Lefty Leifield vs Rube Foster

Lefty Leifield and Rube Foster compared on their MLB careers: Lefty Leifield played 12 seasons, 1905 to 1920, Rube Foster 5 seasons, 1913 to 1917. Lefty Leifield has 124 wins to Rube Foster's 58. Lefty Leifield won 1 title, Rube Foster won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Lefty Leifield and Rube Foster career totals
296GP138
124W58
97L34
2.5ERA2.4
1,838IP842.1
616K294
554BB305
1.2WHIP1.2
7SV3

How do they compare in the postseason?

Lefty Leifield and Rube Foster postseason
1GP3
0R0
7H15

Titles and awards

  • Lefty Leifield: 1 championship; none on file
  • Rube Foster: 2 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Lefty Leifield and Rube Foster season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1905522.891913343.16
2nd190618131.8719141481.70
3rd190720162.3319151982.11
4th190815142.1019161473.06
5th19091982.371917872.53
6th191015132.64
7th191116162.63
8th1912842.86
9th1913015.48
10th1918262.55
11th1919642.93
12th1920007.00

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA