Remembering a certified Yankee Killer: Garret Anderson

BRONX, NY - OCTOBER 7: Garret Anderson of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim bats as John Flaherty of the New York Yankees looks on during Game Three of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 7, 2005 in Bronx, New York. The Angels defeated the Yankees 11-7. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images) | MLB via Getty Images Yesterday afternoon, the baseball world received stunning news.

Former Angels outfielder Garret Anderson, who earned three All-Star nods, won the 2003 Home Run Derby and All-Star Game MVP, had the game-winning hit in 2002 World Series Game 7, and sits atop the Angels franchise leaderboards in several categories, passed away at just 53 years old , having suffered a fatal heart attack. As the Anderson family, not to mention the baseball world at large, let us honor his career in the best way an opposing fanbase can: by remembering the times we cursed his name. You see, Garret Anderson belongs to a small fraternity of certified Yankees Killers — players who, no matter the situation, always found a way to come up big against the Bombers.

His numbers, of course, speak for themselves. Overall, he had a career . 293/.

324/. 461 slash line across his 17-year career — good for a slightly above-average 102 OPS+ despite multiple seasons of sub-100 offensive production at the end of his career dragging it down. Against the Yankees?