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
• College: Alcorn A&M College (Lorman, MS)
• Buried: Carbondale Cemetery (Alcorn, MS)
• Relatives: Rube Foster (Brother)
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All Teammate Team

Glossary

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cristóbal Torriente	3	1923	1925	12.6
Sandy Thompson	6	1925	1932	6.1
Charlie Blackwell	1	1925	1925	3.7
Sam Bankhead	3	1933	1936	1.8
Earl Gurley	3	1924	1927	1.7

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jelly Gardner	7	1923	1930	18.3
Turkey Stearnes	6	1931	1937	11.0
George Sweatt	2	1926	1927	2.5
Rap Dixon	1	1930	1930	1.1
Herman Dunlap	1	1937	1937	0.4

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Steel Arm Davis	7	1927	1935	12.6
Nat Rogers	7	1927	1935	4.2
Jimmie Crutchfield	1	1936	1936	1.8
Ruben Jones	2	1925	1928	1.6
Lawrence Davis	1	1924	1924	1.2

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Pythias Russ	5	1925	1929	17.2
Willie Wells	4	1929	1935	7.1
Sanford Jackson	7	1923	1930	5.0
Cool Turner	2	1930	1932	2.4
Newt Allen	2	1931	1937	1.4

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bingo DeMoss	3	1923	1925	4.5
George Scales	2	1930	1931	2.5
John Henry Russell	2	1923	1924	1.8
Jack Marshall	5	1932	1937	1.5
Dink Mothell	1	1931	1931	1.1

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dave Malarcher	9	1923	1934	16.7
Alex Radcliff	7	1927	1937	7.4
Jud Wilson	1	1931	1931	3.8
Judy Johnson	2	1928	1936	1.3
Ted Bond	1	1937	1937	1.3

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Oscar Charleston	4	1928	1936	5.9
Mule Suttles	5	1925	1935	5.2
Jim Brown	11	1923	1937	4.1
John Beckwith	1	1923	1923	1.9
Johnny Washington	1	1936	1936	1.0

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
John Hines	9	1924	1934	8.4
Josh Gibson	2	1931	1936	6.7
Larry Brown	7	1923	1935	3.7
Poindexter Williams	1	1925	1925	2.9
Mitchell Murray	3	1928	1930	1.9

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Willie Foster	15	1923	1937	38.3
Ted Trent	3	1934	1937	5.6
George Harney	8	1923	1930	5.5
Willie Powell	6	1925	1933	5.4
Webster McDonald	5	1925	1929	5.3
Juan Padrón	2	1924	1925	5.1
Ed Rile	4	1923	1929	3.9
Square Moore	3	1923	1925	3.7
Rube Curry	2	1926	1927	3.6
Joe Williams	1	1931	1931	3.3
Satchel Paige	2	1931	1936	2.8
Leroy Matlock	1	1936	1936	2.3
Bill McCall	1	1925	1925	2.2
Willie Cornelius	4	1933	1937	2.2
Willie Spearman	2	1923	1924	1.8
Harry Salmon	2	1924	1925	1.8
George Britt	1	1931	1931	1.5
Robert Poindexter	3	1925	1929	1.3
Joe Strong	1	1923	1923	1.2
Yellow Horse Morris	2	1929	1930	1.0

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carl Glass	3	1923	1930	2.6
Tom Williams	2	1923	1924	2.3
Alto Lane	1	1931	1931	0.3
Ray Brown	1	1931	1931	0.2
Floyd Kranson	1	1937	1937	0.2
Roosevelt Davis	1	1929	1929	0.1
Charles Dunklin	1	1936	1936	0.1
Hilton Smith	1	1937	1937	0.1
Oscar Owens	1	1931	1931	0.1
Johnson	1	1930	1930	0.0
Kermit Dial	1	1932	1932	-0.1
Bun Hayes	1	1930	1930	-0.1
Howard Ross	2	1924	1925	-0.2
Hubert Lockhart	1	1929	1929	-0.2
Porter Moss	1	1937	1937	-0.3
Roy S. Williams	1	1931	1931	-0.4
Cliff Blackmon	1	1937	1937	-0.4
Walter Thomas	2	1935	1937	-0.5
Lefty Robinson	1	1925	1925	-0.6
Harry Kincannon	1	1936	1936	-0.6

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