Fast Ball Anderson vs. Jon Lester — Career Comparison

Fast Ball Anderson
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jon Lester built a career as a starting pitcher and Fast Ball Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fast Ball Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.25 and WHIP 1.250 compared to 3.66 and 1.283 for Jon Lester. By the career numbers, Fast Ball Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fast Ball Anderson and Jon Lester

Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.66
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.38
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.09
63.09
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
3.66
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.97
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
2.93
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2488
8.17
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.3
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
36
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11487
37.73
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1215
3.99
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
0.82
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10377
34.09
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Fast Ball Anderson and Jon Lester

Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.48
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
0.87
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.42
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.36
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fast Ball Anderson and Jon Lester

Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
649.65
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
59.57
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
39.72
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.43
17.63
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.78
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
89.36
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.76
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
162
229.79
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Fast Ball Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Fast Ball Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100