Ernest Burke vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ernest Burke 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. Ernest Burke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.494 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Ernest Burke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernest Burke and Matt Foster

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.26
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.68
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Ernest Burke and Matt Foster

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.48
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.04
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernest Burke and Matt Foster

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
489.8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA