Brian Anderson vs. Bill Campbell — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Campbell
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Campbell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Campbell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 142 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 66), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 87). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 100). Role difference aside, Bill Campbell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Bill Campbell

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
5.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.5
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.97
54.97
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3688
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1229.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
8.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
3.62
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
6.33
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.33
6.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5239
38.35
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
3.33
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550
4.03
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.29
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.64
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4595
33.64
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Bill Campbell

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
5.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3688
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1229.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.87
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
2.23
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
2.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.72
95.72
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Bill Campbell

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
700
14000
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
531.25
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
26
520
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
12.19
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
80
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.73
5.7
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
13.28
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
200
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Campbell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Campbell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0