Belve Bean vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Belve Bean
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Belve Bean 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 5.32 and 1.634 for Belve Bean. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Belve Bean and Rube Foster

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
5.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
11.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
40.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
6.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
36.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Belve Bean and Rube Foster

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Belve Bean and Rube Foster

Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
670.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
561.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
148.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.57
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.54
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
64.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
210.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
179.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
124.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.78
68.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
132.47
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100