Harry Baumgartner vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Harry Baumgartner
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Baumgartner 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 and 1.333 for Harry Baumgartner. 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 Baumgartner and Rube Foster

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3372
36.03
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Harry Baumgartner and Rube Foster

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Baumgartner and Rube Foster

Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1080
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Baumgartner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Baumgartner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100