Kent Anderson was coming off his first of two season in the majors both with the Angles. Signed out of the University of South Carolina in June of 1984 he would become the second member of his family to play in the bigs. His brother Mike was a reserve outfield for the Phillies, Cards and Orioles during the 1970's.
Kent debuted on April 15, 1989 going 2 for 4 in the Kingdome flying out to Henry Cotto in the 2nd. In the 5th he got his first base hit-a single to center-off Scott Bankhead. The next day, in the sixth inning he drove in his first RBI-scoring Chili Davis. His first error came April 25 while hosting the Orioles. In 86 games hit .229 with 0 HR's and 17 RBIs.
In 89 he suffered through some bouts of a strained hamstring that reduced his playing time. In late April 1990, Anderson slammed into Minnesota catcher Brian Harper and knocked the ball lose "He changed the mindset of the whole club with one overt play," Angels manager Doug Rader said. His hitting improved to a .308 clip and he hit his first and only HR on June 24 at the Big A with the Tigers' Frank Tanana being the victim. Put on the DL in August he returned to the DL in late September with more hamstring issues. With Donnie Hill already on the team-having joined the Angles in 1990-and Bobby Rose a younger and cheaper option he spent the next year at AAA with the Angles team in Edmonton and was released following the season. He spent the next several years bouncing between the Cubs and Reds minor league affiliates before calling it a career in the mid-90's.
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