Ed Foster vs. Zac Gallen — Career Comparison

Ed Foster
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zac Gallen
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Zac Gallen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.14 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.58 and 1.161 for Zac Gallen. By the career numbers, Ed Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Foster and Zac Gallen

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.57
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.57
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.59
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.46
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.93
55.93
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
3.58
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1007.1
9
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
7.53
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.05
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.89
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1060
9.47
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.29
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.32
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
36
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
37.01
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
425
3.8
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.66
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
30
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3758
33.58
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Ed Foster and Zac Gallen

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.57
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.57
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1007.1
9
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.56
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.63
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.22
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.2
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.81
97.81
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Foster and Zac Gallen

Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
1600
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
463.64
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
14.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
81.82
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.36
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.36
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-25.37
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
7.58
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
26
236.36
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
2.54
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
127.27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Zac Gallen
Career
Per 600 PA