Ed Appleton vs. Alan Foster — Career Comparison

Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ed Appleton and Alan Foster are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ed Appleton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.25 vs 3.74) and home runs allowed (0.19 per nine innings vs 0.87). Alan Foster had the advantage in WHIP (1.364 vs 1.435). By the career numbers, Ed Appleton had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Appleton and Alan Foster

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.33
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.42
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.55
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.08
27.08
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.25
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.74
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
8.67
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.87
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.36
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
4.4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
4.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.38
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3896
34.2
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Alan Foster

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3079
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1026.1
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.01
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.82
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.69
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.24
93.24
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Alan Foster

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
496.55
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
60.52
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
57.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
21.93
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.81
10.04
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
63.98
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
88.18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
29.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
16.63
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-0.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
155.17
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
145.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA