Bill Anderson vs. Brian Boehringer — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Boehringer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.552 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Brian Boehringer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian Boehringer

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian Boehringer

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Brian Boehringer

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA