Asa Brainard vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Asa Brainard built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.274 compared to 4.4 and 1.697 for Asa Brainard. By the career numbers, Matt Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Matt Foster

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.68
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
4.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Matt Foster

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Matt Foster

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
135.85
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
477
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
587.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
8.81
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA