Larry Andersen vs. Nick Carter — Career Comparison

Larry Andersen
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Andersen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 3.15 and 1.313 for Larry Andersen. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Andersen and Nick Carter

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.36
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
3.15
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
8.43
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
8.6
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
2.81
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
6.85
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4171
37.72
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.41
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.63
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
3.86
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.64
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3750
33.91
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Larry Andersen and Nick Carter

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.88
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.37
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
2.47
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
2.24
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.84
90.84
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Andersen and Nick Carter

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
9320
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
420
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.37
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.34
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
7.97
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
15
200
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA