faster. He doesn’t have loud supplemental tools, with little power and would have been drafted on the strength of his collegiate hitting performance in a typical draft. With just five rounds, perhaps Anderson instead returns to Georgia where he could continue showing his hit tool is legit.
Career Transactions
- OF Ben Anderson assigned to Georgia Bulldogs.
