Bill Anderson vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Alex Young

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1089
35.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Alex Young

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Alex Young

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA