John Foreman vs. Nolan Ryan — Career Comparison

John Foreman
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nolan Ryan
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Nolan Ryan built a career as a starting pitcher and John Foreman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nolan Ryan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.19 and WHIP 1.262 compared to 4.97 and 1.605 for John Foreman. By the career numbers, Nolan Ryan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for John Foreman and Nolan Ryan

John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.28
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
1.35
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.16
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.48
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
0.54
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.48
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
0.49
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.8
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.37
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.1
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
4.97
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1911
3.19
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
673
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16158
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
224.1
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386
9
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
9.83
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
6.56
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
0.54
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.61
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2795
4.67
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.13
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.25
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5714
9.55
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.4
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.46
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.16
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.26
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1037
41.6
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22575
37.72
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.02
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
6.74
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2178
3.64
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.32
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.23
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.44
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
35.83
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19291
32.24
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.6
41.6
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for John Foreman and Nolan Ryan

John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.28
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
1.35
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16159
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386.1
9
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.37
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.64
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
0.91
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.15
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.04
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
1.43
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.84
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
1.28
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.5
89.5
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.219
2.219
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.05
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Foreman and Nolan Ryan

John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
208.7
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
505.96
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
957
600
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
76
495.65
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
852
534.17
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
52.17
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
58.93
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
50.16
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
6.27
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.78
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
20.34
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.94
10.62
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
52.17
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
71.47
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
82.76
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
25.08
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
39.13
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
22.57
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
46.39
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
18.62
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
-11.22
-7.04
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
97.83
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
23.82
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
232.6
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
40.75
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
6.9
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.88
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
John Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.76
John Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50