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Eddie Foster

Edward Cunningham Foster (Kid)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: February 13, 1887 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1910
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Browns/Highlanders 1910-1923

Final Game: August 5, 1923
Died: January 15, 1937 in Washington, DC
Buried: Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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Standard Batting

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 13 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0 6
1912 25 WSH AL 154 678 618 98 176 34 9 2 70 27 14 53 49 .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 129 576 519 70 147 13 3 0 29 12 41 20 .283 .339 .320 .659 100 166 3 12 *5/4
1919 32 WSH AL 120 525 478 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 48 121 109 11 23 3 0 0 3 1 1 9 10 .211 .277 .239 .516 36 26 1 3 5/6
1922 35 SLB AL 37 171 144 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 Yrs 1500 6317 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 451 195 67 528 317 .264 .329 .326 .655 89 1841 25 112
162 Game Avg. 162 682 610 79 161 21 8 1 49 21 57 34 .264 .329 .326 .655 89 199 3 12
WSH (8 yrs) 1121 4891 4418 579 1177 145 59 6 355 166 54 385 247 .266 .328 .330 .658 94 1458 18 70
BOS (3 yrs) 285 1048 907 110 240 38 12 0 79 24 12 108 42 .265 .345 .333 .678 79 302 4 30
SLB (2 yrs) 64 286 244 38 62 6 0 0 16 3 1 27 15 .254 .333 .279 .612 58 68 2 12
NYY (1 yr) 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 13 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1910 23 NYY AL 30 92 -8 -0 0 0 2 -6 -0.8 3 -3 -0.5 .475 .495 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 6
1912 25 WSH AL 154 678 6 2 0 14 5 27 2.8 23 50 5.2 .518 .517 3.6 2.0 36 $ *5 MVP-14
1913 26 WSH AL 106 449 -10 0 0 3 4 -4 -0.4 16 12 1.1 .496 .498 0.8 0.7 9 $ *5
1914 27 WSH AL 157 684 5 2 0 -6 5 7 0.6 24 30 3.0 .505 .505 3.9 -0.2 36 $ *5 MVP-7
1915 28 WSH AL 154 676 1 3 0 -1 3 6 0.6 23 29 2.9 .504 .504 3.0 0.2 30 $ 54
1916 29 WSH AL 158 685 -1 0 0 -6 3 -4 -0.5 23 20 1.8 .497 .497 2.6 -0.4 26 $ 54
1917 30 WSH AL 143 618 -12 -1 0 -2 3 -11 -1.4 21 10 0.7 .490 .491 0.9 0.1 12 $ 54
1918 31 WSH AL 129 576 1 -1 0 2 4 7 0.8 19 26 2.7 .506 .505 2.5 0.8 24 $ *5/4
1919 32 WSH AL 120 525 -14 -0 0 5 4 -5 -0.5 18 13 1.3 .495 .497 0.7 1.1 8 $ *5
1920 33 BOS AL 117 442 -8 2 0 7 4 4 0.4 14 18 1.8 .503 .502 1.1 1.1 11 $ 54
1921 34 BOS AL 120 485 -4 1 0 2 4 3 0.3 15 18 1.8 .502 .502 1.6 0.6 16 $ 54
1922 35 BOS AL 48 121 -10 0 0 -1 1 -10 -1.0 4 -6 -0.6 .479 .494 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ 5/6
1922 35 SLB AL 37 171 -1 0 0 2 1 3 0.2 5 8 0.8 .507 .502 0.6 0.3 6 $ 5
1923 36 SLB AL 27 115 -13 0 0 1 1 -11 -1.1 4 -7 -0.8 .458 .493 -0.9 0.2 -8 $ 4/5
13 Seasons 1500 6317 -66 9 0 20 42 5 -0.0 212 218 21.2 .500 .500 19.5 6.6 198 $
WSH (8 yrs) 1121 4891 -22 6 0 9 30 23 2.0 167 190 18.7 .502 .502 18.0 4.3 181 $
BOS (3 yrs) 285 1048 -22 2 0 8 8 -3 -0.3 33 30 3.0 .499 .499 2.2 1.7 22 $
SLB (2 yrs) 64 286 -14 1 0 3 2 -8 -0.9 9 1 0.0 .487 .497 -0.3 0.5 -2 $
NYY (1 yr) 30 92 -8 -0 0 0 2 -6 -0.8 3 -3 -0.5 .475 .495 -0.4 0.2 -3 $

Advanced Batting

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 .157 .133 .257 .217 .324 .157 .331 .374 .655 14 .128 -8.2 -1.0 .333 .145 .024 .0
1912 25 WSH AL 678 459 80 4.6 92 .307 .285 .274 .345 .343 .379 .360 .724 .703 106 .587 4.7 0.5 .667 .201 .094 3.7
1913 26 WSH AL 449 311 38 3.3 89 .265 .247 .267 .309 .339 .306 .350 .615 .689 79 .452 -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 4.7 0.5 .633 .187 .068 3.8
1915 28 WSH AL 676 462 72 4.2 85 .289 .275 .258 .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 .499 -2.6 -0.3 .578 .188 .064 1.9
1917 30 WSH AL 618 442 48 2.9 79 .245 .235 .254 .293 .325 .292 .328 .586 .653 79 .435 -14.8 -1.7 .517 .161 .058 .0
1918 31 WSH AL 576 384 56 4.0 80 .295 .283 .258 .339 .329 .320 .329 .659 .658 100 .557 0.1 0.0 .597 .139 .037 .0
1919 32 WSH AL 525 365 46 3.4 94 .276 .264 .275 .314 .341 .310 .370 .623 .711 76 .417 -16.0 -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 .777 89 .458 -4.7 -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 121 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 171 106 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 1.5 113 .194 .180 .298 .241 .368 .200 .411 .441 .779 14 .112 -13.1 -1.3 .341 .090 .020
13 Yrs 6317 4341 608 3.8 90 .278 .264 .268 .329 .339 .326 .356 .655 .695 89 .493 -83.7 -8.9 .596 .178 .062 11.6
162 Game Avg. 682 469 66 3.8 90 .278 .264 .268 .329 .339 .326 .356 .655 .695 89 .493 -83.7 -8.9 .596 .178 .062 1
WSH (8 yrs) 4891 3365 476 3.8 86 .281 .266 .262 .328 .334 .330 .343 .658 .678 94 .529 -36.7 -4.1 .599 .176 .064 11.6
BOS (3 yrs) 1048 709 105 4.0 108 .277 .265 .291 .345 .356 .333 .405 .678 .761 79 .411 -24.2 -2.4 .627 .201 .068 .0
SLB (2 yrs) 286 195 24 3.3 113 .271 .254 .298 .333 .365 .279 .415 .612 .781 58 .341 -14.6 -1.5 .541 .143 .025 .0
NYY (1 yr) 92 72 3 1.1 79 .157 .133 .257 .217 .324 .157 .331 .374 .655 14 .128 -8.2 -1.0 .333 .145 .024 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 31 WSH AL 576 0.0% 3.5% 7.1% 2.8% 11% 0.49 26.0 17.9 87%
1919 32 WSH AL 525 0.0% 4.0% 6.3% 3.2% 14% 0.64 22.8 18.4 87%
1920 33 BOS AL 442 0.0% 3.9% 9.5% 5.2% 23% 0.40 22.7 9.4 83%
1921 34 BOS AL 485 0.0% 3.1% 11.8% 5.0% 21% 0.26 27.5 11.8 82%
1922 35 TOT AL 292 0.0% 6.2% 9.9% 2.4% 10% 0.62 14.1 16.9 80%
1922 35 BOS AL 121 0.0% 8.3% 7.4% 2.5% 13% 1.11 10.9 36.3 82%
1922 35 SLB AL 171 0.0% 4.7% 11.7% 2.3% 9% 0.40 18.0 12.0 80%
1923 36 SLB AL 115 0.0% 6.1% 6.1% 1.7% 11% 1.00 14.3 25.0 81%
13 Yrs 2435 0.3% 13.0% 21.7% 11.0% 18% 0.60 17.8 942.0 12.5 219%
MLB Averages 1.5% 23.3% 19.7% 13.7% 23% 1.19 9.6 149.6 9.4 199%

