Varney Anderson vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi 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. Jake Odorizzi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Jake Odorizzi

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Jake Odorizzi

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Jake Odorizzi

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
24
480
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
4.7
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-12.61
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA