Rick Anderson vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Rick Anderson
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 4.75 and 1.521 for Rick Anderson. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Anderson and Alex Young

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.75
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
10.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.84
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.91
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
39.57
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.21
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
35.66
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1089
35.3
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Rick Anderson and Alex Young

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.61
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.86
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.44
97.44
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Anderson and Alex Young

Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
1400
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
4.04
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.43
-21.51
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA