Larry Andersen vs. Pug Cavet — Career Comparison

Larry Andersen
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pug Cavet
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pug Cavet 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. Pug Cavet posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.15 and 1.313 for Larry Andersen. By the career numbers, Pug Cavet had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Andersen and Pug Cavet

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.95
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.87
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.44
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.63
50.63
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.9
44.9
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.32
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
3.15
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.98
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
226.1
9
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
8.43
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
8.67
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.52
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
2.81
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.66
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
6.85
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.641
0.641
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4171
37.72
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
36.38
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.41
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.72
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.63
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
4.18
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.64
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3750
33.91
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
837
33.28
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.38
36.38

Fielding Stats for Larry Andersen and Pug Cavet

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
27
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995.1
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.88
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.37
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
2.47
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.24
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.84
90.84
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.89
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.355
0.355
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.633
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Andersen and Pug Cavet

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
9320
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
49
367.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
540
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
82.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
52.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.37
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.55
26.61
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
45
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
7.97
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
18.06
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
30
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
200
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
34
255
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
2.35
2.35
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100