Matt Foster vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance 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. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 4.3 and 1.274 for Matt Foster. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Foster and Dazzy Vance

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
0.6
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.46
58.46
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.07
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2809
8.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.32
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2045
6.2
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
38.16
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
34.32
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11452
34.74
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Matt Foster and Dazzy Vance

Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.105
0.105
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Foster and Dazzy Vance

Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
114
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1112
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
971
523.92
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100