Kris Foster vs. Joe Sullivan — Career Comparison

Kris Foster
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sullivan
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sullivan 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 4.01 and 1.529 for Joe Sullivan. 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 Joe Sullivan

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.3
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.46
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.57
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.78
44.78
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.67
36.67
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
4.01
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1764
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
9
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
9.2
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.38
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.56
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
3.31
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.29
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2627
40.21
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
5.11
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
35.1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2312
35.39
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.21
40.21

Fielding Stats for Kris Foster and Joe Sullivan

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
27
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.973
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Foster and Joe Sullivan

Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
408.97
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
600
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
559.64
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
115.7
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
107.62
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.79
29.02
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
123.77
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
139.91
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.67
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
40.36
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
78.03
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.14
32.67
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24.22
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
35
94.17
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
6.37
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.14
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.69
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100