Varney Anderson vs. Jason Marquis — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Marquis
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Jason Marquis 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. Jason Marquis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.468 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Jason Marquis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Jason Marquis

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.24
51.24
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.35
84.35
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
4.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2079
9.51
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
1.16
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
3.52
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
5.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.987
0.987
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.26
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.4
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8623
39.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
5.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7611
34.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Jason Marquis

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.74
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
2.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
2.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.35
84.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Jason Marquis

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
448
372.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
551.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
108.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
73.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.53
32.89
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
153.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
120.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
54.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
47.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
98.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.28
29.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
10.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
167
138.97
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
4.32
4.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100