Varney Anderson vs. Dick Hall — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Hall
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Hall 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. Dick Hall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.157 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Dick Hall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Hall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
3.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.95
14.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
3.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3779
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
8.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.69
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
5.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5085
36.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.69
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
34.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Hall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.71
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6161
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.65
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
606
2.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.34
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
2.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.86
96.86
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.68
25.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Hall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
489.51
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
820
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
522.44
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.581
0.581
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
109.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
92.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
10.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
16.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48.83
35.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
135.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
155.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
57.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
40.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
95.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
38.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
44.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
147
107.56
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
5.58
5.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.88
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
23
16.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75