David Carter Anderson (born August 1, 1960) is an American former

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, who played

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(MLB) for the

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(1983–89, 1992) and

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(1990–91).

Playing career

Anderson made his Major League debut on May 8, 1983, and played his final game on October 3, 1992. He was a member of the Dodgers team that won the

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. In Game One of the series, he was on-deck as a decoy to pinch-hit for the pitcher before manager

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brought in the injured

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, who went on to win the game with one of the most dramatic

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s in World Series history.

Managing and coaching career

Anderson was the manager for the 1994

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of the single A short season

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. He led the team to a 42–32 record finishing in first place in the Stedler Division and losing in the playoff semi-final round to the

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. He managed throughout the Tigers chain until partially into the 2000 season, when he re-signed to coach at his alma mater, the University Of Memphis. In 2007, he led the Texas Rangers' AA affiliate, the

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of the

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, to an 85-55 record, ultimately bowing out in the first round of the playoffs. On the big league level, Anderson was most recently the

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for the Texas Rangers, where he was relieved of his duties in October 2013. On September 5, 2010, Anderson was involved in a controversial play at

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. As the Rangers attempted a 2-out rally against the Minnesota Twins,

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hit a soft grounder up the middle. Anderson appeared to make incidental contact with Michael Young, who was attempting to retreat to the third base bag to beat a throw from

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. Third base umpire

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called Young out for coach's interference, ending the game in a 6–5 Rangers loss. Anderson and Young both claimed that they never touched each other, and argued to no avail. In April 2011, as the Rangers third-base coach, Anderson encouraged

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to tag up and score on a foul pop up in the first inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers, after noticing nobody was covering the plate. Tigers catcher Victor Martinez was able to return in time to apply a tag to a sliding Hamilton, resulting in a small fracture of Hamilton's humerus. After the game, Hamilton referred to the play as 'stupid' and 'dumb' before apologizing to Anderson days later. Anderson returning to managing in 2015, serving as the manager of the

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, the Triple-A affiliate of the

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. He spent the 2019 season as the

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minor league infield coordinator. He was named the manager of the

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prior to the 2020 season.

References

External links

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