Ed Bauta vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Ed Bauta
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Bauta 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 4.35 and 1.517 for Ed Bauta. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bauta and Rube Foster

Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
5.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.66
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
4.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
8.94
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.067
1.067
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
39.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.72
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
4.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
34.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Ed Bauta and Rube Foster

Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
5.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bauta and Rube Foster

Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
3233.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
15.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
12.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Bauta
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100