Varney Anderson vs. Mike McCormick — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike McCormick
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike McCormick 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. Mike McCormick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Mike McCormick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike McCormick

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.51
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.15
51.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.8
68.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
3.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7141
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2380.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2281
8.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.62
8.62
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.96
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
3.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1321
4.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10058
38.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.26
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1100
4.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9231
34.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike McCormick

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7142
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2380.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
1.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496
1.88
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.8
68.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike McCormick

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
487
348.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
839
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
738
527.77
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
82.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
67.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
14.3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.84
22.77
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
107.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
111.56
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
38.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
27.89
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
61.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.56
15.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
28.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
275
196.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
3.05
3.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
39.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
8
5.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0