Fred Anderson vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson 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 3.48 and 1.292 for Ryan Madson. 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 Ryan Madson

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
830
8.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
2.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3631
37.58
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.242
1.242
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Ryan Madson

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
7.66
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Ryan Madson

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA