Rube Foster vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Foster posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Rube Foster posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rube Foster and Tim Wakefield

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.64
74.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Rube Foster and Tim Wakefield

Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9679
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3226.1
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Foster and Tim Wakefield

Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
150
295.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
531.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
116.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA