Ed Foster vs. Dan Petry — Career Comparison

Ed Foster
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Petry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dan Petry 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 3.95 and 1.399 for Dan Petry. 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 Dan Petry

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
1.6
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.54
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.22
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
3.95
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1984
8.58
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
3.69
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.71
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1063
4.6
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.33
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
36
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8860
38.33
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025
4.43
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
30
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7837
33.9
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Ed Foster and Dan Petry

Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
1.6
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.1
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.45
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.61
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
2.56
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.01
98.01
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Foster and Dan Petry

Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
44400
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-25.37
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA