Joe Albanese vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Joe Albanese
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Albanese 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 4.5 and 1.667 for Joe Albanese. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Albanese and Rube Foster

Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
40.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
37.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Joe Albanese and Rube Foster

Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Albanese and Rube Foster

Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Albanese
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100