Facts: - finalteam: new york yankees - finalyear: 2005 - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - position: relief pitcher - statvalue: 2 -- 0 6.39 19 - throws: right - debutteam: new york yankees - bats: left - debutdate: march 31 - birth date: 9 june 1979 - finaldate: july 15 - name: jason anderson - birth place: danville , illinois - debutyear: 2003 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jason anderson -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
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jason roger anderson -lrb- born june 9 , 1979 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher .in 1997 , anderson was all-state during his senior year at danville high school .he compiled a 14-1 record and tied the illinois state record for consecutive shutouts with six in a row .anderson attended the university of illinois on a baseball scholarship for two years , earning all-american and academic all-american honors .he was named the illinois co-newcomer of the year in and received the george huff academic award in .anderson was named big ten pitcher of the year in .anderson was drafted by the new york yankees in the 2000 major league baseball draft and signed by scout steve lemke .in the season , he became the first player from the staten island yankees to become a new york yankee .-lrb- wily mo pena was the first staten island alum to make it to the majors , but he did it with the cincinnati reds . -rrb-the '' baby bombers '' retired anderson 's # 19 on july 14 , 2003 , in tribute .that day was also proclaimed '' jason anderson day '' in staten island .anderson earned his first major league win that year in 22 appearances with the yankees , but midway through the year , he was traded to the new york mets in a deal that brought armando benitez to the yankees .in the season , anderson was designated for assignment by the mets , and the cleveland indians claimed him off waivers .he only pitched one inning for the team all year , giving up five runs , and in the next year , he rejoined the yankees , making the major league roster after paul quantrill and mike stanton were designated for assignment .the san diego padres claimed anderson off waivers from the yankees on february 15 , .anderson was signed november 16 , 2006 , by the chicago cubs to a minor league contract .anderson landed in the phillies organization may 9 , , when he was signed to a minor league contract and sent to the ottawa lynx ; however , he did not get called up in 2007 and on december 7 , 2007 , was re-signed by the...