Bud Anderson vs. Syl Johnson — Career Comparison

Bud Anderson
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Syl Johnson
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Syl Johnson 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 4.06 and 1.283 for Syl Johnson. 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 Syl Johnson

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
2.25
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.87
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.47
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.49
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.91
48.91
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.34
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.68
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
977
4.06
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6497
27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2165.2
9
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
8.94
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2290
9.52
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.72
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.74
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.03
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.59
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
920
3.82
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.926
0.926
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.2
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
38.84
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9124
37.92
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.36
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
0.84
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.29
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1099
4.57
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.15
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
34.07
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8588
35.69
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bud Anderson and Syl Johnson

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
27
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.79
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.85
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.81
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.63
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.46
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.422
0.422
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.653
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Anderson and Syl Johnson

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
429.59
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
757
600
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
702
556.41
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
100.66
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
79.26
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.17
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.4
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.64
27.46
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
132.36
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
120.48
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
40.42
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
42.01
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
79.26
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.59
22.66
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.59
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.23
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
214
169.62
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.78
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.72
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100