Harry Baldwin vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Harry Baldwin
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows 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 Harry Baldwin 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 4.41 and 1.644 for Harry Baldwin. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Baldwin and Rube Foster

Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.78
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.68
11.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
40.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
37.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Harry Baldwin and Rube Foster

Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Baldwin and Rube Foster

Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
66.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.78
88.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Harry Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100