Varney Anderson vs. Dorn Taylor — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dorn Taylor
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dorn Taylor 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. Dorn Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.45 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Dorn Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Dorn Taylor

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.67
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.63
29.63
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.32
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
38.7
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.85
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
33.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.7
38.7

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Dorn Taylor

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.06
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.46
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.42
84.42
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.63
29.63
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Dorn Taylor

Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
915.79
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
13.42
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
4.16
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Dorn Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
6.33
6.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.45
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dorn Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA