Dan Boitano vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Dan Boitano
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Boitano 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 5.68 and 1.626 for Dan Boitano. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Boitano and Rube Foster

Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
10.85
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.89
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.53
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
6.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
41.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.93
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.598
1.598
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
36.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Dan Boitano and Rube Foster

Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Boitano and Rube Foster

Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dan Boitano
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100