Jimmy Anderson vs. Dallas Braden — Career Comparison

Jimmy Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Dallas Braden a clear advantage over Jimmy Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Dallas Braden led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 119 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 56). Dallas Braden was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Dallas Braden

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.91
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.45
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.39
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.72
34.72
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.69
78.69
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
5.42
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
4.16
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
10.52
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
9.34
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.91
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.82
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
3.76
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.77
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.34
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2587
40.52
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
5.81
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.54
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.28
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.71
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2278
35.68
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1899
34.78
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.52
40.52
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Dallas Braden

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.91
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.45
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.85
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.3
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.3
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.87
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.22
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.74
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.6
96.6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.69
78.69
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Dallas Braden

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
379.27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
528.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
71.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
13.81
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
80.83
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
96.37
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
34.2
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
52.85
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
4.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
136.79
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
46.63
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.11
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA