Norm Baker vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm 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 3.39 and 1.325 for Norm 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 Norm Baker and Rube Foster

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.28
48.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
3.39
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
8.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.07
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
39.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
36.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Norm Baker and Rube Foster

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.05
77.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Baker and Rube Foster

Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.97
21.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
109.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
22
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
18.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100