Cumulative Batting

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 13 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0
1911 24 30 92 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 2 8 13 .133 .217 .157 .374 14 13 1 0
1912 25 184 770 701 103 187 36 9 2 71 29 14 61 62 .267 .330 .352 .682 96 247 5 3
1913 26 290 1219 1110 159 288 47 14 3 112 51 14 97 93 .259 .322 .335 .657 89 372 6 6
1914 27 447 1903 1726 241 462 63 24 5 162 82 32 157 140 .268 .332 .341 .672 95 588 8 12
1915 28 601 2579 2344 316 632 88 34 5 214 102 38 205 170 .270 .331 .343 .674 97 803 10 20
1916 29 759 3264 2950 391 785 106 43 6 258 125 54 273 196 .266 .331 .337 .668 97 995 14 27
1917 30 902 3882 3504 457 915 122 51 6 301 136 54 319 219 .261 .325 .330 .655 94 1157 14 45
1918 31 1031 4458 4023 527 1062 135 54 6 330 148 54 360 239 .264 .327 .329 .656 95 1323 17 57
1919 32 1151 4983 4501 584 1188 147 59 6 356 168 54 393 260 .264 .326 .327 .652 93 1471 19 70
1920 33 1268 5425 4887 632 1288 164 65 6 397 178 58 435 277 .264 .327 .327 .654 92 1600 22 81
1921 34 1388 5910 5299 683 1405 182 71 6 432 191 65 492 292 .265 .330 .330 .660 91 1747 22 97
1922 35 1473 6202 5552 723 1472 189 71 6 447 195 67 521 310 .265 .331 .328 .659 90 1821 24 105
1923 36 1500 6317 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 451 195 67 528 317 .264 .329 .326 .655 89 1841 25 112

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 13 .140 .229 .163 .392 3 30
1912 25 161 707 645 101 183 35 9 2 72 28 55 51 .284 .344 .375 .719 83 154
1913 26 112 480 436 64 112 12 6 1 47 24 40 33 .257 .321 .319 .640 44 106
1914 27 161 725 649 98 196 18 11 2 60 35 68 48 .302 .370 .373 .743 89 157
1915 28 161 719 656 86 188 28 11 0 59 22 53 31 .287 .342 .363 .705 80 154
1916 29 164 739 648 94 178 21 10 1 55 27 79 27 .275 .358 .343 .701 79 158
1917 30 148 665 592 84 152 19 9 0 55 13 54 24 .257 .319 .319 .638 60 143
1918 31 165 766 688 111 213 19 4 0 46 17 59 26 .310 .368 .349 .716 88 129
1919 32 139 617 560 72 153 15 6 0 33 24 40 24 .273 .324 .321 .645 58 120
1920 33 123 462 404 48 103 18 6 0 41 10 43 18 .255 .331 .329 .660 43 117
1921 34 126 498 425 48 115 18 6 0 33 13 56 16 .271 .356 .341 .697 52 120
1922 35 89 301 262 39 68 7 0 0 15 4 29 19 .260 .338 .286 .624 25 85
1923 36 28 118 103 8 17 2 0 0 4 0 7 7 .165 .225 .184 .410 4 27
13 Yrs 1608 6893 6154 859 1690 214 78 6 521 219 592 337 .275 .341 .338 .679 708 1500
162 Game Avg. 162 694 620 87 170 22 8 1 52 22 60 34 .275 .341 .338 .679 71 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 (693rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1912 AL  5.2 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1912 AL  2.0 (2nd)
1918 AL  0.8 (10th)
1919 AL  1.1 (6th)
1920 AL  1.1 (8th)

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  576 (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  17.8 (169th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1912 AL  459 (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)
1923 AL  born 1887-02-13 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (699), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1318), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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