Herman Besse vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Herman Besse 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. Matt Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.274 compared to 6.79 and 1.755 for Herman Besse. By the career numbers, Matt Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Matt Foster

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.41
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
4.75
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
4.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Matt Foster

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119.1
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.105
0.105
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Matt Foster

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
430.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
545.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
20
121.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA