Fred Anderson vs. Ray Narleski — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski 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 3.6 and 1.372 for Ray Narleski. 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 Ray Narleski

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.55
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3022
38.74
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
4.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2676
34.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Ray Narleski

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.55
19.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Ray Narleski

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
82.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.86
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.26
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
180
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA