Kris Foster vs. Gaylord Perry — Career Comparison

Kris Foster
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gaylord Perry
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Gaylord Perry built a career as a starting pitcher and Kris Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kris Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.700 compared to 3.11 and 1.211 for Gaylord Perry. By the career numbers, Kris Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kris Foster and Gaylord Perry

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
777
1.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
1.16
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.53
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
0.45
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.23
54.23
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.8
88.8
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.51
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.09
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.02
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1846
3.11
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16051
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.1
9
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4938
8.31
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
0.67
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
2.32
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.28
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3534
5.94
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.918
0.918
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.27
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.18
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21953
36.93
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.06
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.6
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
3.58
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.25
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.14
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
0.4
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
35.1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20236
34.04
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93

Fielding Stats for Kris Foster and Gaylord Perry

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
777
1.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
1.16
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16052
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.2
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
0.59
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
1.48
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.06
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1264
2.13
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1226
2.06
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.8
88.8
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.1
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Foster and Gaylord Perry

Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
787
387.05
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1220
600
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1076
529.18
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
69.34
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
58.03
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
8.36
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
11.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.03
13.29
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
86.56
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
83.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
23.61
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
23.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
43.77
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.54
-1.25
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.82
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
369
181.48
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
55.57
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
20
9.84
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA