Billy Bryan vs. Sylvester Foreman — Career Comparison

Billy Bryan
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueCatcher
Sylvester Foreman
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueCatcher

Looking at the career totals, Billy Bryan and Sylvester Foreman are closely matched on the surface stats. Billy Bryan posted stronger numbers in OPS (.687 vs .610) and slugging (.395 vs .301). Sylvester Foreman had the advantage in on-base percentage (.309 vs .292). By the career numbers, Billy Bryan had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Bryan and Sylvester Foreman

Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
209.72
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
173
178.66
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1070
600
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
581
600
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
968
542.8
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
501
517.38
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.648
0.648
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
117.2
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
112
115.66
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
71.21
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
90.88
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.94
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.39
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.05
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.29
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
22.99
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.1
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
45.98
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
24
24.78
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117.63
65.96
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
52.51
54.22
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
214.21
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
151
155.94
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
303
169.91
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
179.69
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.555
0.555
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
48.22
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
60.93
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
70.09
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
54
55.77
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
95.33
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
113.6
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110.31
61.86
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
58.97
60.89
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.68
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
51.03
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
60.93
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.29
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
283
158.69
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.03
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.78
3.78
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
581
581
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
59
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.12
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18.59
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.36
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
7.85
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Bryan and Sylvester Foreman

Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
1.16
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.63
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6512
27
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2723
27
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2170.2
9
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
907.2
9
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1498
6.21
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
4.75
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.47
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.89
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.28
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1639
6.8
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
597
5.92
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
6.68
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
5.64
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.31
95.31
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.757
5.757
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.43
86.43
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.59
61.59
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.09
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.17
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.41
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.51
Sylvester Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.15
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.19
Sylvester Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0