Fred Anderson vs. Stan Yerkes — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Stan Yerkes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Stan Yerkes 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 3.66 and 1.511 for Stan Yerkes. 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 Stan Yerkes

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.62
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
1.04
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.04
64.04
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.57
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
3.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
959
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
319.2
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
11.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.2
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
2.45
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1397
39.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
5.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
36.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Stan Yerkes

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
2.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
2.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.13
92.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.629
1.629
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.822
1.822
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Stan Yerkes

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
321.43
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
45
226.89
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
119
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
108
544.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
70.59
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
60.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
18.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
80.67
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.86
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
121.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.08
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
35.29
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.99
10.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
50.42
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
176.47
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Stan Yerkes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Yerkes
Career
Per 600 PA