Walter Anderson vs. Ed Appleton — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Appleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Walter Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Anderson posted a career ERA of 3.25 against Ed Appleton's 3.25, with WHIP of 1.405 and 1.435 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Ed Appleton

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.33
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.08
27.08
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.25
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.25
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.69
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
8.84
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.08
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.42
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
39.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.44
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
34.87
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Ed Appleton

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Ed Appleton

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
496.55
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.12
21.93
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.61
16.63
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA