Matt Foster vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Powell
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Powell 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 Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Powell

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.81
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.2
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
8.08
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.57
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.66
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
38.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
37.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
34.32
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
32.31
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Powell

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.29
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.95
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.3
97.3
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.118
2.118
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Powell

Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
364.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
557.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
49.94
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
59.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA