Tyler Anderson vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Tyler Anderson
MillenialNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tyler Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 99), run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 92), and strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 86). Tyler Anderson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 71). Role difference aside, Craig Lefferts holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tyler Anderson and Craig Lefferts

Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.65
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.59
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.44
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.46
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.51
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.27
46.27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
4.3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3777
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1217
8.7
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108
8.7
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.32
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.94
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
2.97
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
7.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
5.65
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.24
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5346
38.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
641
4.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.32
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.31
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.6
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4816
34.43
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Tyler Anderson and Craig Lefferts

Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.65
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.59
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3777
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.12
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.68
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.71
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.59
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.65
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.47
94.47
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.961
0.961
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tyler Anderson and Craig Lefferts

Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
234
763.04
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
600
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
515.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
48.91
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
65.31
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
42.39
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.06
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.52
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.01
13.07
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
13.1
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
68.48
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
85.71
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
81.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
35.87
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.3
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.65
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-8.04
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-4.95
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.35
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
94
306.52
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
261.22
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
1.96
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Tyler Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
52.17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.78
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tyler Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA