Bud Anderson vs. Ollie Boyd — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie Boyd built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 7.27 and 1.846 for Ollie Boyd. By the career numbers, Bud Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Anderson and Ollie Boyd

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.68
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
8.94
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13.5
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.74
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.59
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.926
0.926
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
38.84
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.36
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.29
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.15
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
564
34.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.62
43.62

Fielding Stats for Bud Anderson and Ollie Boyd

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.79
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.85
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.81
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.422
0.422
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Anderson and Ollie Boyd

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA