Jack Fee vs. Rube Foster — Career Comparison

Jack Fee
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fee 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 4.28 and 1.750 for Jack Fee. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fee and Rube Foster

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.28
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
8.78
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.98
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.14
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
43.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
35.32
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.65
43.65
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Fee and Rube Foster

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.58
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.93
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fee and Rube Foster

Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
200
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-1.48
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100