Ian Anderson vs. Xavier Hernandez — Career Comparison

Ian Anderson
Gen ZNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Xavier Hernandez
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Xavier Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ian Anderson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 85), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 90). Xavier Hernandez held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ian Anderson.

Pitching Stats for Ian Anderson and Xavier Hernandez

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.22
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
8.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
8.33
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.99
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.09
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.57
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
8.63
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
7.54
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.54
7.54
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.54
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
38.89
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2879
38.62
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.27
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.41
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
4.35
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.67
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.64
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1077
34.41
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2543
34.11
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Ian Anderson and Xavier Hernandez

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.89
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.86
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.6
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.42
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.53
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.39
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ian Anderson and Xavier Hernandez

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
59
863.41
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
6474.42
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
541.46
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
3.9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.12
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.13
-31.11
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-39.33
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
424.39
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
279.07
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
1.41
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
2.15
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA