Brian Anderson vs. Mike Strahler — Career Comparison

Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Strahler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Their run-prevention marks were nearly identical — ERA+ of 94 for Brian Anderson and 98 for Mike Strahler, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 87 and 89 respectively. Role difference aside, the slight lean goes to Mike Strahler — but these two were remarkably close on the shared metrics.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Mike Strahler

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.57
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
8.45
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.002
1.002
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
39.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.74
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.29
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
33.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Mike Strahler

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.99
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.58
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Mike Strahler

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
1382.61
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
531.25
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.25
17.19
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
35.42
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.73
5.7
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
44.06
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA