Varney Anderson vs. Mike Montgomery — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Montgomery
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Montgomery 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 Montgomery posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Mike Montgomery had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike Montgomery

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.35
40.35
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.84
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
8.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.96
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.39
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
6.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.53
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2308
38.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
34.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike Montgomery

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.48
97.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Mike Montgomery

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
1298.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
564.71
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
17.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
5
35.29
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-2.22
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
40
282.35
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA