Fred Anderson vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Fred Anderson posted a stronger line than Michael Wacha. Fred Anderson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.89) and WHIP (1.175 vs 1.286). By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Michael Wacha

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.04
64.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Michael Wacha

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Michael Wacha

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
23.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100