Varney Anderson vs. Matt Young — Career Comparison

Varney Anderson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Young
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Young 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. Matt Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.513 compared to 6.16 and 1.894 for Varney Anderson. By the career numbers, Matt Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Young

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.31
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
2.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.13
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.42
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.75
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.72
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.67
36.67
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.95
48.95
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.83
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.19
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
6.16
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
4.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3569
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1189.2
9
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
12.73
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
9.13
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.73
12.73
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.75
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.32
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.54
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
6.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1162
43.64
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5236
39.61
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.55
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.9
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.28
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.26
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.93
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.894
1.894
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
38.79
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4563
34.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Young

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.33
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
2.52
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.23
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
27
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3569
27
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1189.2
9
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.38
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.2
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.77
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.8
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.34
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.58
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.42
84.42
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.757
1.757
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.95
48.95
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Varney Anderson and Matt Young

Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
198.43
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
66600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
538.58
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
160.63
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
132.28
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.2
76.52
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
212.6
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
87.24
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.69
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.45
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Varney Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA