Bill Butland vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Bill Butland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Bill Butland. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 3.88) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.288). By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butland and Rube Foster

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.88
46.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
150.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
8.24
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
38.35
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
34.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Butland and Rube Foster

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butland and Rube Foster

Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
391.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-8.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.48
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100