Bill Blair vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Blair
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Blair 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 2.61 and 1.194 for Bill Blair. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Blair and Rube Foster

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.1
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
8.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.774
0.774
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
38.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.224
1.224
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
35.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Blair and Rube Foster

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Blair and Rube Foster

Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.57
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.54
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
78.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
84.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100