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Rube Foster

Andrew Bishop Foster

Born: September 17, 1879 in La Grange, TX
Died: December 9, 1930 in Kankakee, IL
(51 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 230

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Manager in 1981
Buried: Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)
Relatives: Willie Foster (Brother)
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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1902	CUG	WES	22	SP	1	1	.500	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	7	5	15	1	7	15	0	0	76	2.50	202
1903	CXG	EAS	23	SP	4	0	1.000	4	4	0	4	1	0	36.0	6	3	19	0	7	19	0	0	134	0.75	192
1904	PG	IND	24	SP	4	0	1.000	4	4	0	4	0	0	36.0	10	6	21	3	9	41	2	6	142	1.50	148
1905	PG	EAS	25	RF	2	0	1.000	3	3	0	3	0	0	32.0	9	4	21	1	3	21	3	3	125	1.13	199
1905-06	CXG	NvC	26	SP	2	2	.500	4	4	4	0	0	34.0	13	7	26	0	11	17	0	3	140	1.85	150
1906	PG	EAS	26	RF	4	2	.667	10	8	2	7	1	1	72.0	28	16	62	0	21	39	3	4	300	2.00	155
1906-07	FE	CUB	27	SP	9	6	.600	16	15	15	1	0	141.0	54	34	100	1	43	47	2	5	567	2.17	101
1907	LEL	WES	27	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	1	0	7	0	1	4	0	0	33	0.00
1907-08	HAB	CUB	28	SP	5	3	.625	8	8	8	0	0	71.0	30	18	55	0	26	31	1	1	303	2.28	121
1908	LEL	WES	28	SP	5	1	.833	6	6	0	6	0	0	54.0	21	12	46	1	18	26	0	0	226	2.00	162
1909	LEL	NvM / WES	29	SP	2	1	.667	3	3	0	3	2	0	26.2	6	5	24	0	5	14	0	1	107	1.69	179
1910	LEL	WES	30	SP	3	0	1.000	4	4	4	0	0	40.0	8	5	29	1	5	20	0	2	150	1.13	201
1910-11	LEL	NvC	31	SP	3	1	.750	4	3	3	1	0	29.0	8	6	23	0	4	12	2	1	108	1.86	84
1911	CAG	WES	31	SP	4	1	.800	8	5	3	0	0	56.2	18	13	46	1	12	33	0	1	224	2.06	159
1911-12	FE	CUB	32	RP	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	6	0	5	3	1	1	25	8.31	35
1912	CAG	WES	32	SP	6	2	.750	10	8	7	0	0	74.1	31	17	66	0	17	31	0	0	298	2.06	131
1913	CAG	WES	33	SP	4	3	.571	8	8	5	1	0	63.1	42	33	75	2	21	38	0	1	281	4.69	66
1914	CAG / LWS	NvH / WES	34	SP	5	4	.556	11	10	0	7	2	0	78.0	33	23	63	2	26	34	0	0	321	2.65	109
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	35	SP	2	2	.500	7	6	4	0	0	53.1	30	24	48	0	13	20	0	1	214	4.05	58
1915-16	SFP	CUB	36	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	15	15.00	24
1916	CAG	NvH / WES	36	SP	1	1	.500	3	2	1	2	0	0	24.2	10	4	21	0	12	11	0	0	105	1.46	158
1917	CAG	WES	37	SP	2	1	.667	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	10	21	0	11	11	0	0	111	3.33	56
16	7			SP	69	32	.683	122	108	3	95	9	1	983.1	387	254	799	13	280	487	14	30	4005	2.32	112
162 Game Average					20	9	.683	36	32	3	28	3	0	290.2	114	75	236	4	83	144	4	9	1184	2.32	112

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
16	Negro Leagues				50	18	.735	84	75	2	64	7	1	680.1	257	170	561	12	183	369	8	18	2757	2.25	120
6	vs Latin Leagues				19	13	.594	35	31	30	2	0	282.1	116	74	215	1	92	110	6	11	1158	2.36	100
2	vs High Minors				0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	12.0	8	5	10	0	4	5	0	0	50	3.75	63
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.2	6	5	13	0	1	3	0	1	40	5.19	60

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
5	Chicago Leland Giants			SP	15	4	.789	20	19	0	19	3	0	176.2	51	33	144	3	40	91	2	4	700	1.68	159
2	Cuban X Giants			SP	6	2	.750	8	8	0	8	1	0	70.0	19	10	45	0	18	36	0	3	274	1.29	169
3	Philadelphia Giants I			SP	10	2	.833	17	15	2	14	1	1	140.0	47	26	104	4	33	101	8	13	567	1.67	162
2	Fé			SP	9	6	.600	18	15	15	1	0	145.1	60	38	106	1	48	50	3	6	592	2.35	95
1	Habana			SP	5	3	.625	8	8	8	0	0	71.0	30	18	55	0	26	31	1	1	303	2.28	121
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	24	14	.632	50	42	1	31	3	0	377.1	175	124	340	5	112	178	0	3	1554	2.96	90
1	San Francisco Park			-	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	15	15.00	24

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1902	CUG	WES	22	SP	18.0	1.22	1.45	19.7%	19.1%	9.2%	14.9%	2.14	1.28	1.3%	0.6%
1903	CXG	EAS	23	SP	36.0	0.72	0.94	14.2%	14.4%	5.2%	6.9%	2.71	2.08	0.0%	0.0%
1904	PG	IND	24	SP	36.0	0.83	1.05	28.9%	15.8%	6.3%	8.0%	4.56	1.98	2.1%	1.0%
1905	PG	EAS	25	RF	32.0	0.75	0.98	16.8%	10.2%	2.4%	3.9%	7.00	2.65	0.8%	0.3%
1905-06	CXG	NvC	26	SP	34.0	1.09	1.13	12.1%	14.4%	7.9%	7.6%	1.55	1.89	0.0%	0.0%
1906	PG	EAS	26	RF	72.0	1.15	1.31	13.0%	9.1%	7.0%	7.9%	1.86	1.16	0.0%	0.4%
1906-07	FE	CUB	27	SP	141.0	1.01	1.10	8.3%	10.2%	7.6%	9.0%	1.09	1.13	0.2%	0.4%
1907	LEL	WES	27	SP	9.0	0.89	1.04	12.1%	10.5%	3.0%	4.6%	4.00	2.30	0.0%	0.0%
1907-08	HAB	CUB	28	SP	71.0	1.14	1.15	10.2%	10.0%	8.6%	9.7%	1.19	1.03	0.0%	0.4%
1908	LEL	WES	28	SP	54.0	1.19	1.20	11.5%	11.8%	8.0%	9.2%	1.44	1.28	0.4%	1.0%
1909	LEL	NvM / WES	29	SP	26.2	1.09	1.17	13.1%	13.1%	4.7%	5.6%	2.80	2.27	0.0%	0.4%
1910	LEL	WES	30	SP	40.0	0.85	1.00	13.3%	14.7%	3.3%	5.1%	4.00	2.91	0.7%	0.8%
1910-11	LEL	NvC	31	SP	29.0	0.93	1.03	11.1%	11.9%	3.7%	7.6%	3.00	1.56	0.0%	0.1%
1911	CAG	WES	31	SP	56.2	1.02	1.19	14.7%	13.8%	5.4%	6.8%	2.75	2.03	0.4%	0.9%
1911-12	FE	CUB	32	RP	4.1	2.54	1.32	12.0%	11.0%	20.0%	10.4%	0.60	1.06	0.0%	0.4%
1912	CAG	WES	32	SP	74.1	1.12	1.12	10.4%	14.0%	5.7%	6.2%	1.82	2.24	0.0%	0.8%
1913	CAG	WES	33	SP	63.1	1.52	1.21	13.5%	13.8%	7.5%	6.6%	1.81	2.09	0.7%	0.6%
1914	CAG / LWS	NvH / WES	34	SP	78.0	1.14	1.12	10.6%	13.0%	8.1%	6.5%	1.31	1.84	0.6%	1.0%
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	35	SP	53.1	1.14	1.02	9.3%	13.4%	6.1%	7.0%	1.54	1.91	0.0%	0.8%
1915-16	SFP	CUB	36	SP	3.0	2.67	1.48	0.0%	9.0%	20.0%	10.9%	0.00	0.82	0.0%	0.1%
1916	CAG	NvH / WES	36	SP	24.2	1.34	1.09	10.5%	13.9%	11.4%	7.3%	0.92	1.77	0.0%	1.1%
1917	CAG	WES	37	SP	27.0	1.19	0.97	9.9%	11.8%	9.9%	7.1%	1.00	1.66	0.0%	0.2%
16	7			SP	983.1	1.10	1.12	12.2%	12.4%	7.0%	7.6%	1.74	1.73	0.3%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
16	Negro Leagues				680.1	1.09	1.13	13.4%	13.0%	6.6%	7.2%	2.02	1.90	0.4%	0.7%
6	vs Latin Leagues				282.1	1.09	1.12	9.5%	10.8%	7.9%	8.9%	1.20	1.24	0.1%	0.3%
2	vs High Minors				12.0	1.17	1.14	10.0%	14.3%	8.0%	6.3%	1.25	2.27	0.0%	1.5%
1	vs Major Leagues				8.2	1.62	1.05	7.5%	14.5%	2.5%	4.1%	3.00	3.58	0.0%	0.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
5	Chicago Leland Giants			SP	176.2	1.04	1.14	13.0%	13.3%	5.7%	8.0%	2.28	1.90	0.4%	0.6%
2	Cuban X Giants			SP	70.0	0.90	1.03	13.1%	14.4%	6.6%	7.3%	2.00	1.99	0.0%	0.0%
3	Philadelphia Giants I			SP	140.0	0.98	1.17	17.8%	11.0%	5.8%	7.0%	3.06	1.71	0.7%	0.5%
2	Fé			SP	145.1	1.06	1.11	8.4%	10.2%	8.1%	9.1%	1.04	1.13	0.2%	0.4%
1	Habana			SP	71.0	1.14	1.15	10.2%	10.0%	8.6%	9.7%	1.19	1.03	0.0%	0.4%
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	377.1	1.20	1.12	11.5%	13.4%	7.2%	6.8%	1.59	1.98	0.3%	0.8%
1	San Francisco Park			-	3.0	2.67	1.48	0.0%	9.0%	20.0%	10.9%	0.00	0.82	0.0%	0.1%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1902	CUG	WES	22	SP	2	76	67	7	15	3	1	1	0	7	15	0	2	2	.224	.297	.343	.641
1903	CXG	EAS	23	SP	4	134	126	6	19	2	1	0	6	7	19	0	1	1	.151	.195	.183	.378
1904	PG	IND	24	SP	4	142	127	10	21	4	2	3	10	9	41	6	0	3	.165	.254	.299	.553
1905	PG	EAS	25	RF	3	125	118	9	21	3	0	1	5	3	21	3	1	3	.178	.218	.229	.447
1905-06	CXG	NvC	26	SP	4	140	123	13	26	1	0	0	13	11	17	3	3	2	.211	.292	.220	.511
1906	PG	EAS	26	RF	10	300	266	28	62	6	2	0	12	21	39	4	9	5	.233	.299	.271	.570
1906-07	FE	CUB	27	SP	16	567	500	54	100	5	6	1	23	43	47	5	19	0	11	.200	.270	.240	.510
1907	LEL	WES	27	SP	1	33	33	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	.212	.235	.212	.447
1907-08	HAB	CUB	28	SP	8	303	258	30	55	2	2	0	18	26	31	1	18	0	3	.213	.288	.236	.524
1908	LEL	WES	28	SP	6	226	199	21	46	7	2	1	0	18	26	0	9	2	.231	.295	.302	.596
1909	LEL	NvM / WES	29	SP	3	107	99	6	24	4	1	0	1	5	14	1	2	0	.242	.286	.303	.589
1910	LEL	WES	30	SP	4	150	139	8	29	5	3	1	1	5	20	2	4	1	.209	.247	.309	.556
1910-11	LEL	NvC	31	SP	4	108	101	8	23	3	0	0	0	4	12	1	2	3	.228	.264	.257	.522
1911	CAG	WES	31	SP	8	224	204	18	46	9	2	1	2	12	33	1	7	5	.225	.272	.304	.576
1911-12	FE	CUB	32	RP	2	25	18	6	6	1	0	0	3	5	3	1	1	0	.333	.500	.389	.889
1912	CAG	WES	32	SP	10	298	270	31	66	13	2	0	1	17	31	0	11	10	.244	.289	.307	.597
1913	CAG	WES	33	SP	8	281	250	42	75	12	2	2	3	21	38	1	9	4	.300	.357	.388	.745
1914	CAG / LWS	NvH / WES	34	SP	11	321	289	33	63	9	5	2	2	26	34	0	6	7	.218	.283	.304	.587
1915	CAG	NvH / WES	35	SP	7	214	192	30	48	8	0	0	0	13	20	1	8	7	.250	.301	.292	.593
1915-16	SFP	CUB	36	SP	1	15	11	5	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.455	.571	.545	1.117
1916	CAG	NvH / WES	36	SP	3	105	89	10	21	0	0	0	2	12	11	0	4	2	.236	.327	.236	.563
1917	CAG	WES	37	SP	3	111	96	11	21	2	0	0	0	11	11	0	4	2	.219	.299	.240	.539
16	7			SP	122	4005	3575	387	799	100	31	13	102	280	487	30	122	0	74	.223	.285	.280	.565

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
16	Negro Leagues				84	2757	2481	257	561	82	21	12	41	183	369	18	77	55	.226	.284	.291	.575
6	vs Latin Leagues				35	1158	1011	116	215	13	8	1	57	92	110	11	44	0	19	.213	.285	.244	.530
2	vs High Minors				2	50	45	8	10	1	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	0	.222	.286	.333	.619
1	vs Major Leagues				1	40	38	6	13	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	.342	.375	.447	.822

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
5	Chicago Leland Giants			SP	20	700	638	51	144	22	7	3	2	40	91	4	20	9	.226	.276	.296	.572
2	Cuban X Giants			SP	8	274	249	19	45	3	1	0	19	18	36	3	4	3	.181	.244	.201	.445
3	Philadelphia Giants I			SP	17	567	511	47	104	13	4	4	27	33	101	13	10	11	.204	.269	.268	.537
2	Fé			SP	18	592	518	60	106	6	6	1	26	48	50	6	20	0	11	.205	.280	.245	.525
1	Habana			SP	8	303	258	30	55	2	2	0	18	26	31	1	18	0	3	.213	.288	.236	.524
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	50	1554	1390	175	340	53	11	5	10	112	178	3	49	37	.245	.302	.309	.612
1	San Francisco Park			-	1	15	11	5	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.455	.571	.545	1.117

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