Brett Anderson vs. Jose Mesa — Career Comparison

Brett Anderson
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Mesa
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brett Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Mesa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brett Anderson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 145 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 88), and run prevention (ERA+ 123 vs 87). Role difference aside, Brett Anderson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brett Anderson and Jose Mesa

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.75
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.53
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.46
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.58
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.63
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.52
47.52
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.33
42.33
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.87
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
4.07
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
4.36
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1217
9.61
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
9.47
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.91
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.88
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.4
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
651
3.78
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
6.09
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1038
6.03
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.44
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.32
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4828
38.1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6804
39.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
3.68
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
4.51
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
4.71
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.37
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.06
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.87
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4438
35.03
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5972
34.71
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Brett Anderson and Jose Mesa

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.75
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.65
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.62
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
1.14
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.84
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
1.89
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.77
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.8
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.14
96.14
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.79
94.79
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brett Anderson and Jose Mesa

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
222
972.26
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
153450
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
600
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
503.65
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.42
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.14
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.14
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.91
8.35
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.69
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
96.35
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.28
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.8
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.03
-8.91
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
22.77
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
43.8
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
62
271.53
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
52.55
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA