Varney Anderson vs. Cole Hamels — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cole Hamels
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cole Hamels 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. Cole Hamels posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.199 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Cole Hamels had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Cole Hamels

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
1.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.19
57.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
3.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8094
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2698
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2424
8.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
1.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
2.56
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2560
8.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11115
37.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1103
3.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10118
33.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Cole Hamels

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
1.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8094
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2698
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
1.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.4
95.4
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Cole Hamels

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
430
331.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
778
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
688
530.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
89.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
74.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
12.34
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
15.42
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.69
20.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
109.51
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
107.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
30.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
26.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
55.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.79
14.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
14.65
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
286
220.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
2.72
2.72
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
49.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cole Hamels
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Hamels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25