Varney Anderson vs. Fred Toney — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Toney
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Toney 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. Fred Toney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.69 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Fred Toney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Fred Toney

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.13
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.57
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.42
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.68
57.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.65
80.65
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
0.64
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6618
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2206
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2037
8.31
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
2.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.15
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8988
36.67
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
835
3.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8359
34.1
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.67
36.67

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Fred Toney

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.33
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
27
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
9
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.42
84.42
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.92
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.821
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Fred Toney

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
253.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
744
560.8
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
88.94
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
74.62
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
9.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
14.32
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.24
21.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
110.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
104.77
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
30.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
35.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
63.32
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.63
14.05
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
15.83
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
186
140.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.37
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75