Rick Anderson vs. Sam Bachman — Career Comparison

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Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Bachman 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 4.75 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 4.82 and 1.634 for Sam Bachman. 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 Sam Bachman

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
8.2
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.21
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.75
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.82
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
10.43
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
9.4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.84
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.7
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.91
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.71
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.21
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
39.57
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
41.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.17
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.21
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.45
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
35.66
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
35.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.22
41.22

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Sam Bachman

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
8.2
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.96
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.72
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.088
0.088
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Sam Bachman

Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
1400
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
4.04
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.43
-21.51
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Sam Bachman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Bachman
Career
Per 600 PA