Craig Anderson vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin 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. Jim McGlothlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 5.1 and 1.607 for Craig Anderson. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig Anderson and Jim McGlothlin

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.46
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.08
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.33
23.33
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
10.58
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.98
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.87
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.79
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
41.79
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.59
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
6.88
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
37.72
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4935
34.16
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Craig Anderson and Jim McGlothlin

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.84
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192.1
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.95
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
2.48
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.81
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
2.37
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.73
20.73
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Anderson and Jim McGlothlin

Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
964.71
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
552.94
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.5
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
15.37
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.12
21
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
100
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
54.17
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
6.12
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
8.85
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
164.71
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA