Varney Anderson vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill 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. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Rich Hill

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Rich Hill

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Rich Hill

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.38
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA