Matt Foster vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Powell
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

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 3.35 and WHIP 1.362 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
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
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
35
3.35
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.26
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
6.8
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
38.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.97
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.67
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
35.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Matt Foster and Bill Powell

Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.82
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.39
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
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
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
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
200
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
514.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
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
14.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
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
4.43
63.26
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
214.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.36
76.56
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
5
71.43
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
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
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