Red Anderson vs. Matt Herges — Career Comparison

Red Anderson
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Herges
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Red Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Herges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Herges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.499 compared to 4.35 and 1.602 for Red Anderson. By the career numbers, Matt Herges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Red Anderson and Matt Herges

Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.37
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.56
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.13
55.13
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.44
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
4.35
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.91
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.2
9
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
9.88
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
9.57
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.86
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.54
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.35
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.63
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
6.16
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
39.91
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3023
39.37
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.58
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
5.53
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.36
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.95
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
35.1
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668
34.75
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.37
39.37

Fielding Stats for Red Anderson and Matt Herges

Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2073
27
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
9
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.42
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.15
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.64
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.56
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Anderson and Matt Herges

Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
36
502.33
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
567
8723.08
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
544.19
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
553.85
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.674
0.674
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
57.46
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
16.4
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.02
70.03
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
10.71
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
22
338.46
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.77
1.77
Red Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA