Varney Anderson vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler 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. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Zack Wheeler

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Zack Wheeler

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Zack Wheeler

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
538.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA