Varney Anderson vs. Guy Morton — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Morton
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Morton 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. Guy Morton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Guy Morton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Guy Morton

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.54
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.36
58.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
3.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
8.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
3.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6750
37.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.44
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
4.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
33.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Guy Morton

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.33
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
27
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.42
84.42
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.98
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Guy Morton

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
317
327.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
580
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
566.9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
88.97
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
74.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.48
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.16
17.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
106.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
99.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
24
24.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
34.14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
58.97
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
9.34
9.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.34
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
122
126.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.75
4.75
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.76
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0