Neil Allen vs. Fred Anderson — Career Comparison

Neil Allen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Neil Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 3.88 and 1.487 for Neil Allen. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Neil Allen and Fred Anderson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.31
45.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.88
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
985
8.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
3.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.62
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
5.56
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4248
38.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.02
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
4.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.78
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.419
1.419
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3731
33.98
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3

Fielding Stats for Neil Allen and Fred Anderson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
3.95
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.09
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.81
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.78
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.99
97.99
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.59
13.59
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neil Allen and Fred Anderson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
2018.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
129
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
115
534.88
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
15
69.77
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
51.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.5
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
15.53
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
97.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.51
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
3.88
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
237.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA