Kirtley Baker vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirtley Baker 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 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Rube Foster

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Rube Foster

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.93
89.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Rube Foster

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
35
110.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
40
126.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.26
8.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100