Alan Foster vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alan Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.74 and 1.364 for Alan Foster. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alan Foster and Fred Rath Jr.

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.42
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
8.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.36
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
4.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3896
34.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Alan Foster and Fred Rath Jr.

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.82
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.69
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.24
93.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Foster and Fred Rath Jr.

Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.52
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.81
10.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
63.98
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
88.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-0.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
145.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA