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Pop Foster
Clarence Francis Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
School New York University

Debut September 13, 1898
Final Game September 27, 1901
Born April 8, 1878 in New Haven, CT
Died April 16, 1944 in Princeton, NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 20 NYG NL  32  112   10   30   6  1   0    9   0      0      .268  .268  .339   76   38   1           0    
 1899 21 NYG NL  84  301   48   89   9  7   3   57   7     20      .296  .348  .402  108  121   3           4    
 1900 22 NYG NL  31   84   19   22   3  1   0   11   0     11      .262  .347  .321   89   27   1           0    
 1901 23 TOT AL 115  427   69  119  18 11   7   60  10     45      .279  .353  .422  116  180   1           4    
         WSH AL 103  392   65  109  16  9   6   54  10     41      .278  .352  .411  113  161   1           4    
         CHW AL  12   35    4   10   2  2   1    6   0      4      .286  .359  .543  151   19   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      262  924  146  260  36 20  10  137  17  0  76   0  .281  .341  .396  106  366   6   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   90  161  22 12   6   85  11  0  47   0  .281  .341  .396  106  226   4   0   0   5   0
 Career High    115  427   69  119  18 11   7   60  10  0  45   0  .296  .353  .422  116  180   3   0   0   4   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 20 NYG NL  113   83   10   3.1    89| .268  .274| .268  .338| .339  .352| .607  .690|  76  .396  -4.1  -0.4     
 1899 21 NYG NL  328  215   41   4.9    97| .296  .286| .348  .348| .402  .372| .750  .721| 108  .561   2.3   0.2     
 1900 22 NYG NL   96   63    9   3.7    94| .262  .280| .347  .341| .321  .370| .668  .711|  89  .438  -0.8  -0.1     
 1901 23 TOT AL  477  309   63   5.3    95| .279  .282| .353  .338| .422  .378| .775  .716| 116  .595   9.4   0.9     
         WSH AL  438  284   56   5.2    95| .278  .282| .352  .338| .411  .378| .763  .716| 113  .580   7.2   0.7     
         CHW AL   39   25    7   7.3    95| .286  .281| .359  .337| .543  .377| .902  .713| 151  .724   2.2   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1014  670  123   4.8    95| .281  .282| .341  .342| .396  .372| .737  .714| 106  .550   6.8   0.6     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 20 NYG NL OF 21 28 1 1 0 .967 .939 1.38 2.03 17 0 4 3B 10 7 18 7 1 .781 .903 2.50 3.42 SS 2 2 6 3 0 .727 .909 4.00 5.55 1899 21 NYG NL OF 84 103 8 6 3 .949 .944 1.32 2.11 1 0 84 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .909 3.00 3.50 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.50 1900 22 NYG NL OF 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 .939 1.42 2.13 1 0 11 SS 7 11 28 6 3 .867 .922 5.57 5.76 2B 5 6 18 3 0 .889 .938 4.80 5.20 1901 23 TOT AL OF 111 209 10 18 1 .924 .931 1.97 2.00 102 0 9 WSH AL OF 102 200 9 17 1 .925 .931 2.05 2.00 102 0 0 SS 2 0 8 0 0 1.000 .899 4.00 5.25 CHW AL OF 9 9 1 1 0 .909 .935 1.11 2.00 0 0 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1900 22 NYG NL 2B 5 6 18 3 0 .889 .938 4.80 5.20 1898 20 NYG NL 3B 10 7 18 7 1 .781 .903 2.50 3.42 1899 21 NYG NL 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .909 3.00 3.50 1898 20 NYG NL OF 21 28 1 1 0 .967 .939 1.38 2.03 17 0 4 1899 21 NYG NL OF 84 103 8 6 3 .949 .944 1.32 2.11 1 0 84 1900 22 NYG NL OF 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 .939 1.42 2.13 1 0 11 1901 23 TOT AL OF 111 209 10 18 1 .924 .931 1.97 2.00 102 0 9 WSH AL OF 102 200 9 17 1 .925 .931 2.05 2.00 102 0 0 CHW AL OF 9 9 1 1 0 .909 .935 1.11 2.00 0 0 9 1898 20 NYG NL SS 2 2 6 3 0 .727 .909 4.00 5.55 1899 21 NYG NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.50 1900 22 NYG NL SS 7 11 28 6 3 .867 .922 5.57 5.76 1901 23 WSH AL SS 2 0 8 0 0 1.000 .899 4.00 5.25
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 228 356 20 25 5 .938 .936 1.65 2.05 121 0 108 SS 12 14 42 9 3 .862 .917 4.67 5.62 3B 11 9 19 8 1 .778 .903 2.55 3.43 2B 5 6 18 3 0 .889 .938 4.80 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 256 385 99 45 9 .915 .932 1.89 2.34
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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.

Home Runs
1901 AL-7-7

At Bats per Home Run
1901 AL-61.0-5

Youngest Player
1898 NL-20-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1775) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

September 9, 1901: Released by the Washington Senators.

September 9, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White 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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