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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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996
• College: Alcorn A&M College (Lorman, MS)
• Buried: Carbondale Cemetery (Alcorn, MS)
• Relatives: Rube Foster (Brother)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1923	MRS/CAG	IND/NNL	19	SP	29	70.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
1924	MRS/CAG	NNL	20	SP	24	66.2	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
1925	BBB/CAG	NNL	21	SP	31	78.0	2.2	0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
1926	CAG	MULT	22	SP	87	225.2	6.6	-0.2	0.0	6.8	0.0
1927	CAG	MULT	23	SP	108	259.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0
1927-28	CUB	CUB	23	SP	46	122.0	1.9	-0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0
1928	CAG	NNL/NNC	24	SP	100	230.0	2.1	-0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
1929	CAG	NNL/NvM	25	SP	62	142.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
1930	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	82	170.2	2.1	0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
1931	HG/KCM	IND/NvM	27	SP	48	112.0	3.2	-0.3	0.0	3.5	0.0
1932	CAG	NSL/NSC	28	SP	55	134.1	2.9	0.1	0.0	2.8	0.0
1933	CAG/WES	NN2/EWA	29	SP	39	92.2	3.1	0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	30	SP	41	77.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
1935	CAG	NN2	31	SP	34	82.1	2.6	-0.1	0.0	2.7	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	32	SP	21	46.0	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
1937	CAG/NOS	MULT	33	SP	42	96.0	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
15	9			SP	849	2005.1	38.9	-0.7	0.0	39.7	0.0
162 Game Average					107	252.0	4.9	-0.1	0.0	5.0	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	vs Latin Leagues				46	122.0	1.9	-0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0
15	Negro Leagues				792	1856.0	35.9	-0.3	0.0	36.5	0.0
3	vs Major Leagues				11	27.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	4	9.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	691	1624.1	31.9	0.0	0.0	31.9	0.0
1	Cuba			SP	46	122.0	1.9	-0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0
1	Homestead Grays			SP	42	96.0	2.4	-0.3	0.0	2.7	0.0
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	6	16.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	29	71.0	1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
1	North All Stars			SP	5	9.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	21	46.0	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
2	West All Stars			SP	5	12.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0

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