Bill Bartley vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Bartley
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Bartley 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 3.04 and 1.265 for Bill Bartley. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bartley and Rube Foster

Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
3.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
7.76
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
3.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.779
0.779
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
36.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
32.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.53
36.53
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Bartley and Rube Foster

Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.579
1.579
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.79
15.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bartley and Rube Foster

Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
438.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.84
19.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
6.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Bartley
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100