University of Georgia Athletics

2023 Baseball Roster

Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against Louisiana State University at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, May 18th, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges/UGAAA
 during Georgia’s game against Louisiana State University at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, May 18th, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges/UGAAA
Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against USC Upstate at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday, May 10th, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges/UGAAA
during Georgia’s game against Tennessee at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, May 7th, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
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during Georgia’s game against Arkansas at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
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Georgia during Georgia’s game against Kentucky at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
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Georgia during Georgia’s game against Kentucky at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia during Georgia’s game against Kentucky at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia’s game against Kentucky at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia during Georgia’s game against South Carolina at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against Princeton at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against Princeton at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against Princeton at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during Georgia’s game against Jacksonville State at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo by Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia outfielder Ben Anderson (44) during a game against Jacksonville State at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
BSB 2023 Headshot
Ben Anderson during a game against UAB at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday Oct. 16, 2022. (Photo by Kari Hodges)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Ben Anderson Florida exhibition 21
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Dwight Allen (22) and Ben Anderson
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2022 SEC Baseball Tournament -Ben Anderson
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Ben Anderson
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Ben Anderson
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Action at UK
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Jaden Woods at UK
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Ben Anderson - 3B
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Ben Anderson
Photo by: Tony Walsh
Ben Anderson
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Baseball Class of 20-21
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Ben Anderson
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Ben Anderson sliding
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Ben Anderson
Photo by: Tony Walsh
Ben Anderson
Photo by: Tony Walsh
BSB 2023 Headshot
Jersey Number 44

Ben Anderson

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    LaGrange, Ga.
  • High School:
    LaGrange
  • Shop:
    L/R
Combined Collegiate Playing Career Furman/Georgia (2018-23): Batted .288 with 45 doubles, 18 triples, 21 home runs, 131 RBI and 30-for-44 in stolen bases in 237 games including 230 starts...Registered a .996 Fielding Percentage in 567 total chances with 12 assists and two errors...Two-time recipient of SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award...NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner 

UGA Playing Career (2020-23): Batted .267 with 34 doubles, 11 triples (T4th in school history), 18 home runs, 92 RBI and 25-for-31 in stolen bases in 185 games including 178 starts plus a 1.000 Fielding Percentage in 432 total chances with nine assists...Will head to medical school after baseball career. 

2023 (Graduate/UGA): One of three team captains and starting center fielder on a team that went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 134 total chances including one assist
*Batted leadoff in 48 games and hit .277 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 28 RBI
*Tallied 16 multiple hit games including five three-hit games
*Leadoff home run against No. 18 Tennessee in a 9-4 victory
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by College Sports Communicators (CSC)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
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2022 (Senior/UGA): Co-captain and starting center fielder on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Appeared in 57 games with 57 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 142 total chances including three assists
*Batted leadoff in all 57 games and hit .274 with nine home runs and 34 RBI; led the team with 57 runs scored, 38 walks, four triples and nine stolen bases
*Tallied a team-best 31-game on base streak and registered 14 multiple hit games including a four-hit game against Wofford and four three-hit games
*Three times led of a game with a home run including the first Bulldog to ever do it in a season opener in records dating to 1970
*Named the SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote of the league's coaches and to the Academic All-District Team by CoSIDA
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Junior/UGA): Graduated with a degree in biochemistry with plans to attend medical school after baseball career
*Starting center fielder on the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Appeared in 55 games with 52 starts, all in center field with perfect 1.000 FLDG% with 114 putouts and four assists while batting .206-4-17
*Registered 11 multiple hit games including three-hit games against Ga. Southern, Texas A&M and Auburn and hit home runs against No. 1 Arkansas, No. 1 Vanderbilt, Auburn and Ga. Tech
*Led the team with 34 walks and three triples plus ranked second with 11 doubles
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to Preseason 3rd Team NCBWA All-America team

2020 (RS-Sophomore/UGA): Helped team go 14-4 and finish ranked as high as No. 2 (USA TODAY Sports Top 25) in the national polls
*Appeared in all 18 games and made 17 starts in center field with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 38 total chances
*Led the team with a .414 batting average (24-for-58), .544 on base percentage, 24 runs scored, six doubles and 15 walks
*Became the first Bulldog since Gordon Beckham (.411) in 2008 to finish a season with a batting average over .400 and had the highest mark since Buck Belue’s .447 average in 1982
*Ended the season on a 17-game on base streak and at one point hit safely in nine straight games
*Had seven multi-hit games including three-hit performances in wins against No. 17 Ga. Tech at Coolray Field and versus Richmond at Foley Field
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
*Named to CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District Team, which recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom

2019 (Sophomore/UGA): A member of the Georgia baseball team who sat out the season due to the NCAA transfer rule after spending his first year at Furman University
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC ), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
 
2018 (Freshman/FU): Attended Furman and earned Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors after batting a team-best .361 with three home runs and 39 RBI for the Paladins and coach Brett Harker
*Batted leadoff in all 52 games and led the squad in runs (46), hits (73), a school-record seven triples that ranked fifth nationally, total bases (107), slugging percentage (.530) and on-base percentage (.461) 
*Tallied 22 multi-hit games and posted a team-high on base streak of 32 games as team went 24-28
*Became first Paladin freshman to be named All-Southern Conference since second baseman Bob Roma in 1979
*Started in center field and fielded .985 with 130 putouts, three assists and two errors in 135 total chances 
 
High School: A graduate of LaGrange where he played for David Smart
*Posted a .568 slugging percentage and team-high five home runs to help the Grangers to their fourth consecutive appearance in the state playoffs as a senior
*Batted a team-leading .457 with 34 runs scored as a junior as team went 17-13
*A two-time All-Region and Georgia High School Association (GHSA) All-State selection
*Summer baseball action with 643 Cougars and hit .414 with 44 runs scored as team went 68-4-2, winning four Perfect Game(PG) tournaments and was ranked No. 6 nationally
*Named MVP of the PG 17U Evoshield Classic and overall seven-time all-tournament honoree in 2016
 
Personal: Born Aug. 21, 1998
*Son of Ashley and Jay Anderson
*Major: Biochemistry
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