Ed Foster vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Ed Foster
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill 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 4.02 and 1.278 for Rich Hill. 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 Rich Hill

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
633
4.02
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1240
7.87
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.51
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5997
38.06
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
4.32
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
30
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5295
33.61
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Ed Foster and Rich Hill

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Foster and Rich Hill

Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.5
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.55
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
8.51
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.76
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.23
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-25.37
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.73
-12.55
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.57
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA