Brian Anderson vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.74 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Brian Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Dick Tomanek

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
4.74
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
906
5.27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Dick Tomanek

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Dick Tomanek

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.25
17.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.73
5.7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA