Tom Bolton vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Tom Bolton
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Bolton 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. Tom Bolton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 155 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 86). Matt Foster held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 88). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tom Bolton.

Pitching Stats for Tom Bolton and Matt Foster

Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.69
47.69
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.3
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
614
10.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.77
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
4.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
5.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2426
40.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
4.95
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
35.44
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Tom Bolton and Matt Foster

Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.85
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.531
0.531
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Bolton and Matt Foster

Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
8360
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-56.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
200
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA