Eddie Foster
Edward Cunningham Foster (Kid)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 145 lb.

Born: February 13, 1887 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1910
Final Game: August 5, 1923
Died: January 15, 1937 in Washington, DC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1910 23 NYY AL 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0 6
1912 25 WSH AL 154 678 618 98 176 34 9 2 70 27 53 .285 .345 .379 .724 106 234 4 3 *5 MVP-14
1913 26 WSH AL 106 449 409 56 101 11 5 1 41 22 36 31 .247 .309 .306 .615 79 125 1 3 *5
1914 27 WSH AL 157 684 616 82 174 16 10 2 50 31 18 60 47 .282 .348 .351 .699 107 216 2 6 *5 MVP-7
1915 28 WSH AL 154 676 618 75 170 25 10 0 52 20 6 48 30 .275 .329 .348 .677 101 215 2 8 54
1916 29 WSH AL 158 685 606 75 153 18 9 1 44 23 16 68 26 .252 .332 .317 .649 96 192 4 7 54
1917 30 WSH AL 143 618 554 66 130 16 8 0 43 11 46 23 .235 .293 .292 .586 79 162 0 18 54
1918 31 WSH AL 129 575 519 70 147 13 3 0 29 12 41 20 .283 .339 .320 .659 99 166 3 12 *5/4
1919 32 WSH AL 120 526 478 57 126 12 5 0 26 20 33 21 .264 .314 .310 .623 76 148 2 13 *5
1920 33 BOS AL 117 442 386 48 100 17 6 0 41 10 4 42 17 .259 .336 .334 .671 81 129 3 11 54
1921 34 BOS AL 120 485 412 51 117 18 6 0 35 13 7 57 15 .284 .371 .357 .728 89 147 0 16 54
1922 35 TOT AL 85 292 253 40 67 7 0 0 15 4 2 29 18 .265 .345 .292 .638 66 74 2 8 5/6
1922 35 BOS AL 48 122 109 11 23 3 0 0 3 1 1 9 10 .211 .277 .239 .516 36 26 1 3 5/6
1922 35 SLB AL 37 170 144 29 44 4 0 0 12 3 1 20 8 .306 .394 .333 .727 88 48 1 5 5
1923 36 SLB AL 27 115 100 9 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 .180 .241 .200 .441 14 20 1 7 4/5
13 Seasons 1500 6317 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 451 195 53 528 255 .264 .329 .326 .655 88 1841 25 112
162 Game Avg. 162 682 610 79 161 21 8 1 49 21 57 .264 .329 .326 .655 88 199 3 12
WSH (8 yrs) 1121 4891 4418 579 1177 145 59 6 355 166 40 385 198 .266 .328 .330 .658 94 1458 18 70
BOS (3 yrs) 285 1049 907 110 240 38 12 0 79 24 12 108 42 .265 .345 .333 .678 79 302 4 30
SLB (2 yrs) 64 285 244 38 62 6 0 0 16 3 1 27 15 .254 .333 .279 .612 59 68 2 12
NYY (1 yr) 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1910 23 NYY AL 92 72 3 1.1 79 .133 .133 .257 .217 .324 .157 .331 .374 .655 14 .128 -8.2 -1.0 .333 .145 .024 .0
1912 25 WSH AL 678 445 80 4.8 92 .282 .285 .274 .345 .343 .379 .360 .724 .703 106 .589 4.7 0.5 .719 .223 .094 3.7
1913 26 WSH AL 449 311 38 3.3 89 .265 .247 .267 .309 .339 .306 .350 .615 .689 79 .451 -11.7 -1.3 .597 .200 .059 1.9
1914 27 WSH AL 684 466 74 4.2 85 .303 .282 .261 .348 .335 .351 .342 .699 .677 107 .618 4.6 0.5 .633 .187 .068 3.8
1915 28 WSH AL 676 462 72 4.2 85 .289 .275 .257 .329 .336 .348 .338 .677 .674 101 .590 -1.0 -0.1 .615 .173 .073 .0
1916 29 WSH AL 685 476 62 3.5 82 .263 .252 .256 .332 .330 .317 .334 .649 .663 96 .510 -2.7 -0.3 .578 .188 .064 1.9
1917 30 WSH AL 618 442 48 2.9 79 .245 .235 .254 .293 .324 .292 .328 .586 .653 79 .435 -14.7 -1.7 .517 .161 .058 .0
1918 31 WSH AL 575 384 56 4.0 81 .295 .283 .259 .339 .330 .320 .331 .659 .661 99 .557 -0.5 -0.1 .597 .139 .037 .0
1919 32 WSH AL 526 365 46 3.4 94 .276 .264 .275 .314 .341 .310 .370 .623 .710 76 .417 -15.9 -1.7 .577 .157 .046 .0
1920 33 BOS AL 442 301 43 3.8 103 .271 .259 .286 .336 .350 .334 .393 .671 .743 81 .418 -9.3 -0.9 .621 .199 .075 .0
1921 34 BOS AL 485 318 55 4.6 112 .295 .284 .296 .371 .361 .357 .415 .728 .776 89 .458 -4.6 -0.4 .695 .226 .073 .0
1922 35 TOT AL 292 196 26 3.6 111 .285 .265 .295 .345 .361 .292 .415 .638 .775 66 .370 -11.6 -1.1 .569 .150 .028 .0
1922 35 BOS AL 122 90 7 2.1 109 .232 .211 .292 .277 .357 .239 .410 .516 .766 36 .182 -10.2 -1.0 .414 .110 .028 .0
1922 35 SLB AL 170 106 19 4.8 113 .324 .306 .298 .394 .364 .333 .418 .727 .782 88 .505 -1.4 -0.1 .703 .181 .028 .0
1923 36 SLB AL 115 89 5 1.5 112 .194 .180 .296 .241 .367 .200 .409 .441 .776 14 .112 -13.0 -1.3 .341 .090 .020
13 Seasons 6317 4327 608 3.8 90 .275 .264 .268 .329 .339 .326 .356 .655 .695 88 .494 -83.9 -8.9 .602 .181 .062 11.6
162 Game Avg. 682 467 66 3.8 90 .275 .264 .268 .329 .339 .326 .356 .655 .695 88 .494 -83.9 -8.9 .602 .181 .062 1
WSH (8 yrs) 4891 3351 476 3.8 86 .278 .266 .262 .328 .335 .330 .343 .658 .678 94 .531 -37.2 -4.1 .606 .179 .064 11.6
BOS (3 yrs) 1049 709 105 4.0 108 .277 .265 .291 .345 .356 .333 .405 .678 .761 79 .411 -24.1 -2.4 .627 .201 .068 .0
SLB (2 yrs) 285 195 24 3.3 113 .271 .254 .297 .333 .365 .279 .415 .612 .780 59 .341 -14.5 -1.4 .541 .143 .025 .0
NYY (1 yr) 92 72 3 1.1 79 .133 .133 .257 .217 .324 .157 .331 .374 .655 14 .128 -8.2 -1.0 .333 .145 .024 .0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1910 23 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0
1911 24 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0
1912 25 184 770 701 103 187 36 9 2 71 29 61 .267 .330 .352 .682 96 247 5 3
1913 26 290 1219 1110 159 288 47 14 3 112 51 97 31 .259 .322 .335 .657 89 372 6 6
1914 27 447 1903 1726 241 462 63 24 5 162 82 18 157 78 .268 .332 .341 .672 96 588 8 12
1915 28 601 2579 2344 316 632 88 34 5 214 102 24 205 108 .270 .331 .343 .674 97 803 10 20
1916 29 759 3264 2950 391 785 106 43 6 258 125 40 273 134 .266 .331 .337 .668 97 995 14 27
1917 30 902 3882 3504 457 915 122 51 6 301 136 40 319 157 .261 .325 .330 .655 94 1157 14 45
1918 31 1031 4457 4023 527 1062 135 54 6 330 148 40 360 177 .264 .327 .329 .656 95 1323 17 57
1919 32 1151 4983 4501 584 1188 147 59 6 356 168 40 393 198 .264 .326 .327 .652 93 1471 19 70
1920 33 1268 5425 4887 632 1288 164 65 6 397 178 44 435 215 .264 .327 .327 .654 92 1600 22 81
1921 34 1388 5910 5299 683 1405 182 71 6 432 191 51 492 230 .265 .330 .330 .660 91 1747 22 97
1922 35 1473 6202 5552 723 1472 189 71 6 447 195 53 521 248 .265 .331 .328 .659 90 1821 24 105
1923 36 1500 6317 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 451 195 53 528 255 .264 .329 .326 .655 88 1841 25 112

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1910 23 31 96 86 6 12 2 0 0 1 2 9 0 .140 .229 .163 .392 3 30
1912 25 161 704 645 101 183 35 9 2 72 28 55 0 .284 .344 .375 .719 83 154
1913 26 112 477 436 64 112 12 6 1 47 24 40 33 .257 .321 .319 .640 44 106
1914 27 161 719 649 98 196 18 11 2 60 35 68 48 .302 .370 .373 .743 89 157
1915 28 161 714 658 86 190 28 11 0 60 22 54 31 .289 .345 .365 .709 83 154
1916 29 164 732 648 95 178 21 10 1 56 27 79 27 .275 .358 .343 .701 79 158
1917 30 148 646 592 84 152 19 9 0 55 13 54 24 .257 .319 .319 .638 60 143
1918 31 165 750 687 109 212 19 4 0 45 17 59 26 .309 .367 .348 .715 87 129
1919 32 139 602 560 72 153 15 6 0 33 24 40 24 .273 .324 .321 .645 58 120
1920 33 123 452 405 49 104 18 6 0 42 10 44 18 .257 .334 .331 .665 44 117
1921 34 126 481 425 48 115 18 6 0 33 13 56 16 .271 .356 .341 .697 52 120
1922 35 89 293 262 39 68 7 0 0 14 4 29 19 .260 .338 .286 .624 25 85
1923 36 28 111 103 8 17 2 0 0 4 0 7 7 .165 .225 .184 .410 4 27
13 Seasons 1608 6777 6156 859 1692 214 78 6 522 219 594 273 .275 .341 .338 .679 711 1500
162 Game Avg. 162 683 620 87 170 22 8 1 53 22 60 .275 .341 .338 .679 72 1500

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1912 AL (14, 6%)
1914 AL (7, 17%)
0.23 Career Shares (680th)

Games Played s c a p y
1912 AL  154 (2nd)
1914 AL  157 (3rd)
1915 AL  154 (8th)
1916 AL  158 (1st)
1918 AL  129 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1912 AL  618 (1st)
1914 AL  616 (1st)
1915 AL  618 (1st)
1916 AL  606 (2nd)
1918 AL  519 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1912 AL  678 (4th)
1914 AL  684 (2nd)
1915 AL  676 (7th)
1916 AL  685 (4th)
1918 AL  575 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1912 AL  98 (9th)
1914 AL  82 (9th)
1918 AL  70 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1912 AL  176 (9th)
1914 AL  174 (6th)
1915 AL  170 (7th)
1918 AL  147 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1912 AL  234 (10th)
1914 AL  216 (8th)
1915 AL  215 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1912 AL  34 (5th)
1915 AL  25 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1912 AL  131 (10th)
1914 AL  146 (2nd)
1915 AL  135 (5th)
1916 AL  125 (9th)
1918 AL  131 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1914 AL  74 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1912 AL  45 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1914 AL  236 (7th)
1916 AL  225 (10th)
1918 AL  191 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1915 AL  20.6 (7th)
1916 AL  23.3 (5th)
1917 AL  24.1 (8th)
1918 AL  26.0 (10th)
1919 AL  22.8 (10th)
Career  19.4 (114th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1912 AL  445 (5th)
1914 AL  466 (5th)
1915 AL  462 (8th)
1916 AL  476 (3rd)
1917 AL  442 (3rd)
1918 AL  384 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1887-02-13 (9th)
1922 AL  born 1887-02-13 (10th)
1923 AL  born 1887-02-13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Don Blasingame (905)
  8. Jimmy Johnston (905)
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  8. Bobby Byrne (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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