Jim Blackburn vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jim Blackburn
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows 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 Jim Blackburn 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 5.5 and 1.722 for Jim Blackburn. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rube Foster

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rube Foster

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Blackburn and Rube Foster

Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1542.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-26.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Jim Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100