Alan Foster vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Alan Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alan Foster led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 88), home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 91). Willie Hernandez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 81). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Alan Foster.

Pitching Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Hernandez

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.42
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.74
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
988
8.67
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.87
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
4.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4364
38.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.33
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3896
34.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Hernandez

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.5
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.01
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
1.69
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.24
93.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Hernandez

Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
60.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
57.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.81
10.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
63.98
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
88.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
29.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
58.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-0.7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
145.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100