Bill Anderson vs. Shawn Holman — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Shawn Holman
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Shawn Holman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shawn Holman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.8 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Shawn Holman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Shawn Holman

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
40.33
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
34.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.33
40.33
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Shawn Holman

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Shawn Holman

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
273.91
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
600
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Shawn Holman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shawn Holman
Career
Per 600 PA