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Jonathan Anderson
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- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Former Duke outfielder and pitcher Jonathan Anderson returns for his second season as an assistant coach. Anderson’s primary responsibilities include coaching the outfielders, running the bunting program and assisting with base running and hitting. He also coaches first base, is in charge of the Duke Baseball Academy and oversees Duke’s video program. In his first year, Anderson mentored everyday outfield starters Jeremy Gould and Alex Hassan, who combined for just one error in 55 games all season. Hassan, an All-ACC performer who patrolled center field in all but one game, held a perfect 1.000 fielding clip for the entire season and was rewarded with one of three outfield spots on the Rawlings Gold Glove Team. Additionally, Anderson’s work with the Blue Devils on the base paths produced the fourth-highest stolen base success rate in the ACC as Duke was successful in 79 percent of its attempts. Duke swiped 58 bases on the year while being thrown out just 16 times. Fourteen different Blue Devils had at least one stolen base, with Hassan and Gabriel Saade each reaching double figures.
Anderson also assisted with Duke’s hitters and helped the group bat .299 in his first season. He had a hand in helping three Blue Devils, including Nate Freiman (.381), Hassan (.353) and Gould (.349), finish among the ACC’s top 20 in batting average. Under his direction in the bunting program, Duke laid down 11 bunt singles and 20 sacrifices in 2008. Anderson also oversees the baseball team’s video program, coordinating the filming of all games and the breakdown of all videos. Anderson also spends time with Duke’s baseball players reviewing the film.
Anderson started 178 games in his four-year career at Duke while appearing in nearly 200 total contests. As a senior, he put it together on the mound and at the plate, finishing with a .337 batting average and a 2.91 ERA. During that season, he scored 40 runs while swiping 14 stolen bases and laying down a league-leading 20 sacrifice bunts. He was one of Duke’s most consistent fielders as well, going errorless in 107 opportunities in the outfield. The southpaw also compiled a 3-4 record, three saves and a 2.91 ERA on the mound in 2007, notching eight starts and 19 total appearances.
As a freshman, junior and senior, Anderson started every game for Duke, while leading the team in batting average (.313) as a junior and steals (16) as a freshman. He put together a career .280 batting average with 174 hits, 119 runs and 41 stolen bases and finished his career with the 10th-most stolen bases in school history.
The son of Martha and Kevin Anderson, Jonathan Anderson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a native of Miami, Fla. He graduated from Duke in 2007 with a degree in History.
As a Player …
2006: Started all 55 games on the year, making 38 starts in center field, five starts at first base, one start in left field and 11 starts on the mound ... led Duke in hitting with a .313 batting average ... ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.378), third in stolen bases (seven), fourth in hits (57), sixth in at-bats (182) and seventh in slugging percentage (.341) ... finished tied for sixth in runs scored (26) and tied for ninth in RBI (15) ... recorded a team-high 19 multiple-hit games ... had a career-high three hits against East Carolina (2/28), La Salle (3/8), UNC Wilmington (3/29) and Georgia Tech (5/12) ... had three multiple-RBI games, including a three-RBI day against Maryland (3/4) ... had a seven-game hitting streak (3/3-11) ... made 18 appearances on the mound, including a team-high 11 starts ... finished the year 3-6 with a 7.86 ERA and a save ... ranked second on the team in wins and tied for the team lead in saves ... was third in innings pitched (71.0) and strikeouts (39) and fifth in appearances ... earned his first career save against Radford (2/24) ... first win of the year was against Quinnipiac (3/15) ... second win came against Boston College (4/2) ... struck out a career-high six batters against Wake Forest (4/16) ... third win came against Virginia Tech (4/22).
2005: Started 13 of 31 games played ... made seven starts in center field and six starts in right field ... hit .226 with five RBI and eight runs scored ... made 12 appearances on the mound in relief ... posted a 1-0 mark with a 9.45 ERA in 13.1 innings ... made his first collegiate appearance against Cincinnati (2/19) ... picked up his first career win against Florida State (3/26).
2004: Started all 56 games in center field ... led the team and was seventh in the ACC with 16 stolen bases ... team leader in runs scored (45) ... started his career with a five-game hitting streak (2/7-14) ... also compiled a six-game hitting streak (3/6-12) ... hit his first career home run against No. 17 N.C. State (3/21).
High School: Two-year letterwinner at Gulliver Prep ... team captain as a senior ... earned second team all-district and honorable mention all-state honors as a senior ... posted a 3-5 mark with a 2.10 ERA and 40 strikeouts during his senior campaign.
Personal: Born Jonathan Meyers Anderson on October 12, 1984, in Cincinnati, Ohio ... son of Kevin and Martha Anderson ... majoring in history.
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