Fred Anderson vs. Al Severinsen — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Severinsen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Severinsen 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 3.08 and 1.477 for Al Severinsen. 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 Al Severinsen

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
7.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.73
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
8.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.81
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.05
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
38.51
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3716
33.91
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
33.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Al Severinsen

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
7.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110.2
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.68
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Al Severinsen

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
7542.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
15.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
19.77
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA