Fred Beene vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Fred Beene
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Beene 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 3.63 and 1.403 for Fred Beene. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Foster

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.16
63.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
8.56
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.47
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
4.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.927
0.927
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
38.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.47
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1085
33.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Foster

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
865
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.688
0.688
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Foster

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
7666.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.94
-62.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100