Brian Anderson vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian 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. Brian Anderson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 122), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 87 vs 82), and home run suppression (HR9+ 71 vs 69). Alex Young held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 81 vs 66). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brian Anderson.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Alex Young

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.88
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6063
35.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Alex Young

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Alex Young

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.92
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
54.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
89.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.83
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA