Fred Anderson vs. Pat Perry — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pat Perry
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Perry 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 3.46 and 1.278 for Pat Perry. 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 Pat Perry

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
6.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
7.36
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
3.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
37.03
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
3.83
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3716
33.91
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
32.78
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.03
37.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Pat Perry

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
6.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.96
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.65
92.65
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Pat Perry

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
4044.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.5
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
31.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
155.56
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
6.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
98
175
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
155.56
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.43
3.43
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA