Ian Anderson vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Ian Anderson
Gen ZNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young 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 69), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 82), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 81). Alex Young held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 122 vs 76). Role difference aside, Ian Anderson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ian Anderson and Alex Young

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
4.34
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
8.24
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.99
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.09
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
8.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
7.75
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1217
38.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
5.06
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.67
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1077
34.41
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Ian Anderson and Alex Young

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
845
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281.2
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.89
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.53
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.14
88.14
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ian Anderson and Alex Young

Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
59
863.41
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
541.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
3.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.13
-31.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
424.39
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
1.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA