Rick Anderson vs. Jay Ritchie — Career Comparison

Rick Anderson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jay Ritchie
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Ritchie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Ritchie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 3.75 and 2.083 for Rick Anderson. By the career numbers, Jay Ritchie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Jay Ritchie

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.16
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.49
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
874
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291.1
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
9.3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
10.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.74
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
6.55
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
38.86
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.79
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.917
1.917
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.356
1.356
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
30.75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
35.77
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Jay Ritchie

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.16
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
874
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291.1
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.48
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2.07
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.95
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.03
94.03
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Jay Ritchie

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
2708.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
567.57
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.58
25.58
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
23.13
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA