Varney Anderson vs. Matt Moore — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Moore
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Moore 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. Matt Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Matt Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Moore

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.56
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1142.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
8.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1053
8.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4961
39.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.39
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
4.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4373
34.44
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Moore

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1142.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Moore

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
369
1892.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
117
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
104
533.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.83
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
11
56.41
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
10
51.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.82
-24.72
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
47
241.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA