 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Anderson akatungamira maTigers kurekodhi yakanakisa yeMajor Leagues muna 1987, asi timu yakashungurudzika muALCSneTwin Minnesota. Akakunda mubairo wake wechipiri weManager of the Year Award gore iroro. Mushure mokukwikwidza zvakare muna 1988 kupedza wechipiri kuBoston nemutambo mumwe muAL East, boka racho rakaparara gore rakatevera, richirasikirwa nemitambo inoshamisa ye103. Mukati menguva iyoyo ya1989, Anderson akatora zororo remwedzi-wakareba kubva kuchikwata sezvo kushushikana kwekurasikirwa kwakamubata. Murairidzi wokutanga Dick Tracewski akatungamirira boka racho munguva pfupi. 