Josh Edgin vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Josh Edgin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Edgin 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 3.49 and 1.310 for Josh Edgin. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Edgin and Rube Foster

Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
12.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.49
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
7.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
3.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
8.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
37.95
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.77
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.12
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.279
1.279
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
33.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Josh Edgin and Rube Foster

Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
12.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.91
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.062
0.062
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Edgin and Rube Foster

Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
106200
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Josh Edgin
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100