Tommy Byrne vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Tommy Byrne
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Byrne 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. Tommy Byrne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.604 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Tommy Byrne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Byrne and Matt Foster

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.12
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.46
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.19
55.19
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
4.11
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4086
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
7.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
8.07
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.07
8.07
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.65
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
6.85
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
5.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6181
40.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
4.55
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5059
33.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
34.32
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.84
40.84
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Tommy Byrne and Matt Foster

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
6.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1183
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.35
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
3.95
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
5.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
5.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.31
94.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.88
13.88
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Byrne and Matt Foster

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
345.34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
655
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
550.53
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.99
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
87.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
43.97
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.59
60.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
207.94
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
168.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
66.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
89.77
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
61.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.75
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
126
115.42
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA