Matthew Bowman vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Matthew Bowman
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Matthew Bowman 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 4.38 and 1.350 for Matthew Bowman. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matthew Bowman and Rube Foster

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
240.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
8.6
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
7.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
38.89
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.94
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.79
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.71
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
34.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Matthew Bowman and Rube Foster

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240.2
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.59
93.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Matthew Bowman and Rube Foster

Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
27840
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-29.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Matthew Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100