Fred Anderson vs. Brad Ziegler — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Ziegler
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Ziegler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Ziegler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 2.86 and 1.175 for Fred Anderson. By the career numbers, Brad Ziegler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Brad Ziegler

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.46
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.48
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.33
49.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
2.86
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
2.75
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2152
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
717.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
8.21
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.69
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
6.01
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2947
36.97
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
3.79
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.25
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3716
33.91
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2635
33.06
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Brad Ziegler

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
739
9.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2152
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
2.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
2.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
2.63
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.17
94.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Brad Ziegler

Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
63342.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA