[5] 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 New Jersey Cardinals.

[citation needed] On the big league level, Anderson was most recently the first base coach for the Texas Rangers, where he was relieved of his duties in October 2013.

Anderson appeared to make incidental contact with Michael Young, who was attempting to retreat to the third base bag to beat a throw from Orlando Hudson.

Third base umpire Alfonso Márquez called Young out for coach's interference, ending the game in a 6–5 Rangers loss.

[8] In April 2011, as the Rangers third-base coach, Anderson encouraged Josh Hamilton 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.