Bill Bevens vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Bevens
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Bevens 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. Bill Bevens posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.298 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Bill Bevens had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bevens and Matt Foster

Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.35
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.5
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.64
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1927
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
8.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.38
8.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
3.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.817
0.817
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2692
37.72
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
38.16
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.54
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
1.298
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2452
34.36
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Bevens and Matt Foster

Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
27
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119.1
9
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.18
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.281
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.105
0.105
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bevens and Matt Foster

Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
238.02
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
547.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
44.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.44
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
13.36
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
79.34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
66.94
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
24.79
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-5.14
-12.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PA
102
252.89
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
2.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
39.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.44
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.96
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Bevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA