Fred Blank vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Fred Blank
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Fred Blank 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 4.5 and 1.750 for Fred Blank. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blank and Rube Foster

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
7.76
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
31.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3038
32.46
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Blank and Rube Foster

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blank and Rube Foster

Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100