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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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+
1923	CAG/MRS	IND/NNL	19	SP	6	2	.750	12	10	0	6	1	0	70.0	28	17	49	1	16	50	1	1	0	283	2.19	144
1924	CAG/MRS	NNL	20	SP	7	1	.875	13	10	1	5	3	0	66.2	23	16	47	0	24	53	0	0	1	266	2.16	168
1925	BBB/CAG	NNL	21	SP	6	0	1.000	12	9		5	2	0	78.0	20	14	57		21	49	0		1		1.62	274
1926	CAG	MULT	22	SP	16	6	.727	35	23	8	17	7	2	225.2	62	45	161	5	77	140	0	0	9	888	1.79	189
1927	CAG	MULT	23	SP	24	7	.774	38	28	8	24	7	2	249.2	79	64	218	5	74	146	2	1	9	1038	2.31	135
1927-28	CUB	CUB	23	SP	6	8	.429	16	12		9	2	0	122.0	61	43	119	8	53	53	5	0	9	538	3.17	133
1928	CAG	NLP/NNL	24	SP	15	10	.600	31	24	3	23	3	3	230.0	92	83	218	11	73	139	3		9	964	3.25	103
1929	CAG	NNL/NVM	25	SP	11	7	.611	27	18	8	14	2	3	155.0	70	57	134	3	52	96	2	0	3	625	3.31	101
1930	CAG	NNL/NVM	26	SP	12	8	.600	27	16	11	13	1	2	168.0	69	52	155	7	55	137	3	0	6	708	2.79	130
1931	HG/KCM	IND/NVM	27	SP	11	2	.846	14	13	1	12	2	0	112.0	39	29	88	1	37	93	3		1	454	2.33	167
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	28	SP	10	5	.667	19	15	3	15	2	2	134.1	46	34	119	0	27	96	1	0	1	545	2.28	126
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	29	SP	7	4	.636	14	10	2	8	1	1	92.2	41	25	70	2	21	65	0	0	7	378	2.43	186
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	30	SP	4	4	.500	15	8	1	7	1	0	77.1	27	26	70	0	32	39	1	0	5	327	3.03	111
1935	CAG	NN2	31	SP	5	4	.556	11	8	1	6	2	0	82.1	36	26	73	2	32	31	0		2	348	2.84	163
1936	PC	NN2	32	SP	4	3	.571	8	7	0	5	1	0	46.0	27	23	45	4	18	21	0		1	199	4.50	116
1937	CAG/NOS	MULT	33	SP	5	5	.500	18	10	6	4	2	0	96.0	51	38	91	4	31	61	3		2	420	3.56	120
15	9			SP	149	76	.662	310	221	53	173	39	15	2005.2	771	592	1714	53	643	1269	24	2	66	7981	2.66	132
162 Game Average					19	10	.662	40	28	8	22	5	2	257.0	99	76	219	7	82	163	3	0	8	1064	2.66	132

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+
15	Negro Leagues				139	68	.671	290	206	52	161	37	15	1856.1	705	545	1573	45	585	1197	19	2	56	7333	2.64	130
1	vs Latin Leagues				6	8	.429	16	12		9	2	0	122.0	61	43	119	8	53	53	5	0	9	538	3.17	133
3	vs Major Leagues				4	0	1.000	4	3	1	3	0	0	27.1	5	4	22	0	5	19	0	0	1	110	1.32	372

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+
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	7	2	.778	10	9	0	7	2	0	71.0	21	12	44	0	15	60	1	1	0	280	1.52	201
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	118	60	.663	258	177	51	137	31	15	1624.2	610	480	1397	40	513	1019	15	1	53	6419	2.66	130
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1		1	1	0	9.0	0	0	1		3	4	0		0		0.00	0
1	Cuba III			SP	6	8	.429	16	12		9	2	0	122.0	61	43	119	8	53	53	5	0	9	538	3.17	133
1	Homestead Grays			SP	9	2	.818	12	11	1	10	2	0	96.0	35	25	76	1	29	76	2		1	389	2.34	158
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	2	0	1.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	4	4	12	0	8	17	1		0	65	2.25	233
2	West All Stars			SP	1	1	.500	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	8	3	11	0	4	6	0	0	2	53	2.25	35
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	4	3	.571	8	7	0	5	1	0	46.0	27	23	45	4	18	21	0		1	199	4.50	116
1	North All Stars			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	9	0	0	13	0		0	38	2.00	322

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1923	CAG/MRS	IND/NNL	19	SP	70.0	0.93	1.18	17.7%	9.6%	5.7%	7.1%	3.13	1.46	0.4%	1.0%
1924	CAG/MRS	NNL	20	SP	66.2	1.07	1.27	19.9%	10.9%	9.0%	7.6%	2.21	1.50	0.0%	0.8%
1925	BBB/CAG	NNL	21	SP	78.0	1.00	1.26	16.0%	-493,987.2%	6.9%	-411,880.0%	2.33	1.35		0.0%
1926	CAG	MULT	22	SP	225.2	1.05	1.24	15.8%	12.4%	8.7%	9.2%	1.82	1.42	0.6%	0.6%
1927	CAG	MULT	23	SP	249.2	1.17	1.19	14.1%	15.3%	7.1%	7.2%	1.97	1.75	0.5%	1.5%
1927-28	CUB	CUB	23	SP	122.0	1.41	1.51	9.9%	10.5%	9.9%	9.3%	1.00	1.12	1.5%	1.1%
1928	CAG	NLP/NNL	24	SP	230.0	1.27	1.17	14.4%	13.6%	7.6%	7.6%	1.90	1.83	1.1%	1.5%
1929	CAG	NNL/NVM	25	SP	155.0	1.20	1.17	15.4%	14.6%	8.3%	6.8%	1.85	1.78	0.5%	1.2%
1930	CAG	NNL/NVM	26	SP	168.0	1.25	1.26	19.4%	23.0%	7.8%	8.4%	2.49	1.86	1.0%	0.6%
1931	HG/KCM	IND/NVM	27	SP	112.0	1.12	1.27	20.5%	14.1%	8.1%	7.8%	2.51	1.61	0.2%	1.3%
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	28	SP	134.1	1.09	1.10	17.6%	23.9%	5.0%	6.3%	3.56	2.32	0.0%	3.4%
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	29	SP	92.2	0.98	1.38	17.2%	18.1%	5.6%	7.7%	3.10	1.94	0.5%	1.8%
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	30	SP	77.1	1.32	1.18	11.9%	23.3%	9.8%	6.5%	1.22	2.34	0.0%	0.5%
1935	CAG	NN2	31	SP	82.1	1.28	1.45	8.9%	11.6%	9.2%	8.4%	0.97	1.38	0.6%	1.5%
1936	PC	NN2	32	SP	46.0	1.37	1.52	10.6%	11.4%	9.0%	8.8%	1.17	1.30	2.0%	1.5%
1937	CAG/NOS	MULT	33	SP	96.0	1.27	1.37	14.5%	23.9%	7.4%	7.4%	1.97	2.24	1.0%	1.8%
15	9			SP	2005.2	1.18	1.26	15.3%	-3,591.5%	7.8%	-2,994.7%	1.97	1.72	0.7%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1856.1	1.16	1.24	15.7%	-3,897.3%	7.7%	-3,249.5%	2.05	1.75	0.6%	1.2%
1	vs Latin Leagues				122.0	1.41	1.51	9.9%	10.5%	9.9%	9.3%	1.00	1.12	1.5%	1.1%
3	vs Major Leagues				27.1	0.99	1.35	17.3%	23.4%	4.5%	8.5%	3.80	2.73	0.0%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	71.0	0.83	1.19	21.4%	10.2%	5.4%	6.9%	4.00	1.48	0.0%	0.6%
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	1624.2	1.18	1.23	15.2%	-25.4%	7.7%	-20.5%	1.99	1.77	0.6%	1.2%
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	9.0	0.44	1.42	13.3%	-987,064.4%	10.0%	-823,096.9%	1.33	1.20
1	Cuba III			SP	122.0	1.41	1.51	9.9%	10.5%	9.9%	9.3%	1.00	1.12	1.5%	1.1%
1	Homestead Grays			SP	96.0	1.09	1.25	19.5%	11.6%	7.5%	7.4%	2.62	1.56	0.3%	1.0%
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	16.0	1.25	1.37	26.2%	16.0%	12.3%	8.1%	2.13	1.92	0.0%	1.6%
2	West All Stars			SP	12.0	1.25	1.34	11.3%	25.4%	7.5%	7.5%	1.50	3.87	0.0%	2.0%
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	46.0	1.37	1.52	10.6%	11.4%	9.0%	8.8%	1.17	1.30	2.0%	1.5%
1	North All Stars			SP	9.0	1.00	1.78	34.2%	40.8%	0.0%	8.2%	0.00	5.00	0.0%	4.1%

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
1923	CAG/MRS	IND/NNL	19	SP	12	283	256	28	49	12	1	1			16	50		0	11		0	.191	.239	.258	.497
1924	CAG/MRS	NNL	20	SP	13	266	234	23	47	6	4	0	0		24	53		1	7		4	.201	.278	.261	.539
1925	BBB/CAG	NNL	21	SP	12			20	57						21	49		1
1926	CAG	MULT	22	SP	35	888	774	62	161	20	8	5	18	6	77	140	0	9	28		17	.208	.287	.274	.561
1927	CAG	MULT	23	SP	38	1038	921	79	218	20	12	5	14	2	74	146		9	34		10	.237	.300	.301	.601
1927-28	CUB	CUB	23	SP	16	538	462	61	119	14	5	8	11		53	53		9	14		11	.258	.345	.361	.707
1928	CAG	NLP/NNL	24	SP	31	964	851	92	218	30	12	11	6		73	139		9	31		17	.256	.322	.358	.680
1929	CAG	NNL/NVM	25	SP	27	625	551	70	134	23	8	3	17		52	96		3	19		3	.243	.312	.330	.642
1930	CAG	NNL/NVM	26	SP	27	708	632	69	155	20	8	7	14		55	137	0	6	15		4	.245	.312	.335	.647
1931	HG/KCM	IND/NVM	27	SP	14	454	404	39	88	12	4	1	6	0	37	93		1	12		7	.218	.285	.275	.560
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	28	SP	19	545	504	46	119	17	4	0	8	1	27	96		1	13		6	.236	.276	.286	.562
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	29	SP	14	378	341	41	70	9	1	2	8	0	21	65	0	7	9		5	.205	.266	.255	.521
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	30	SP	15	327	283	27	70	17	3	0	2	0	32	39	0	5	7		7	.247	.334	.329	.663
1935	CAG	NN2	31	SP	11	348	302	36	73	13	4	2	7	1	32	31		2	12		4	.242	.318	.331	.650
1936	PC	NN2	32	SP	8	199	172	27	45	7	2	4	4		18	21		1	8		5	.262	.335	.395	.730
1937	CAG/NOS	MULT	33	SP	18	420	383	51	91	7	8	4	11	1	31	61	1	2	4		4	.238	.298	.329	.627
15	9			SP	310	7981	7070	771	1714	227	84	53	126	11	643	1269	1	66	224		104	.234	.302	.313	.615

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
15	Negro Leagues				290	7333	6509	705	1573	208	79	45	115	11	585	1197	1	56	205		90	.233	.300	.310	.609
1	vs Latin Leagues				16	538	462	61	119	14	5	8	11		53	53		9	14		11	.258	.345	.361	.707
3	vs Major Leagues				4	110	99	5	22	5	0	0	0	0	5	19		1	5		3	.222	.267	.273	.539

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
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	10	280	256	21	44	9	1	0	0		15	60		0	9		0	.172	.218	.215	.433
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	258	6419	5693	610	1397	184	72	40	102	11	513	1019	1	53	179		80	.236	.303	.314	.617
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	1			0	1						3	4		0				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	Cuba III			SP	16	538	462	61	119	14	5	8	11		53	53		9	14		11	.258	.345	.361	.707
1	Homestead Grays			SP	12	389	349	35	76	8	4	1	5		29	76		1	10		6	.218	.280	.272	.552
1	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	2	65	55	4	12	4	0	0	1	0	8	17		0	2		1	.218	.317	.291	.608
2	West All Stars			SP	2	53	45	8	11	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	0	2	2		1	.244	.333	.244	.578
1	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	8	199	172	27	45	7	2	4	4		18	21		1	8		5	.262	.335	.395	.730
1	North All Stars			SP	1	38	38	5	9	1	0	0	1		0	13		0	0		0	.237	.237	.263	.500

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