Bill Anderson vs. Dennis Lewallyn — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dennis Lewallyn
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Lewallyn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Lewallyn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.481 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Dennis Lewallyn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Dennis Lewallyn

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.48
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
10.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.31
10.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.34
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.15
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
3.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
39.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288
35.85
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
35.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.32
39.32

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Dennis Lewallyn

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Dennis Lewallyn

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
1457.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.93
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Dennis Lewallyn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.7
-29.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dennis Lewallyn
Career
Per 600 PA