Ed Foster vs. Tim Hudson — Career Comparison

Ed Foster
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Hudson 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 3.49 and 1.266 for Tim Hudson. 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 Tim Hudson

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.38
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.54
62.54
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
3.49
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2957
8.51
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.71
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
5.99
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.36
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
36
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13005
37.43
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
3.8
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
30
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11787
33.93
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Ed Foster and Tim Hudson

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.74
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.9
96.9
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Foster and Tim Hudson

Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
518.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.86
21.86
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
110.7
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
106.48
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.58
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
35.49
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.69
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-25.37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.36
14.67
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.69
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
21.97
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
190
160.56
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.74
3.74
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA