Varney Anderson vs. Bill McCall — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill McCall 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. Bill McCall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.271 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Bill McCall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Bill McCall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.82
59.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.97
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
8.65
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.854
0.854
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Bill McCall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.97
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.94
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.77
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.34
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.15
94.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Bill McCall

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
267.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
546.92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
117.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
103.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
6
13.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
15.75
36.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
133.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
152.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.507
0.507
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
21
48.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
36.92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
37
85.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.55
42.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
32.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
56.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10.58
10.58
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
0.83
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100