Varney Anderson vs. Rene Arocha — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rene Arocha built a career as a starting pitcher and Varney Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rene Arocha posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.360 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Rene Arocha had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Rene Arocha

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.03
29.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
4.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
9.87
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.801
0.801
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1287
34.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Rene Arocha

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.41
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Rene Arocha

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
907.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
69
504.88
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
31
226.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA