Sergio Escalona vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Sergio Escalona
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Sergio Escalona 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 3.48 and 1.306 for Sergio Escalona. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sergio Escalona and Rube Foster

Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
13.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.74
63.74
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.48
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
7.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.05
0.05
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.48
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
7.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
38.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.7
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.09
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
1.258
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
32.66
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Sergio Escalona and Rube Foster

Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
13.72
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.74
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.127
0.127
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sergio Escalona and Rube Foster

Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sergio Escalona
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100