Bud Black vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black 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. Bud Black posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Bud Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Matt Foster

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Matt Foster

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Matt Foster

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.74
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-32.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA