Craig Anderson vs. Jack Flaherty — Career Comparison

Craig Anderson
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Flaherty
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Flaherty 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. Jack Flaherty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.208 compared to 5.1 and 1.607 for Craig Anderson. By the career numbers, Jack Flaherty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig Anderson and Jack Flaherty

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.73
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.57
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.08
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.33
23.33
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.23
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.1
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.8
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
10.58
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
7.59
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.98
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.23
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.79
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.19
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.4
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.32
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
41.79
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4120
37.43
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.59
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
6.88
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.71
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
37.72
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3686
33.49
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Craig Anderson and Jack Flaherty

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.73
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.73
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.25
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.79
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.95
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.81
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.52
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.09
97.09
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Anderson and Jack Flaherty

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
964.71
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
792
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
552.94
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
492
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
76
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
60
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
15.37
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.96
23.85
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
100
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
112
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
32
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
6.12
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
19.19
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
164.71
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
46
184
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
64
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50