Chris Beck vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Chris Beck
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Beck 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 5.88 and 1.746 for Chris Beck. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Beck and Rube Foster

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
10.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
41.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
6.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.715
1.715
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
35.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Chris Beck and Rube Foster

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Beck and Rube Foster

Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
30900
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100