Joe Beckwith vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Joe Beckwith
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Beckwith 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 3.54 and 1.450 for Joe Beckwith. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Beckwith and Rube Foster

Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.65
48.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1266
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
9.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
6.8
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1823
38.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.98
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
4.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1625
34.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Joe Beckwith and Rube Foster

Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1266
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.41
93.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.371
0.371
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Beckwith and Rube Foster

Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
6245.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
2.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.95
-25.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
272.73
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100