How Elmer Foster's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Elmer Foster posted a career Range Factor of 2.89, near the league average of 3.19 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Range Factor season came in 1886, posting 4.4, below the league average of 4.96 that year. The lowest point came in 1891 at 1.75, well below the league average of 4.04 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.5 in 1889 to 2.63 in 1890 and 1.75 in 1891. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from 1.75 to 4.4 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Elmer Foster Lifetime Range Factor

Stats similar to Range Factor for Elmer Foster
Elmer Foster
Range Factor
Career2.887
Season Avg.2.887
162 Game Avg.2.887
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Elmer Foster Range Factor Per Season

Elmer Foster's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Elmer Foster Range Factor per season line chart

Elmer Foster Range Factor by Team

Elmer Foster's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Elmer Foster career Range Factor by team bar chart

Elmer Foster Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Elmer Foster's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Elmer Foster Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Elmer Foster Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Elmer Foster's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Elmer Foster Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Elmer Foster Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Elmer Foster's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Elmer Foster Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table