Fred Anderson vs. Jim York — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim York
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim York 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 3.79 and 1.565 for Jim York. 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 Jim York

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.49
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.79
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
9.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
6.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
40.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.53
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
34.71
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Jim York

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
5.49
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.74
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.61
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.73
92.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Jim York

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
2372.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
40
545.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.71
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12.5
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
22.92
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-4.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
245.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA