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Rube Foster
George Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 10, 1913
Final Game September 29, 1917
Born January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, OK
Died March 1, 1976 in Bokoshe, OK

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 25 BOS AL   3   3  19   8   4   1   9  0   68.3   64   35   24   1   28   36   4   3   289       0  3.16  2.93   93 1.346
 1914 26 BOS AL  14   8  32  27  17   5   2  0  211.7  164   68   40   2   52   89   7   1   814       0  1.70  2.68  158 1.020
 1915 27 BOS AL  19   8  37  33  21   5   2  1  255.3  217   83   60   3   86   82  10   5  1010       1  2.11  2.78  132 1.187
 1916 28 BOS AL  14   7  33  19   9   3  13  2  182.3  173   73   62   0   86   53   4   5   748       0  3.06  2.77   90 1.420
 1917 29 BOS AL   8   7  17  16   9   1   1  0  124.7  108   45   35   0   53   34   4   5   511       0  2.53  2.58  102 1.291
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .637  58  33 138 103  60  15  27  3  842.3  726  304  221   6  305  294  29  19  3372       1  2.36  2.74  116 1.224
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16   9  38  29  16   4   7  0  237.3  204   85   62   1   86   82   8   5   951   0   0  2.36  2.74  116 1.224
 Career High     19   8  37  33  21   5  13  2  255.3  217   83   62   3   86   89  10   5  1010   0   1  1.70  2.93  158 1.020

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 25 BOS AL  20   21    0    2   0  0   0    3   0      1   7  .095  .136  .095  -33    2   0           0    
 1914 26 BOS AL  35   63    4   11   1  0   0    1   1      4  14  .175  .224  .190   25   12   5           0    
 1915 27 BOS AL  40   83   10   23   7  0   1    9   0      6  18  .277  .326  .398  119   33   9           0    
 1916 28 BOS AL  38   62    3   11   3  0   0    2   0      3  10  .177  .215  .226   32   14   2           0    
 1917 29 BOS AL  17   41    2   11   2  0   0    4   0      2  10  .268  .302  .317   90   13   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      150  270   19   58  13  0   1   19   1  0  16  59  .215  .259  .274   60   74  19   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        292   21   63  14  0   1   21   1  0  17  64  .215  .259  .274   60   80  21   0   0   0   0
 Career High     40   83   10   23   7  0   1    9   1  0   6  18                          33   9   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 25 BOS AL   22   19    0   0.0    89| .095  .268| .136  .340| .095  .352| .231  .692| -33  .000  -3.6  -0.4     
 1914 26 BOS AL   72   57    3   1.4    82| .175  .257| .224  .330| .190  .336| .414  .665|  25  .177  -5.9  -0.7     
 1915 27 BOS AL   98   69   11   4.3    81| .277  .252| .326  .329| .398  .331| .724  .660| 119  .600   1.8   0.2     
 1916 28 BOS AL   67   53    3   1.5    83| .177  .258| .215  .332| .226  .337| .441  .669|  32  .184  -5.3  -0.6     
 1917 29 BOS AL   46   33    4   3.3    79| .268  .254| .302  .325| .317  .328| .619  .653|  90  .485  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       305  231   21   2.4    82| .215  .256| .259  .330| .274  .334| .533  .665|  60  .353 -13.7  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1913 25 BOS AL   P   19      5   16    1    0  .955  .938  1.11  1.83  2.77  3.00    8   68.3
 1914 26 BOS AL   P   32     18   56    4    1  .949  .936  2.31  1.74  3.15  2.96   27  211.7
 1915 27 BOS AL   P   37     18   77    2    0  .979  .937  2.57  1.80  3.35  3.01   33  255.3
 1916 28 BOS AL   P   33     16   57    1    5  .986  .946  2.21  1.69  3.60  2.95   19  182.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00                        
 1917 29 BOS AL   P   17     14   38    2    1  .963  .947  3.06  1.83  3.75  3.04   16  124.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1916 28 BOS AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00                        

 1913 25 BOS AL   P   19      5   16    1    0  .955  .938  1.11  1.83  2.77  3.00    8   68.3
 1914 26 BOS AL   P   32     18   56    4    1  .949  .936  2.31  1.74  3.15  2.96   27  211.7
 1915 27 BOS AL   P   37     18   77    2    0  .979  .937  2.57  1.80  3.35  3.01   33  255.3
 1916 28 BOS AL   P   33     16   57    1    5  .986  .946  2.21  1.69  3.60  2.95   19  182.3
 1917 29 BOS AL   P   17     14   38    2    1  .963  .947  3.06  1.83  3.75  3.04   16  124.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 138     71  244   10    7  .969  .940  2.28  1.77              103  842.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00                            0    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       139     71  244   10    7  .969  .940  2.27  1.77

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    BOS PHI     W   2   2   2.00  2  0  0  2  18    12   4   2  13 
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   3   2   1.71  2  0  0  2  21    15   4   2  14 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    BOS PHI     W   2   8   0   4  1  0  0   1   0   2  .500  .500  .625   0  0   0   0   0 
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   3   9   0   4  1  0  0   1   0   3  .444  .444  .556   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

ERA
1914 AL-1.70-2
1915 AL-2.11-5

Wins
1915 AL-19-6

Won-Loss %
1915 AL-.704-2
1916 AL-.667-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1914 AL-1.020-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 AL-6.97-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1914 AL-2.21-10

Games Started
1915 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
1914 AL-17-9
1915 AL-21-6

Shutouts
1914 AL-5-5
1915 AL-5-4
1916 AL-3-7

Hit Batsmen
1915 AL-10-9

Adjusted ERA+
1914 AL-158-3
1915 AL-132-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (770) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 28.0 (162) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 20.0 (599) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
April 1, 1918: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Shean. Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
April 1, 1918: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cincinnati Reds for . Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Rube Foster's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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ERA 1914 AL-1.70-2 1915 AL-2.11-5	Wins 1915 AL-19-6	Won-Loss % 1915 AL-.704-2 1916 AL-.667-4	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1914 AL-1.020-4	Hits Allowed/9IP 1914 AL-6.97-5	Bases on Balls/9IP 1914 AL-2.21-10
Games Started 1915 AL-33-8	Comp. Games 1914 AL-17-9 1915 AL-21-6	Shutouts 1914 AL-5-5 1915 AL-5-4 1916 AL-3-7	Hit Batsmen 1915 AL-10-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1914 AL-158-3 1915 AL-132-9