Greg Burke vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Greg Burke
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Burke 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 4.77 and 1.759 for Greg Burke. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Burke and Rube Foster

Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
9.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.77
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
10.59
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.42
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
41.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.82
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.668
1.668
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
36.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.9
41.9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Greg Burke and Rube Foster

Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
9.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.81
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Burke and Rube Foster

Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
24000
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Greg Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100