Bill Anderson vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Fred Rath Jr.

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
10.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
38.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Fred Rath Jr.

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Fred Rath Jr.

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA