Varney Anderson vs. Brian Tollberg — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Tollberg
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Tollberg 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. Brian Tollberg posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Brian Tollberg had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Brian Tollberg

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.44
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
4.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
10.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.43
10.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.43
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
5.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
39.3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1220
35.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Brian Tollberg

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Brian Tollberg

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
289.09
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
93
507.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
14
76.36
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
13
70.91
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
11.92
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
15
81.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
7
38.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.44
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
33
180
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA