Fred Anderson vs. Larry Andersen — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Larry Andersen
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Andersen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 3.15 and 1.313 for Larry Andersen. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Larry Andersen

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
3.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
8.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.52
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
2.81
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
6.85
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4171
37.72
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.63
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3750
33.91
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Larry Andersen

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
6.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.88
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
1.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
2.47
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
2.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.84
90.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Larry Andersen

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
9320
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
7.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
200
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA