Varney Anderson vs. Jon Matlack — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jon Matlack
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Jon Matlack 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. Jon Matlack posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.262 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Jon Matlack had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Jon Matlack

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.8
49.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.09
88.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
835
3.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7089
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2363
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2276
8.67
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.61
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
2.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1516
5.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.26
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9789
37.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
3.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.37
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8968
34.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Jon Matlack

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7089
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2363
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
1.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.17
95.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.09
88.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Jon Matlack

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
401.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
541
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
441
489.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
63.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
59.89
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
14.01
15.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
66.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
127.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
35.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
25.51
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
61
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
11.18
12.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
47.24
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
63.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
217
240.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Matlack
Career
Per 600 PA