Varney Anderson vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Matthews

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Matthews

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
2.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
2.34
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.757
1.757
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Dick Matthews

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
56.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10.58
10.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
0.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA