Rick Anderson vs. Scott Sullivan — Career Comparison

Rick Anderson
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.75 and 1.521 for Rick Anderson. By the career numbers, Scott Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.75
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
3.98
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
10.43
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
3.43
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.56
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.91
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
39.57
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3146
38.4
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
4.31
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.38
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
35.66
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.87
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.46
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.32
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.194
0.194
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Scott Sullivan

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
1400
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
4.04
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.43
-21.51
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA