Jack Armstrong vs. Jerry Fosnow — Career Comparison

Jack Armstrong
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Armstrong built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Armstrong posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.58 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Jack Armstrong had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jerry Fosnow

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.63
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
4.58
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
9.23
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.17
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.65
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
5.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.054
1.054
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3450
39.47
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
5.02
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.39
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3044
34.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jerry Fosnow

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
2.07
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
1.98
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.2
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Armstrong and Jerry Fosnow

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
426.98
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
516.28
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.6
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
6.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
64.19
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
69.77
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.65
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.73
-13.19
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
231.63
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
72.56
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.74
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA