Bud Anderson vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Bud Anderson
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Anderson 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 3.68 and 1.463 for Bud Anderson. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Anderson and Rube Foster

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
3.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
8.94
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.74
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.926
0.926
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
38.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
34.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Anderson and Rube Foster

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.422
0.422
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Anderson and Rube Foster

Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bud Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100