Bill Anderson vs. Brad Hand — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Hand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Brad Hand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Hand

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.35
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Hand

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Hand

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA