Sylvester Foreman
Sylvester Foreman
(Hooks)
Born: August 4, 1895 in Foreman, OK
Died: August 23, 1940 in Kansas City, MO
(45 years old)
(Hooks)
Born: August 4, 1895 in Foreman, OK
Died: August 23, 1940 in Kansas City, MO
(45 years old)
Bats:
R
Throws:
R
Wt:
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Notes:
Buried: Fairview Cemetery (Coffeyville, KS)
Compared to
Contemporary Catchers (Top 50)
| # | Players | Pos | Yrs | Career | HoF | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|
C | 24
|
1920-1947
|
✔
|
30.2
|
26.4
|
1.9
|
-0.7
|
2.7
|
||
| 2
|
C | 26
|
1920-1946
|
15.8
|
6.2
|
7.0
|
0.0
|
2.6
|
|||
| 3
|
C | 12
|
1910-1928
|
11.0
|
6.9
|
2.5
|
0.0
|
1.6
|
|||
| 4
|
C | 13
|
1926-1941
|
10.1
|
7.5
|
1.4
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
|||
| 5
|
C | 16
|
1919-1937
|
9.8
|
11.3
|
-1.2
|
0.0
|
-0.2
|
|||
| 6
|
C | 13
|
1919-1932
|
8.2
|
5.8
|
1.6
|
-0.6
|
1.5
|
|||
| 7
|
C | 9
|
1924-1934
|
7.5
|
7.1
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
-0.3
|
|||
| 8
|
C | 26
|
1921-1947
|
6.9
|
3.7
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
2.7
|
|||
| 9
|
C | 11
|
1921-1933
|
6.3
|
5.6
|
-0.5
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
|||
| 10
|
C | 17
|
1916-1941
|
5.8
|
3.8
|
1.4
|
-0.7
|
1.3
|
|||
| 11
|
C | 29
|
1916-1947
|
5.7
|
2.5
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
2.1
|
|||
| 12
|
C | 16
|
1919-1934
|
5.3
|
3.9
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0.8
|
|||
| 13
|
C | 15
|
1917-1934
|
4.1
|
3.3
|
-0.8
|
0.0
|
1.7
|
|||
| 14
|
C | 17
|
1920-1937
|
2.5
|
0.1
|
1.7
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
|||
| 15
|
C | 6
|
1925-1931
|
2.0
|
1.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 16
|
C | 10
|
1919-1929
|
1.9
|
2.4
|
-0.9
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
|||
| 17
|
C | 5
|
1920-1930
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
-0.1
|
-0.3
|
0.3
|
|||
| 18
|
C | 6
|
1920-1928
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
-0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 19
|
C | 8
|
1923-1937
|
1.1
|
0.5
|
-0.3
|
0.2
|
0.7
|
|||
| 20
|
C | 8
|
1923-1937
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
-0.5
|
0.6
|
|||
| 21
|
C | 6
|
1923-1929
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 22
|
C | 2
|
1908-1932
|
0.7
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 23
|
C | 7
|
1912-1927
|
0.6
|
-0.1
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|||
| 24
|
C | 5
|
1923-1932
|
0.6
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|||
| 25
|
C | 3
|
1926-1928
|
0.5
|
-0.1
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 26
|
C | 11
|
1918-1928
|
0.4
|
-0.6
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
|||
| 27
|
C | 3
|
1922-1927
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 28
|
C | 4
|
1922-1930
|
0.1
|
-0.1
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 29
|
C | 3
|
1926-1929
|
0.1
|
0.4
|
-0.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 30
|
C | 3
|
1922-1928
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 31
|
C | 2
|
1925-1927
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 32
|
C | 2
|
1921-1928
|
0.0
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 33
|
C | 6
|
1924-1933
|
-0.1
|
-0.3
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|||
| 34
|
C | 4
|
1923-1927
|
-0.2
|
-0.3
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 35
|
C | 9
|
1922-1930
|
-0.2
|
-0.8
|
-0.4
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
|||
| 36
|
C | 4
|
1920-1941
|
-0.2
|
0.2
|
-0.5
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|||
| 37
|
C | 4
|
1908-1942
|
-0.4
|
-0.3
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|||
| 38
|
C | 6
|
1921-1932
|
-0.4
|
-0.8
|
-0.1
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
|||
| 39
|
C | 11
|
1915-1933
|
-0.5
|
-0.8
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
|||
| 40
|
C | 10
|
1915-1933
|
-0.5
|
-0.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 41
|
C | 9
|
1914-1928
|
-0.5
|
-1.8
|
0.8
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
|||
| 42
|
C | 4
|
1926-1929
|
-0.8
|
-1.7
|
0.7
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 43
|
C | 4
|
1924-1927
|
-1.1
|
-1.2
|
-0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
|||
| 44
|
C | 10
|
1921-1931
|
-1.2
|
-1.7
|
-0.3
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
|||
| 45
|
C | 6
|
1920-1928
|
-1.5
|
-1.0
|
-0.6
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
|||
| 46
|
C | 11
|
1921-1935
|
-1.5
|
-1.4
|
-1.1
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
|||
| 47
|
C | 16
|
1922-1941
|
-1.8
|
-0.7
|
-1.4
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
|||
| 48
|
C | 13
|
1914-1927
|
-2.1
|
-3.3
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
|||
| 49
|
C | 10
|
1926-1945
|
-3.3
|
-3.5
|
-0.5
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
|||
| 50
|
C | 25
|
1922-1948
|
-6.6
|
-9.0
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
1.7
|
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