Fred Archer vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Fred Archer. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 6.35) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.513). By the career numbers, Rube Foster 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 Fred Archer and Rube Foster

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Rube Foster

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Rube Foster

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100