Tom Acker vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Rube Foster

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
8.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
38.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1462
34.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Rube Foster

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.444
0.444
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.03
15.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Rube Foster

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100