Bill Anderson vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 10.13 and 2.625 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick Matthews

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
16.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
47.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
40.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick Matthews

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick Matthews

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA