Bud Anderson vs. Claude Hendrix — Career Comparison

Bud Anderson
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Hendrix 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. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 3.68 and 1.463 for Bud Anderson. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Anderson and Claude Hendrix

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.37
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.98
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.55
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.39
71.39
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.7
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
3.68
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
8.94
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.74
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.59
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
4.14
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.926
0.926
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
0.754
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.19
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
38.84
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.36
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.31
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.29
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.15
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
34.07
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Bud Anderson and Claude Hendrix

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.79
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.85
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.81
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.63
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.422
0.422
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Anderson and Claude Hendrix

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
255.15
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
990
600
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
71.52
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
121.82
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
168
101.82
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
15.15
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100