Walter Anderson vs. Tommy Bridges — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Bridges
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tommy Bridges 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 stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 3.57 and 1.368 for Tommy Bridges. By the career numbers, Walter Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Tommy Bridges

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.35
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
1.15
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.62
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.44
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.43
58.43
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.38
85.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.64
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.25
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
3.57
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8479
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2826.1
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.69
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2675
8.52
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.58
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1192
3.8
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.42
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
5.33
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.19
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12165
38.74
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.15
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1321
4.21
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10938
34.83
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Tommy Bridges

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.446
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Tommy Bridges

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
222.77
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1142
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1003
526.97
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
95.1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
76.71
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
14.19
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.2
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
18.39
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
28.9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
117.69
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
133.98
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.61
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.83
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
81.44
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54.58
28.68
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
38.88
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
271
142.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.21
4.21
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
34.15
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.15
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA