Varney Anderson vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee 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. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Cliff Lee

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Cliff Lee

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Cliff Lee

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50