How Rube Foster's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Rube Foster totaled 103 career Starts, near the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Starts season came in 1915, posting 33, well above the starting pitcher average of 16.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1913 at 8, well below the starting pitcher average of 13.7 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 33 in 1915 to 19 in 1916 and 16 in 1917, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 8 to 33 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rube Foster Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Rube Foster Starts Per Season

Rube Foster's Starts 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 Starts per season line chart

Rube Foster Starts by Team

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

Rube Foster Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Rube Foster's career Starts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rube Foster Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Foster Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Foster's seasonal Starts 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 Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Foster Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Foster's MLB career with Starts 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.
Rube Foster Starts season-by-season breakdown table