"Anderson's 506 career Marlins games in the jersey played a large part in letting him cut down the nets here, if you'll allow the sports metaphor mixing. So too did that aforementioned defense, at least in comparison to his closest competition on this list. Yet at the end of the day, there's just no getting around the fact that Brian Anderson played pretty darn good baseball for about three years there..."
"Consider the Marlin Maniac crew just a touch dismayed that 1997-1999 Cliff Floyd and 2000-2002 Kevin Millar weren't able to hold Anderson off. Floyd had Miami's first 20/20 season in 1998 (22 HR/27 SB). Millar clubbed 20 HRs and 85 RBI to go with a .314/.374/.557 slash line during the 2021 campaign. Yet neither one of those seasons (2.3 and 2.8 respectively) was worth more than Anderson's 3.1 WAR 2018,"
Brian Anderson wore the No. 15 Marlins jersey in 506 games and combined strong defense with productive offense during his peak seasons. He ranks top-25 in Marlins history in games, doubles (106), home runs (57), RBI (233), and compiled 9.5 WAR. Anderson delivered seasons worth 3.1 and 3.2 WAR and hit 11 homers in 59 games during 2020 before a rapid decline marked by fewer hard-hit balls, lower exit velocity, and inability to outperform expected metrics. Cliff Floyd and Kevin Millar had notable seasons but did not exceed Anderson's peak WAR.
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