Matt Foster vs. Bill Parsons — Career Comparison

Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Parsons
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Parsons built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Parsons led in home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 86). Matt Foster held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 98). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bill Parsons.

Pitching Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Parsons

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.62
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.17
88.17
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
8.18
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.88
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.986
0.986
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2224
38.47
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
34.32
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1953
33.78
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.47
38.47

Fielding Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Parsons

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.42
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1562
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.12
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.69
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.68
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.98
98.98
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.17
88.17
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Parsons

Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
336.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
502.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
83.13
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
65.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.14
25.79
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
108.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
54.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
79.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.05
21.88
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
39.76
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
61
220.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.72
2.72
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.23
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA