Bill Bayne vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Bayne
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Bayne 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 4.84 and 1.523 for Bill Bayne. By the career numbers, Matt Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bayne and Matt Foster

Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
2.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.44
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.21
49.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.64
27.64
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
4.84
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.3
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1986
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
9.67
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
4.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
3.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2959
40.23
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.03
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
5.53
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2613
35.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Bayne and Matt Foster

Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
27
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119.1
9
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.864
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.105
0.105
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bayne and Matt Foster

Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
516.88
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
555.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.697
0.697
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
161.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
132.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.57
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.98
64.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
200
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
194.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
0.69
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
93.51
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.72
74.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.79
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
42
109.09
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA