Tim Belcher vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Tim Belcher
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim Belcher 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. Tim Belcher led in home run suppression (HR9+ 88 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 88 vs 86). Matt Foster held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 73). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tim Belcher.

Pitching Stats for Tim Belcher and Matt Foster

Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.54
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.05
51.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
4.16
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7328
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2442.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2423
8.93
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
0.97
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
3.17
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.16
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1519
5.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10422
38.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
4.62
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9349
34.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Tim Belcher and Matt Foster

Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7328
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2442.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.07
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
1.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
1.7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.04
96.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Belcher and Matt Foster

Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
394
542.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
533.94
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
66.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
50.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.83
12.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
86.7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
74.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
26.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
34.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
57.8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-4.12
-5.68
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
147
202.29
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
57.8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.26
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Belcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA