Bill Anderson vs. Larry Bradford — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Larry Bradford
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Bradford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Bradford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.52 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Larry Bradford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Larry Bradford

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
9.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
7.73
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.78
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
5.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
37.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.82
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.75
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.87
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
32.47
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Larry Bradford

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
9.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Larry Bradford

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
12480
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Larry Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-22.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA