Eric Eckenstahler vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Eric Eckenstahler
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Eckenstahler 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 3.8 and 1.732 for Eric Eckenstahler. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Eckenstahler and Rube Foster

Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
10.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.8
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
8.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.46
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
9.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.775
1.775
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
41.83
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.76
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
34.61
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Eric Eckenstahler and Rube Foster

Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
10.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.2
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.76
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.037
0.037
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Eckenstahler and Rube Foster

Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Eric Eckenstahler
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100