Rick Anderson vs. Scott Randall — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Randall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 2.083 compared to 6.51 and 1.735 for Scott Randall. By the career numbers, Rick Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Randall

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.88
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.63
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
6.51
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
11.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
10.5
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.58
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.98
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.13
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
41.31
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
6.51
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.98
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.917
1.917
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.627
1.627
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
30.75
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
36.43
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.384
0.384
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.31
41.31

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Randall

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.88
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.3
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.95
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.95
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Randall

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Randall
Career
Per 600 PA