Fred Anderson vs. Alejandro Peña — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alejandro Peña
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Alejandro Peña 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 3.11 and 1.278 for Alejandro Peña. 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 Alejandro Peña

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
4.28
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.48
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.31
14.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3173
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057.2
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
8.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
2.82
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.53
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
7.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4398
37.42
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.63
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3989
33.94
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Alejandro Peña

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
4.28
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3173
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057.2
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.53
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.95
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.31
14.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Alejandro Peña

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
503
1563.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
193
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
562.69
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
20
62.18
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
16
49.74
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
3.49
10.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
26
80.83
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
23
71.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.98
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.76
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
15
46.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.96
-12.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.33
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
226.94
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.98
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.33
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA