Harry Biemiller vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Harry Biemiller
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Biemiller 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 4.22 and 1.563 for Harry Biemiller. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Biemiller and Rube Foster

Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
9.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.78
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
38.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.77
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
33.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Harry Biemiller and Rube Foster

Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Biemiller and Rube Foster

Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
988.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
13
458.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-13.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
211.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
2.83
2.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Biemiller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Biemiller
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100