Ted Abernathy vs. Brian Anderson — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Abernathy led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 66), and run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 94). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 73). Role difference aside, Ted Abernathy holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Brian Anderson

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.49
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.73
47.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Brian Anderson

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
1.82
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.37
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
2.26
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Brian Anderson

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
204
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
532.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.47
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
1.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.08
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
44.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100