Jose Espada vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jose Espada
Gen ZP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Espada as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Espada posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.750 compared to 2.36 and 1.224 for Rube Foster. By the career numbers, Jose Espada had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Espada and Rube Foster

Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
2.36
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.083
0.083
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
7.76
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3372
36.03
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
3.25
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.224
1.224
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3038
32.46
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.5
31.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jose Espada and Rube Foster

Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Espada and Rube Foster

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