Jim Brosnan vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jim Brosnan
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brosnan 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 3.54 and 1.379 for Jim Brosnan. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brosnan and Rube Foster

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
4.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.6
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.92
53.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.73
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
3.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
790
8.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
3.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
5.49
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3510
38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
3.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3189
34.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Brosnan and Rube Foster

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
4.17
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2494
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
831.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
2.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
2.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.24
96.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.533
0.533
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.21
12.21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brosnan and Rube Foster

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
1178.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
196
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
541.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
27
82.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
15
45.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
30.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.57
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
36.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.54
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
8.19
25.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
42
128.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
104.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
30.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
55.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.79
14.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
165.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
3.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
36.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100