Stew Bowers vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Stew Bowers
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Stew Bowers 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 4.6 and 1.875 for Stew Bowers. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Bowers and Rube Foster

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.05
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.83
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.818
0.818
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
43.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.44
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.875
1.875
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
38.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Stew Bowers and Rube Foster

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Bowers and Rube Foster

Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.1
39.54
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
145.57
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
51.01
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.42
42.14
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Stew Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Stew Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100