Rube Foster vs. Phil Maton — Career Comparison

Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Maton
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Foster built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Maton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 3.98 and 1.281 for Phil Maton. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Foster and Phil Maton

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
9.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1417
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
472.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
7.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.01
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
3.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
10.27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.91
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2018
38.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.92
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.262
1.262
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1765
33.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Rube Foster and Phil Maton

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
9.11
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1417
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.71
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.33
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.138
0.138
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Foster and Phil Maton

Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478
57360
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
114.1
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
86.56
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
72.79
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
20.56
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Phil Maton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Phil Maton
Career
Per 600 PA