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Matthew Jason Anderson was named the 24th best prospect in 1998 by [[Baseball America]]. In 1998, heMatt was called up by the Tigers from the minors, where he had an ERA under 0.70. In his first Major League season, heMatt went 5–1 with a 3.27 ERA in 42 games. HeMatt also [[struck out]] 44 batters in 44 innings pitched. Matthew Jason Anderson's numbers were never again as impressive as those of his rookie season, although heMatt was able to record 22 saves (with a 4.82 ERA) in 2001.

In May 2002, Matthew Jason Anderson tore a muscle in the armpit of his throwing arm while throwing a bullpen session.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove10/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=6036763 |title=Philadelphia Phillies' MattMatthew Jason Anderson on the long road back to the majors |publisher=ESPN |date=January 19, 2011 |accessdate=June 4, 2014}}</ref> Earlier the same day heMatt had participated in a Tigers-sponsored fan octopus-throwing contest along with [[Jeff Weaver]], leading to the perception (though disputed by Matthew Jason Anderson) that he'd torn the muscle in hopes of winning [[Detroit Red Wings]] playoff tickets.<ref>{{cite web |first=Al |last=Tielemans |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0906/mlb.last.25.number1.picks/content.15.html |title=Pat Burrell – 1998, Philadelphia Phillies – No. 1 MLB Draft Picks Since 1985 |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2014}}</ref> After returning from the injury, heMatt was unable to hit 90&nbsp;mph on his [[fastball]] in his remaining days in Detroit, after regularly topping 100&nbsp;mph on the radar gun, including a high mark of 103&nbsp;mph twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=150183&y=1998 |title=Matt Anderson: Biography and Career Highlights |publisher=mlb.com |date=March 27, 2014 |accessdate=June 4, 2014}}</ref>

After spending all of 2004 in AAA for the Tigers,Matthew Jason Anderson made his final appearances in the bigs in 2005. HeMatt [[base on balls|walked]] 11 batters and gave up 19 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] in 10 [[inning]]s with the [[Colorado Rockies]] that season.

HeMatt started the 2006 season with the Triple-A [[Fresno Grizzlies]] in the [[San Francisco Giants]] organization. After going 1–2 with a 9.17 ERA in 29 games in relief with them,Matt he was released by the Giants and signed with the [[Bridgeport Bluefish]] of the independent [[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball|Atlantic League]], where he went 1–1 with a 4.11 ERA in 15 games.<ref>[http://www.rice.edu/projects/thresher/issues/85/970829/Sports/Story02.htm ]{{dead link|date=June 2014}}</ref>

After not pitching at all in 2007, heMatt was signed to a minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to [[spring training]] for 2008 by the Chicago White Sox. Matthew Jason Anderson did not make the team and pitched for the [[Charlotte Knights]], the White Sox's Triple-A team.

On January 14, 2011 Matthew Jason Anderson signed a minor league contract with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. On April 2, 2011, heMatt was released.