Fred Besana vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Fred Besana. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 5.6) and WHIP (1.224 vs 2.038). By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Fred Besana and Rube Foster

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Rube Foster

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.2
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Rube Foster

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
840
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100