Bill Anderson vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Lance McCullers

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Lance McCullers

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Lance McCullers

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
17.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
6.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100