Bill Anderson vs. Dick McCabe — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dick McCabe
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick McCabe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick McCabe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.462 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Dick McCabe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick McCabe

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
10.35
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
11.77
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.34
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.15
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
36.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.462
1.462
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
35.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick McCabe

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
27
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323.1
9
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Dick McCabe

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA