Willie Foster - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Willie Foster

William Hendrick Foster
(Bill)

Born: June 12, 1904 in Calvert, TX
Died: September 16, 1978 in Lorman, MS
(74 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: L

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 190

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996
Buried: Carbondale Cemetery (Alcorn, MS)
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Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Martín Dihigo	SP	18	1923-1945	✔		66.0	28.8	4.0	33.7	-0.4
2	Bullet Rogan	SP	18	1917-1938	✔		60.7	25.3	1.4	35.1	-1.2
3	Joe Williams	SP	26	1907-1932	✔		54.3	4.5	0.3	49.7	-0.1
4	Satchel Paige	SP	19	1927-1947	✔		50.9	-0.4	0.0	51.3	0.0
5	Ramón Bragaña	SP	11	1928-1945		39.9	4.1	-1.2	37.2	-0.1
6	Dick Redding	SP	22	1911-1936		39.4	-0.1	-0.3	39.9	-0.1
7	Willie Foster	SP	15	1923-1937	✔		39.1	-0.7	0.0	40.0	0.0
8	William Bell	SP	15	1923-1937		35.8	1.5	0.2	34.3	-0.1
9	Lázaro Salazar	SP	12	1930-1945		33.5	16.4	1.7	16.7	-1.2
10	Nip Winters	SP	11	1921-1932		32.7	4.1	-0.3	29.1	-0.2
11	Bill Holland	SP	23	1919-1941		27.7	-2.6	-0.2	30.5	0.0
12	Henry McHenry	SP	18	1930-1948		27.0	4.0	-0.3	23.7	-0.4
13	Leroy Matlock	SP	13	1929-1942		26.7	0.1	0.3	26.3	-0.1
14	Andy Cooper	SP	18	1920-1939	✔		25.1	-1.9	-0.1	27.1	0.0
15	Sam Streeter	SP	16	1921-1936		23.6	1.8	0.0	21.9	0.0
16	Roosevelt Davis	SP	20	1924-1945		23.6	-2.0	0.0	25.6	0.0
17	Red Ryan	SP	14	1919-1932		23.4	-0.4	0.0	23.8	0.0
18	Ted Trent	SP	13	1927-1939		23.3	-3.0	0.0	26.3	0.0
19	Oscar Levis	SP	12	1921-1932		21.9	0.8	-0.3	21.6	-0.1
20	Logan Hensley	SP	13	1922-1939		21.6	0.2	0.0	21.4	0.0
21	Chet Brewer	SP	18	1925-1948		21.0	1.0	0.0	20.2	-0.1
22	Joe Strong	SP	16	1922-1937		20.1	2.8	-0.7	18.2	-0.2
23	Dave Brown	SP	8	1919-1931		20.1	-1.6	0.0	21.7	0.0
24	Rats Henderson	SP	10	1921-1931		19.0	-2.2	-0.4	21.6	0.0
25	Ed Rile	SP	15	1919-1936		18.7	10.5	-0.8	10.3	-1.3
26	Webster McDonald	SP	17	1922-1940		18.4	-0.5	-0.1	19.1	0.0
27	Rube Curry	SP	11	1920-1932		17.6	-1.6	0.0	19.2	-0.1
28	Harry Salmon	SP	12	1921-1935		16.9	-1.3	-0.2	18.5	-0.1
29	Terris McDuffie	SP	13	1930-1945		16.6	1.4	-0.4	15.9	-0.4
30	Cocaína García	SP	11	1927-1945		15.6	3.4	-1.0	13.6	-0.5
31	Carl Glass	SP	8	1923-1930		15.3	0.2	-0.4	15.6	-0.2
32	Connie Rector	SP	22	1920-1944		15.1	-0.3	0.1	15.6	-0.2
33	Bill Drake	SP	12	1916-1930		15.1	-0.1	0.0	15.2	0.0
34	Nelson Dean	SP	8	1925-1932		14.9	-1.7	0.0	16.5	0.0
35	Luis Tiant	SP	13	1930-1947		13.9	-1.4	0.0	15.4	0.0
36	Heliodoro Díaz	SP	8	1926-1936		13.5	-0.1	-0.2	13.8	0.0
37	Phil Cockrell	SP	18	1917-1934		13.4	1.9	-0.3	11.9	-0.2
38	Luther Farrell	SP	13	1919-1934		13.1	6.1	-1.5	9.0	-0.5
39	Darltie Cooper	SP	13	1923-1940		13.0	0.3	0.0	12.9	-0.2
40	Neck Stanley	SP	21	1928-1948		12.8	-3.1	0.0	15.9	0.0
41	John Donaldson	SP	12	1916-1932		12.4	3.8	0.3	9.0	-0.8
42	Isidro Fabré	SP	18	1918-1939		12.1	0.2	0.0	12.8	-0.9
43	Willis Flournoy	SP	14	1919-1932		12.0	0.2	-0.2	12.0	0.0
44	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	19	1909-1932		11.7	-2.7	0.0	14.5	0.0
45	Jim Willis	SP	11	1928-1939		11.4	-0.1	0.0	11.5	0.0
46	Basilio Rosell	SP	5	1926-1941		11.3	0.9	0.1	10.4	0.0
47	William Ross	SP	10	1917-1930		9.9	0.7	0.0	9.2	0.0
48	Bill McCall	SP	6	1922-1931		9.8	-0.2	-0.1	10.1	0.0
49	Cliff Bell	SP	11	1921-1931		9.2	-1.2	0.0	10.4	0.0
50	George Britt	SP	25	1917-1944		9.0	1.5	-0.5	7.9	0.1
51	Steel Arm Tyler	SP	6	1925-1930		8.9	-1.4	-0.2	10.5	0.0
52	Jesse Hubbard	SP	16	1919-1935		8.8	5.1	0.2	4.2	-0.7
53	Bob McClure	SP	11	1920-1930		8.5	-2.0	0.0	10.5	0.0
54	Willie Powell	SP	9	1925-1934		8.3	-1.0	0.0	9.3	0.0
55	John Williams	SP	6	1926-1945		7.9	0.9	-0.3	7.5	-0.2
56	Willie Gisentaner	SP	16	1921-1937		7.7	0.6	0.3	7.1	-0.3
57	Willie Cornelius	SP	15	1929-1946		6.7	1.5	-0.1	5.4	-0.1
58	Bill Force	SP	10	1921-1930		6.6	0.5	0.3	5.9	-0.1
59	Silvino Ruiz	SP	7	1928-1942		6.0	-0.8	0.0	6.8	0.0
60	George Mitchell	SP	14	1924-1941		5.8	1.5	0.2	4.4	-0.2
61	Yellow Horse Morris	SP	6	1924-1930		5.8	0.5	0.1	5.2	0.0
62	Laymon Yokely	SP	14	1926-1944		5.8	-2.4	0.0	8.2	0.0
63	George Harney	SP	9	1923-1931		5.7	0.3	-0.2	5.6	0.0
64	Porter Charleston	SP	8	1927-1935		5.4	-0.2	0.0	5.6	0.0
65	Lefty Williams	SP	12	1922-1935		5.0	0.0	-0.2	5.1	0.0
66	Sam Crawford	SP	18	1910-1931		4.9	-1.5	-0.4	6.9	-0.1
67	Ping Gardner	SP	12	1920-1932		4.9	-1.6	-0.1	6.5	0.0
68	Slim Branham	SP	10	1920-1932		4.5	0.3	0.0	4.2	0.0
69	Tatica Campos	SP	13	1912-1930		4.4	1.2	-4.4	8.1	-0.5
70	Script Lee	SP	12	1921-1934		4.3	-0.6	0.0	4.9	-0.1
71	Elbert Williams	SP	4	1929-1935		4.1	-0.5	0.0	4.6	0.0
72	Luther McDonald	SP	6	1927-1935		3.5	-0.4	0.0	3.8	0.0
73	Johnny Markham	SP	9	1930-1945		3.3	-0.8	0.0	4.1	0.0
74	Herb Smith	SP	3	1929-1933		3.2	0.0	-0.1	3.3	0.0
75	Army Cooper	SP	5	1928-1932		2.8	-0.1	0.0	2.9	0.0
76	Alonzo Boone	SP	11	1929-1947		2.8	-0.3	-0.1	3.1	0.0
77	Jesús Lorenzo	SP	3	1929-1937		2.7	0.2	-0.2	2.7	0.0
78	Roy Roberts	SP	14	1916-1934		2.4	-1.1	-0.1	3.6	0.0
79	Lefty Holmes	SP	8	1929-1940		2.3	0.6	0.0	1.8	0.0
80	Alto Lane	SP	2	1929-1931		2.0	0.3	0.0	1.8	0.0
81	Oscar Owens	SP	9	1922-1931		1.9	1.7	-1.0	1.4	-0.2
82	Buck Miller	SP	7	1924-1930		1.8	-0.9	-0.2	2.4	0.5
83	George Nash	SP	3	1928-1932		1.7	-0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0
84	Lefty Capers	SP	2	1930-1931		1.5	-0.3	0.0	1.9	0.0
85	Henry Wright	SP	7	1929-1935		1.4	-0.8	-0.1	2.4	0.0
86	Cliff Carter	SP	11	1922-1934		1.2	0.3	-0.1	1.0	0.0
87	Ted Shaw	SP	3	1928-1930		1.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
88	Alphonso Cox	SP	4	1930-1945		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
89	Bun Hayes	SP	7	1928-1935		0.8	-0.4	-0.1	1.3	0.0
90	Charlie Beverly	SP	8	1925-1939		0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0
91	Rocky Ellis	SP	9	1928-1940		0.6	-1.0	0.1	1.6	0.0
92	Frank Stevens	SP	7	1923-1931		0.5	1.7	0.2	-1.2	-0.2
93	Frog Holsey	SP	5	1928-1932		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
94	Henry Gillespie	SP	10	1921-1932		0.3	0.7	-0.3	-0.1	0.0
95	Rattler Harrison	SP	3	1927-1930		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
96	Oscar Estrada	SP	3	1924-1931		0.2	-0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.1
97	Diamond Pipkins	SP	3	1929-1942		0.1	0.5	0.0	-0.4	0.0
98	Will Jackman	SP	4	1928-1936		0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0
99	Cándido Gálvez	SP	2	1929-1932		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
100	Herb Thomas	SP	3	1928-1930		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

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