Brian Anderson vs. Scott Kazmir — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Kazmir
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Scott Kazmir a clear advantage over Brian Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Scott Kazmir led in strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 66), home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 71), and run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 94). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 83). Scott Kazmir was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Scott Kazmir

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.69
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.51
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.68
52.68
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
4.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
8.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
3.63
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
8.56
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.39
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.36
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7308
38.67
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.23
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.68
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6476
34.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Scott Kazmir

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.69
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.44
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.84
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.13
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.8
89.8
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Scott Kazmir

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
304
2251.85
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
81
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
533.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.92
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
4.84
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
89.58
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
9
66.67
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
4
29.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.23
-16.55
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.58
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
266.67
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
45.83
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA