Joe Brown vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Joe Brown
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Brown 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 5.11 and 1.352 for Joe Brown. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Brown and Rube Foster

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.05
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
40.7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
7.06
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
39.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Joe Brown and Rube Foster

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.24
90.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.609
1.609
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Brown and Rube Foster

Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
20
150
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
23.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
17
127.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
16
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
82.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
22.99
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100