Larry Foster vs. Bobby Mathews — Career Comparison

Larry Foster
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bobby Mathews posted a stronger line than Larry Foster. Bobby Mathews posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 13.5) and WHIP (1.237 vs 2.500). By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Larry Foster and Bobby Mathews

Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
1.03
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.45
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5601
10.17
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.17
10.17
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.13
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.09
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
54
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21997
39.95
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.02
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3497
6.35
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
49.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21417
38.89
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Larry Foster and Bobby Mathews

Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.22
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
1.33
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
2.23
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1102
1.81
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.88
19.88
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.04
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Foster and Bobby Mathews

Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
146.07
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2559
600
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
17.12
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
62
14.54
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Larry Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67