Jim Bouton vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Jim Bouton. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 3.57) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.286). By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Rube Foster

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.6
49.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1131
8.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
5.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.933
0.933
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5200
37.78
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
4.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.264
1.264
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
34.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Rube Foster

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3715
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1238.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Rube Foster

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
467.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
528.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
32
48.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
31.98
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100