Alan Foster vs. Brian Fuentes — Career Comparison

Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Fuentes
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Alan Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Fuentes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fuentes led in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 81), run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 93), and home run suppression (HR9+ 104 vs 86). Alan Foster held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 101). Role difference aside, Brian Fuentes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Alan Foster and Brian Fuentes

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.42
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.55
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.99
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.74
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.62
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
988
8.67
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.56
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.87
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.94
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.36
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.79
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.25
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
4.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
9.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.47
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2622
38.48
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
5.59
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.22
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.92
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.33
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.53
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3896
34.2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2267
33.27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Alan Foster and Brian Fuentes

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.01
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.04
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.82
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.29
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.69
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.24
93.24
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.18
93.18
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Foster and Brian Fuentes

Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
390000
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.52
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.81
10.04
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
63.98
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
88.18
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-0.7
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
84
145.24
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA