Walter Anderson vs. Bugs Raymond — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Raymond 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. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 3.25 and 1.405 for Walter Anderson. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Bugs Raymond

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.47
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.12
44.12
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.6
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.25
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
7.69
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.97
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.42
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
4.22
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Bugs Raymond

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.58
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2319
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.25
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.91
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.68
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Bugs Raymond

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
279.45
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
540.41
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.3
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.22
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.79
24.24
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
106.85
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
121.23
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.66
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.77
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
53.42
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.96
20.46
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
32.88
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
178.77
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100