Bill Anderson vs. Steve Wilson — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Steve Wilson
Baby BoomersCANThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Steve Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Steve Wilson

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
5.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
9.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
3.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
6.57
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
38.94
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1327
34.58
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Steve Wilson

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
5.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.36
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.64
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Steve Wilson

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
1765.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
60
514.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
68.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.77
15.2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
77.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
102.86
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
8.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
145.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA