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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Notes:

• 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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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1902	CUG	WES	22	SP	3	11	10	2	3	0	0	0	1			0			0	1			.300	.300	.300	.600	75
1903	CXG	EAS	23	SP	5	18	17	3	6	1	1	0	3	0		0	0		1	0			.353	.389	.529	.918	238
1904	PG	IND	24	SP	7	25	24	6	9	2	1	0	4	2		1			0	0			.375	.400	.542	.942	195
1905	PG	EAS	25	RF	10	44	43	2	15	1	1	0	10	3		1			0	0			.349	.364	.419	.782	118
1905-06	CXG	NvC	26	SP	6	25	25	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		0	3		0	0			.160	.160	.200	.360	53
1906	PG	EAS	26	RF	21	84	79	11	25	5	2	1	11	2		3	0		1	1			.316	.349	.468	.818	150
1906-07	FE	CUB	27	SP	20	83	75	6	16	0	1	1	6	2		6	4		2	0			.213	.289	.280	.569	104
1907	LEL	WES	27	SP	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0			0			0	1			.143	.143	.143	.286	-12
1907-08	HAB	CUB	28	SP	8	34	33	6	10	0	2	1	9	0		0	5		1	0			.303	.324	.515	.839	187
1908	LEL	WES	28	SP	13	44	41	8	14	2	0	1	10			1			0	2			.341	.357	.463	.821	109
1909	LEL	NvM/WES	29	SP	6	19	18	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	1			0	0			.333	.368	.444	.813	160
1910	LEL	WES	30	SP	7	20	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	0			.111	.200	.111	.311	-4
1910-11	LEL	NvC	31	SP	5	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0			0	1			.154	.154	.231	.385	46
1911	CAG	WES	31	SP	9	24	21	2	6	0	0	0	1	1		2			0	1			.286	.348	.286	.634	96
1911-12	FE	CUB	32	RP	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1912	CAG	WES	32	SP	18	50	47	2	13	2	1	0	7	0		2			0	1			.277	.306	.362	.668	101
1913	CAG	WES	33	SP	12	41	36	2	8	0	0	0	0	0		3			0	2			.222	.282	.222	.504	49
1914	CAG/LWS	NvH/WES	34	SP	17	54	50	10	20	2	0	4	13	1		1			0	3			.400	.412	.680	1.092	221
1915	CAG	NvH/WES	35	SP	13	40	34	4	9	1	0	0	2	1		2			0	4			.265	.306	.294	.600	104
1915-16	SFP	CUB	36	SP	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	185
1916	CAG	NvH/WES	36	SP	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1			0	0			.091	.167	.091	.258	-21
1917	CAG	WES	37	SP	4	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.071	.071	.071	.143	-50
16	8			SP	193	670	621	72	172	20	9	8	87	13	0	26	12		5	18		0	.277	.311	.377	.688	114
162 Game Average						562	521	60	144	17	8	7	73	12	0	22	32		4	15		0	.277	.311	.377	.688	114

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				147	498	461	56	137	18	6	6	66	10		20	0		2	15			.297	.329	.401	.730	119
6	vs Latin Leagues				42	161	151	15	33	2	3	2	19	3	0	6	12		3	1		0	.219	.263	.311	.574	106
3	vs High Minors				3	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	2			.200	.200	.200	.400	-5
1	vs Major Leagues				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	61

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
5	Chicago Leland Giants			SP	36	116	107	14	28	5	0	1	17	0	0	4			0	5			.262	.288	.336	.625	79
2	Cuban X Giants			SP	11	43	42	5	10	2	1	0	5	0		0	3		1	0			.238	.256	.333	.589	131
3	Philadelphia Giants I			SP	38	153	146	19	49	8	4	1	25	7		5	0		1	1			.336	.362	.466	.828	148
2	Fé			SP	22	86	78	6	16	0	1	1	6	2		6	4		2	0			.205	.279	.269	.548	97
1	Habana			SP	8	34	33	6	10	0	2	1	9	0		0	5		1	0			.303	.324	.515	.839	187
7	Chicago American Giants			SP	74	231	209	21	57	5	1	3	23	3		11			0	11			.273	.309	.349	.658	99
1	Louisville White Sox			1B	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0			0	1			.250	.250	1.000	1.250	230
1	San Francisco Park			-	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	185

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1902	CUG	WES	11	.269	.337	0.0%	11.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.074
1903	CXG	EAS	18	.457	.271	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0.2%		25.00	0.0%	0.0%	.176	.036
1904	PG	IND	25	.438	.301	4.0%	7.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.167	.092
1905	PG	EAS	44	.367	.334	2.3%	4.5%					0.0%	0.2%	.070	.082
1905-06	CXG	NvC	25	.189	.253	0.0%	5.7%	12.0%	10.9%	0.00	0.52	0.0%	0.0%	.040	.012
1906	PG	EAS	84	.387	.317	3.6%	7.3%	0.0%	0.4%		17.32	1.2%	0.4%	.152	.069
1906-07	FE	CUB	83	.301	.284	7.2%	7.8%	4.8%	8.0%	1.50	0.98	1.2%	0.4%	.067	.042
1907	LEL	WES	8	.124	.320	0.0%	5.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.039
1907-08	HAB	CUB	34	.412	.301	0.0%	9.9%	14.7%	8.8%	0.00	1.12	2.9%	0.4%	.212	.052
1908	LEL	WES	44	.349	.343	2.3%	8.2%					2.3%	0.9%	.122	.142
1909	LEL	NvM/WES	19	.380	.289	5.3%			6.0%			0.0%	0.5%	.111	.083
1910	LEL	WES	20	.165	.301	10.0%	6.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.090
1910-11	LEL	NvC	14	.188	.282	0.0%	6.8%					0.0%	0.1%	.077	.028
1911	CAG	WES	24	.298	.299	8.3%	6.8%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.094
1911-12	FE	CUB	3	.000	.334	0.0%	10.5%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.058
1912	CAG	WES	50	.309	.308	4.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.085	.081
1913	CAG	WES	41	.238	.313	7.3%	6.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.090
1914	CAG/LWS	NvH/WES	54	.465	.313	1.9%			7.7%			7.4%	0.9%	.280	.096
1915	CAG	NvH/WES	40	.268	.287	5.0%			7.8%			0.0%	0.7%	.029	.071
1915-16	SFP	CUB	2	.510	.358	0.0%	11.0%	0.0%	8.1%		1.35	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.056
1916	CAG	NvH/WES	12	.139	.308	8.3%			7.7%			0.0%	0.9%	.000	.096
1917	CAG	WES	15	.066	.283	0.0%	8.0%					0.0%	0.2%	.000	.060
16	8		670	.322	.305	3.9%	7.2%	4.9%	5.2%	0.75	8.27	1.2%	0.5%	.100	.074

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		498	.335	.311	4.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.4%		18.67	1.2%	0.6%	.104	.084
6	vs Latin Leagues		161	.294	.285	3.7%	7.9%	8.3%	8.7%	0.50	0.94	1.2%	0.3%	.093	.039
3	vs High Minors		7	.131	.313	0.0%	6.2%					0.0%	1.4%	.000	.137
1	vs Major Leagues		4	.223	.277	0.0%	4.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.103

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
5	Chicago Leland Giants		116	.280	.318	3.4%	7.5%					0.9%	0.6%	.075	.096
2	Cuban X Giants		43	.301	.261	0.0%	5.7%	7.0%	6.4%	0.00	10.77	0.0%	0.0%	.095	.022
3	Philadelphia Giants I		153	.390	.319	3.3%	6.5%	0.0%	0.4%		17.32	0.7%	0.4%	.130	.077
2	Fé		86	.290	.286	7.0%	7.9%	4.8%	8.0%	1.50	0.98	1.2%	0.4%	.064	.043
1	Habana		34	.412	.301	0.0%	9.9%	14.7%	8.8%	0.00	1.12	2.9%	0.4%	.212	.052
7	Chicago American Giants		231	.298	.303	4.8%	7.1%					1.3%	0.7%	.077	.085
1	Louisville White Sox		5	.424	.340	0.0%	8.4%					20.0%	0.9%	.750	.105
1	San Francisco Park		2	.510	.358	0.0%	11.0%	0.0%	8.1%		1.35	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.056

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