Bill Anderson vs. Scott Sullivan — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Scott Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
3.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
3.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3146
38.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
4.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.87
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.32
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.194
0.194
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
48
564.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA