Andy Boswell vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Andy Boswell
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Andy Boswell 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 5.91 and 1.969 for Andy Boswell. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Andy Boswell and Rube Foster

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.64
63.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.91
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
11.95
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.95
11.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.77
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.98
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
44.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
9.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.969
1.969
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
38.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Andy Boswell and Rube Foster

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Andy Boswell and Rube Foster

Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.609
0.609
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
48.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
57.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Andy Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100