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Eddie Foster
Edward Cunningham Foster (Kid)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 145 lb.

Debut April 14, 1910
Final Game August 5, 1923
Born February 13, 1887 in Chicago, IL
Died January 15, 1937 in Washington, DC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 23 NYY AL  30   83    5   11   2  0   0    1   2      8      .133  .217  .157   14   13   0           1    
 1912 25 WSH AL 154  618   98  176  34  9   2   70  27     53      .285  .345  .379  106  234   3           4     MVP-14
 1913 26 WSH AL 106  409   56  101  11  5   1   41  22     36  31  .247  .309  .306   79  125   3           1    
 1914 27 WSH AL 157  616   82  174  16 10   2   50  31 18  60  47  .282  .348  .351  107  216   6           2     MVP-7
 1915 28 WSH AL 154  618   75  170  25 10   0   52  20  6  48  30  .275  .329  .348  101  215   8           2    
 1916 29 WSH AL 158  606   75  153  18  9   1   44  23 16  68  26  .252  .332  .317   96  192   7           4    
 1917 30 WSH AL 143  554   66  130  16  8   0   43  11     46  23  .235  .293  .292   79  162  18           0    
 1918 31 WSH AL 129  519   70  147  13  3   0   29  12     41  20  .283  .339  .320   99  166  12           3    
 1919 32 WSH AL 120  478   57  126  12  5   0   26  20     33  21  .264  .314  .310   76  148  13           2    
 1920 33 BOS AL 117  386   48  100  17  6   0   41  10  4  42  17  .259  .336  .334   81  129  11           3    
 1921 34 BOS AL 120  412   51  117  18  6   0   35  13  7  57  15  .284  .371  .357   89  147  16           0    
 1922 35 TOT AL  85  253   40   67   7  0   0   15   4  2  29  18  .265  .345  .292   67   74   8           2    
         BOS AL  48  109   11   23   3  0   0    3   1  1   9  10  .211  .277  .239   36   26   3           1    
         SLB AL  37  144   29   44   4  0   0   12   3  1  20   8  .306  .394  .333   89   48   5           1    
 1923 36 SLB AL  27  100    9   18   2  0   0    4   0  0   7   7  .180  .241  .200   14   20   7           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1500 5652  732 1490 191 71   6  451 195 53 528 255  .264  .329  .326   89 1841 112   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610   79  161  21  8   1   49  21  6  57  28  .264  .329  .326   89  199  12   0   0   3   0
 Career High    158  618   98  176  34 10   2   70  31 18  68  47  .285  .371  .379  107  234  18   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 23 NYY AL   92   72    3   1.1    79| .133  .257| .217  .324| .157  .331| .374  .655|  14  .128  -8.2  -1.0     
 1912 25 WSH AL  678  445   80   4.8    92| .285  .274| .345  .343| .379  .360| .724  .703| 106  .589   4.7   0.5     
 1913 26 WSH AL  449  311   38   3.3    89| .247  .267| .309  .339| .306  .350| .615  .689|  79  .451 -11.7  -1.3     
 1914 27 WSH AL  684  466   74   4.2    85| .282  .261| .348  .335| .351  .342| .699  .677| 107  .618   4.6   0.5  63%
 1915 28 WSH AL  676  462   72   4.2    85| .275  .257| .329  .336| .348  .338| .677  .674| 101  .589  -1.0  -0.1  76%
 1916 29 WSH AL  685  476   62   3.5    82| .252  .256| .332  .330| .317  .334| .649  .663|  96  .510  -2.7  -0.3  58%
 1917 30 WSH AL  618  442   48   2.9    79| .235  .254| .293  .324| .292  .328| .585  .653|  79  .435 -14.7  -1.7     
 1918 31 WSH AL  575  384   56   4.0    81| .283  .259| .339  .330| .320  .331| .659  .661|  99  .557  -0.5  -0.1     
 1919 32 WSH AL  526  365   46   3.4    94| .264  .275| .314  .341| .310  .370| .624  .710|  76  .417 -15.9  -1.7     
 1920 33 BOS AL  442  301   43   3.8   103| .259  .286| .336  .350| .334  .393| .670  .743|  81  .418  -9.3  -0.9  71%
 1921 34 BOS AL  485  318   55   4.6   112| .284  .296| .371  .361| .357  .415| .728  .776|  89  .458  -4.6  -0.4  65%
 1922 35 TOT AL  292  196   26   3.6   111| .265  .295| .345  .360| .292  .414| .637  .773|  67  .370 -11.4  -1.1  66%
         BOS AL  122   90    7   2.1   109| .211  .292| .277  .357| .239  .410| .516  .766|  36  .181 -10.2  -1.0  50%
         SLB AL  170  106   19   4.8   112| .306  .297| .394  .362| .333  .417| .727  .779|  89  .505  -1.2  -0.1  75%
 1923 36 SLB AL  115   89    5   1.5   113| .180  .297| .241  .368| .200  .411| .441  .779|  14  .112 -13.1  -1.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6317 4327  608   3.8    90| .264  .268| .329  .339| .326  .356| .655  .695|  89  .494 -83.8  -8.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 23 NYY AL SS 22 37 63 10 6 .909 .928 4.55 5.20 1912 25 WSH AL 3B 154 168 348 45 22 .920 .920 3.35 3.27 1913 26 WSH AL 3B 105 112 217 36 20 .901 .934 3.13 3.08 1914 27 WSH AL 3B 157 200 247 34 25 .929 .936 2.85 3.14 1915 28 WSH AL 3B 79 92 147 21 14 .919 .925 3.03 3.01 2B 75 161 206 18 31 .953 .956 4.89 4.89 1916 29 WSH AL 3B 84 104 143 19 14 .929 .939 2.94 3.23 2B 72 126 213 14 27 .960 .964 4.71 4.88 1917 30 WSH AL 3B 86 95 178 19 15 .935 .941 3.17 3.23 2B 57 122 153 14 19 .952 .959 4.82 4.94 1918 31 WSH AL 3B 127 156 281 30 31 .936 .948 3.44 3.25 2B 2 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 4.50 5.30 1919 32 WSH AL 3B 115 120 267 22 16 .946 .950 3.37 3.24 1920 33 BOS AL 3B 88 99 233 15 20 .957 .946 3.77 3.45 2B 21 28 47 4 9 .949 .962 3.57 5.54 1921 34 BOS AL 3B 94 74 189 16 18 .943 .952 2.80 3.26 2B 22 42 61 5 0 .954 .956 4.68 5.35 1922 35 TOT AL 3B 65 62 120 19 14 .905 .950 2.80 3.24 BOS AL 3B 28 21 41 8 2 .886 .949 2.21 3.24 SS 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 5.03 SLB AL 3B 37 41 79 11 12 .916 .950 3.24 3.24 1923 36 SLB AL 2B 20 35 38 3 11 .961 .966 3.65 5.35 3B 7 7 14 2 4 .913 .946 3.00 3.27
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 28 WSH AL 2B 75 161 206 18 31 .953 .956 4.89 4.89 1916 29 WSH AL 2B 72 126 213 14 27 .960 .964 4.71 4.88 1917 30 WSH AL 2B 57 122 153 14 19 .952 .959 4.82 4.94 1918 31 WSH AL 2B 2 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 4.50 5.30 1920 33 BOS AL 2B 21 28 47 4 9 .949 .962 3.57 5.54 1921 34 BOS AL 2B 22 42 61 5 0 .954 .956 4.68 5.35 1923 36 SLB AL 2B 20 35 38 3 11 .961 .966 3.65 5.35 1912 25 WSH AL 3B 154 168 348 45 22 .920 .920 3.35 3.27 1913 26 WSH AL 3B 105 112 217 36 20 .901 .934 3.13 3.08 1914 27 WSH AL 3B 157 200 247 34 25 .929 .936 2.85 3.14 1915 28 WSH AL 3B 79 92 147 21 14 .919 .925 3.03 3.01 1916 29 WSH AL 3B 84 104 143 19 14 .929 .939 2.94 3.23 1917 30 WSH AL 3B 86 95 178 19 15 .935 .941 3.17 3.23 1918 31 WSH AL 3B 127 156 281 30 31 .936 .948 3.44 3.25 1919 32 WSH AL 3B 115 120 267 22 16 .946 .950 3.37 3.24 1920 33 BOS AL 3B 88 99 233 15 20 .957 .946 3.77 3.45 1921 34 BOS AL 3B 94 74 189 16 18 .943 .952 2.80 3.26 1922 35 TOT AL 3B 65 62 120 19 14 .905 .950 2.80 3.24 BOS AL 3B 28 21 41 8 2 .886 .949 2.21 3.24 SLB AL 3B 37 41 79 11 12 .916 .950 3.24 3.24 1923 36 SLB AL 3B 7 7 14 2 4 .913 .946 3.00 3.27 1910 23 NYY AL SS 22 37 63 10 6 .909 .928 4.55 5.20 1922 35 BOS AL SS 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 5.03
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 1161 1289 2384 278 213 .930 .939 3.16 3.22 2B 269 517 724 60 97 .954 .960 4.61 5.02 SS 25 39 66 10 6 .913 .928 4.20 5.18 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1455 1845 3174 348 316 .935 .944 3.45 3.59
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-AL-14-0.06
1914-AL-7-0.17
Car-666-0.23 shares

Games
1912 AL-154-2
1914 AL-157-3
1915 AL-154-8
1916 AL-158-1
1918 AL-129-3

At Bats
1912 AL-618-1
1914 AL-616-1
1915 AL-618-1
1916 AL-606-2
1918 AL-519-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1912 AL-678-4
1914 AL-684-2
1915 AL-676-7
1916 AL-685-4
1918 AL-575-4

Runs
1912 AL-98-9
1914 AL-82-9
1918 AL-70-6

Hits
1912 AL-176-9
1914 AL-174-6
1915 AL-170-7
1918 AL-147-6

Total Bases
1912 AL-234-10
1914 AL-216-8
1915 AL-215-7

Doubles
1912 AL-34-5
1915 AL-25-7

Singles
1912 AL-131-10
1914 AL-146-2
1915 AL-135-5
1916 AL-125-9
1918 AL-131-2

Runs Created
1914 AL-74-9

Extra-Base Hits
1912 AL-45-9

Times on Base
1914 AL-236-7
1916 AL-225-10
1918 AL-191-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1915 AL-20.6-7
1916 AL-23.3-5
1917 AL-24.1-8
1918 AL-26.0-10
1919 AL-22.8-10

Outs
1912 AL-445-5
1914 AL-466-5
1915 AL-462-8
1916 AL-476-3
1917 AL-442-3
1918 AL-384-3

Oldest Player
1921 AL-34-9
1922 AL-35-10
1923 AL-36-7

     

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (369) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1248) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 20, 1920: Traded by the Washington Senators with Harry Harper and Mike Menosky to the Boston Red Sox for Braggo Roth and Red Shannon.

August 15, 1922: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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