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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Fielding

Glossary

Pitcher

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg
1923	MRS	IND	19	9	8	62.0	3	11	0	0	1.000	.937	2.03	3.02
1923	CAG	NNL	19	3	2	8.0	0	3	1	0	.750	.949	3.38	3.41
1924	MRS	NNL	20	1	1	9.0	1	5	0	0	1.000	.943	6.00	3.33
1924	CAG	NNL	20	12	9	57.2	2	19	0	0	1.000	.943	3.28	3.33
1925	BBB	NNL	21	1	1	9.0	1	5	0	0	1.000	.947	6.00	2.98
1925	CAG	NNL	21	12	8	73.2	1	21	1	0	.957	.947	2.69	2.98
1926	CAG	NNL	22	27	17	174.2	4	52	1	1	.982	.949	2.89	3.13
1926	CAG	NNC	22	4	3	22.2	0	5	0	0	1.000	.946	1.99	3.43
1926	CAG	WS	22	4	3	28.1	0	5	0	0	1.000	.986	1.59	3.23
1927	CAG	NNL	23	32	24	211.1	4	73	6	2	.928	.947	3.28	3.22
1927	CAG	NNC	23	3	2	18.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.00	3.15
1927	CAG	WS	23	4	2	24.0	0	11	0	0	1.000	.893	4.13	2.98
1927-28	CUB	CUB	23	16		122.0	1	38	1	2	.975	.969	2.88	2.80
1928	CAG	NNL	24	27	20	195.0	5	61	3	1	.957	.957	3.05	2.95
1928	CAG	NLP	24	4	4	35.0	0	9	0	1	1.000	.949	2.31	2.73
1929	CAG	NNL	25	25	17	143.1	5	37	1	1	.977	.946	2.64	2.93
1929	CAG	NVM	25	2	1	9.1	0	3	2	0	.600	.923	2.89	3.77
1930	CAG	NNL	26	26	15	160.0	7	53	1	2	.984	.945	3.38	2.94
1930	CAG	NVM	26	1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.00	3.18
1931	HG	IND	27	12	11	96.0	4	22	2	0	.929	.952	2.44	2.68
1931	KCM	IND	27	1	1	7.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.952	2.57	2.68
1931	KCM	NVM	27	1	1	9.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	.917	4.00	1.94
1932	CAG	NSL	28	17	13	116.1	4	38	2	0	.955	.958	3.25	3.02
1932	CAG	NSC	28	2	2	18.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	.909	1.50	2.50
1933	CAG	NN2	29	14	10	93.2	5	23	2	0	.933	.940	2.69	2.82
1933	WES	EWA	29	1	1	9.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.06
1934	CAG	NN2	30	12	6	57.0	6	19	2	1	.926	.967	3.95	2.78
1934	WES	EWA	30	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	1.00
1934	CAG	NLP	30	3	2	18.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	.931	2.50	2.56
1935	CAG	NN2	31	11	8	82.1	2	19	3	1	.875	.956	2.30	2.66
1936	PC	NN2	32	8	7	46.0	0	7	2	0	.778	.956	1.37	2.54
1937	CAG	NAL	33	16	8	80.2	1	29	2	0	.938	.950	3.35	2.90
1937	NOS	NSA	33	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	3.00
1937	CAG	ALC	33	1	1	6.1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.967	1.42	3.11
15	9			314	210	2023.1	61	587	32	12	.953	.951	2.88	2.95

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1927	CAG	NNL	23	2
1927	CAG	WS	23	1
1928	CAG	NNL	24	2
1930	CAG	NNL	26	5
1934	CAG	NN2	30	1
1935	CAG	NN2	31	1
1936	PC	NN2	32	1
1937	CAG	NAL	33	1
7	2			14

Glossary

Pinch Runner

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1927	CAG	NNL	23	4
1931	HG	IND	27	1
2	2			5

Glossary

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1927	CAG	NNL	23	1	0	2.0	0		.960	0.00	1.68	-0.2	-105.9	-0.2	0.0
1930	CAG	NNL	26	1	0	3.0	1	1.000	.942	3.00	1.52	0.3	99.0	0.3	0.0
1934	CAG	NN2	30	2	2	14.1	2	1.000	.976	1.26	1.71	-0.4	-25.9	-0.3	-0.1
3	1			4	2	19.1	3	1.000	.969	1.40	1.68	-0.3	-14.8	-0.1	-0.2

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1929	CAG	NNL	25	2	0	6.2	9	1	0	.900	.983	12.15	11.03	-0.3	-47.0	-0.3
1930	CAG	NNL	26	2	1	8.0	10	0	1	1.000	.981	11.25	10.98	-0.5	-64.4	-0.5
2	1			4	1	14.2	19	1	1	.950	.982	11.66	11.01	-0.8	-56.5	-0.8

Glossary

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1929	CAG	NNL	25		3	2	13.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.955		2.77	2.46		0.3	22.8	0.4	-0.1
1	1				3	2	13.0	4	0	0	0		1.000	.955		2.77	2.46		0.3	22.8	0.4	-0.1

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	Inn	Fld%	Lg	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1927	CAG	NNL	23	1	2.0		.958	1.81	-0.2	-111.4	-0.2
1933	CAG	NN2	29	1	1.0		.952	1.63	-0.1	-111.1	-0.1
2	1			2	3.0	.000	.956	1.75	-0.3	-111.3	-0.3

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