The phrase "advanced him to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to promoting someone to a higher position or level within an organization or context.
Example: "After a year of exceptional performance, the company advanced him to the position of senior manager."
Alternatives: "promoted him to" or "elevated him to".
A groundout advanced him to second, then Beltran doubled to deep right-center, scoring Reyes easily.
That gave Betancourt second base, and a grounder advanced him to third.
ʿAlī earned the confidence of his master, who later freed him and advanced him to the rank of bey (district governor).
Jeter then lined a single to right, and O'Neill advanced him to third on a ground single through the left side.
After Martinez drilled a ball to the left-center field warning track and barely made it to second because of his bad knees, John Olerud's groundout to first advanced him to third.
In 1955, Warner Brothers hired him for small roles in Cheyenne, one of the western series infesting television, and advanced him to Marlon Brando's buddy in the movie Sayonara (1957).
Mr Stevens just blew out his six primary challengers, advancing him to a general election against Mark Begich, the mayor of Anchorage.
Jeff Liefer waited out Clemens and worked a walk leading off the bottom of the seventh inning, and after he advanced to second on a passed ball, Lee poked a grounder to the right side to advance him to third.
In 1934 Truman's political career seemed at an end because of the two-term tradition attached to his job and the reluctance of the Pendergast machine to advance him to higher office.
Earlier last year, the Communist Party anointed Xi as a "core" leader, granting him a level of authority that had not been bestowed on his immediate predecessor, Hu, and advancing him to the revered ranks of Mao and Deng Xiaoping.
The purpose was to inform each soldier gathered there that "he is now in the service of a State, possessed of sufficient power to reward his merit, and advance him to the highest Honors of a free Country".
