Rick Anderson vs. Dick Mulligan — Career Comparison

Rick Anderson
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Mulligan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Mulligan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Mulligan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.494 compared to 4.75 and 1.521 for Rick Anderson. By the career numbers, Dick Mulligan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Dick Mulligan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.78
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
4.75
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
10.43
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.11
9.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.84
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.7
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
4.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.91
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.56
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
39.57
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
39.56
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.21
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.78
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
35.66
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
34.78
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Dick Mulligan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.61
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.2
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Dick Mulligan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
1400
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
25
652.17
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
4.04
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.36
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-21.51
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.8
-20.83
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100