Walter Ball vs. Jerry Fosnow — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball 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. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Jerry Fosnow

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Jerry Fosnow

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.38
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Jerry Fosnow

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
556.65
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.34
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA