Jason Boyd vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jason Boyd
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Boyd 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 5.74 and 1.575 for Jason Boyd. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Boyd and Rube Foster

Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.74
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
133.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
8.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
6.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
40.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
6.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.08
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
33.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jason Boyd and Rube Foster

Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Boyd and Rube Foster

Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
67800
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jason Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100