Fred Anderson vs. Ken Penner — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Penner
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Penner 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 3.55 and 1.500 for Ken Penner. 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 Ken Penner

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.95
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.55
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
38.37
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
34.82
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Ken Penner

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Ken Penner

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.86
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
98
175
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.43
3.43
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA