Loren Bain vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Loren Bain
Greatest GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Loren Bain 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 7.88 and 1.750 for Loren Bain. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Loren Bain and Rube Foster

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Loren Bain and Rube Foster

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Loren Bain and Rube Foster

Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100