How Rube Foster's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players
Rube Foster posted a career Component ERA of 2.84, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1914, posting 2.02, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.12 that year. The highest point came in 1916 at 3.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.88 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.75 in 1915 to 3.67 in 1916 and 3.0 in 1917. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 5 seasons.
Rube Foster Lifetime Component ERA
Stats similar to Component ERA for Rube Foster
| Rube Foster
Component ERA |
|---|
| Career | 2.84 |
| Season Avg. | 2.84 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.84 |
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Rube Foster Component ERA Per Season
Rube Foster's Component ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Foster Component ERA by Team
Rube Foster's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Foster Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Foster's career Component ERA 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.
Rube Foster Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Foster's seasonal Component ERA 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.
Rube Foster Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Foster's MLB career with Component ERA 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.
