Danny Boone vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone 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 3.36 and 1.397 for Danny Boone. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Rube Foster

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
9.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.74
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
37.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.72
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
33.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.27
37.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Rube Foster

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101.2
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.492
0.492
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Rube Foster

Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.57
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.54
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100