Varney Anderson vs. Tom Glavine — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Glavine
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Tom Glavine 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. Tom Glavine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Tom Glavine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Tom Glavine

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
0.62
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.04
60.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
3.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4298
8.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
0.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1500
3.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.3
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2607
5.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18604
37.94
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1900
3.87
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
0.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16697
34.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Tom Glavine

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
1.75
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1144
2.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
2.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.639
1.639
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Tom Glavine

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
709
258.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1645
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1323
482.55
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
89.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
79.51
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
9.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
10.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68.16
24.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
101.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
127.29
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
33.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
32.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
66.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.2
28.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
36.84
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
329
120
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
78.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
5.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100