Bob Bowman vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Bob Bowman
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Bob Bowman. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 3.82) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.367). 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 Bob Bowman and Rube Foster

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.47
60.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
8.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
3.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.781
0.781
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
38.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.86
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.32
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1422
35.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Bob Bowman and Rube Foster

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bowman and Rube Foster

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
540.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
101
500.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
11.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.97
-9.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
61
302.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100