Craig Anderson vs. Mike Fiers — Career Comparison

Craig Anderson
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Fiers
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Fiers built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Fiers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.07 and WHIP 1.274 compared to 5.1 and 1.607 for Craig Anderson. By the career numbers, Mike Fiers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig Anderson and Mike Fiers

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.7
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.59
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.08
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.5
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.33
23.33
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.96
53.96
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.23
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.1
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
4.07
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
10.58
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119
8.75
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.98
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.44
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.79
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.66
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.4
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
7.78
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.47
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.38
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
41.79
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4852
37.94
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.59
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
6.88
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.33
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.51
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
37.72
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413
34.51
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Craig Anderson and Mike Fiers

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.7
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.62
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.25
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.81
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.12
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.95
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.54
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.81
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.42
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.39
92.39
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Anderson and Mike Fiers

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
82
964.71
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
1263.46
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
552.94
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
496.15
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
15.37
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
2.92
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
94.12
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
94.12
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
6.12
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.73
-21.54
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
164.71
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
45
259.62
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Mike Fiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
103.85
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Fiers
Career
Per 600 PA