Alan Foster vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Alan Foster and Willie Jefferson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Willie Jefferson posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.314 vs 1.364) and home runs allowed (0.41 per nine innings vs 0.87). Alan Foster had the advantage in ERA (3.74 vs 3.94). By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Jefferson

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.04
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.42
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
68.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.74
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
3.94
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
8.67
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
9.89
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.87
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.36
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
4.4
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.18
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1737
39.12
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
4.22
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
5.13
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3896
34.2
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Jefferson

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.52
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.01
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.82
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
1.69
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.24
93.24
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Foster and Willie Jefferson

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
389.05
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
191
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
35
60.52
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
33
57.06
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
103.66
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.81
10.04
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
37
63.98
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
88.18
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
17
29.39
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.4
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
17
29.39
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
65.97
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
34
58.79
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-0.7
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.42
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
84
145.24
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.99
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75