Norm Bass vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Norm Bass
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Norm Bass built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.274 compared to 5.32 and 1.616 for Norm Bass. By the career numbers, Matt Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Bass and Matt Foster

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
5.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.3
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
9.61
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.92
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4.86
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.94
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
40.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
5.82
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.608
1.608
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
35.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Norm Bass and Matt Foster

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Bass and Matt Foster

Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
444.94
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
552.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
13.83
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
67.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.48
-9.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
48
323.6
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.85
1.85
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA