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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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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 67 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 89 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 89 1841 25 112
162 Game Avg. 162 682 610 79 161 21 8 1 49 21 57 .264 .329 .326 .655 89 199 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1910 NYY AL 23 SS 22 110 37 63 10 6 .909 4.55 .929 5.20
1912 WSH AL 25 3B 154 561 168 348 45 22 .920 3.35 .920 3.27 MVP-14
1913 WSH AL 26 3B 105 365 112 217 36 20 .901 3.13 .936 3.08
1914 WSH AL 27 3B 157 481 200 247 34 25 .929 2.85 .936 3.14 MVP-7
1915 WSH AL 28 3B 79 260 92 147 21 14 .919 3.03 .925 3.01
1915 WSH AL 28 2B 75 385 161 206 18 31 .953 4.89 .956 4.89
1916 WSH AL 29 3B 84 266 104 143 19 14 .929 2.94 .940 3.23
1916 WSH AL 29 2B 72 353 126 213 14 27 .960 4.71 .964 4.88
1917 WSH AL 30 3B 86 292 95 178 19 15 .935 3.17 .941 3.23
1917 WSH AL 30 2B 57 289 122 153 14 19 .952 4.82 .959 4.94
1918 WSH AL 31 3B 127 467 156 281 30 31 .936 3.44 .949 3.25
1918 WSH AL 31 2B 2 11 3 6 2 0 .818 4.50 .964 5.30
1919 WSH AL 32 3B 115 409 120 267 22 16 .946 3.37 .950 3.24
1920 BOS AL 33 3B 88 347 99 233 15 20 .957 3.77 .945 3.45
1920 BOS AL 33 2B 21 79 28 47 4 9 .949 3.57 .962 5.54
1921 BOS AL 34 3B 94 279 74 189 16 18 .943 2.80 .952 3.26
1921 BOS AL 34 2B 22 108 42 61 5 0 .954 4.68 .956 5.35
1922 TOT AL 35 3B 65 201 62 120 19 14 .905 2.80 .952 3.24
1922 BOS AL 35 3B 28 70 21 41 8 2 .886 2.21 .953 3.24
1922 BOS AL 35 SS 3 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 .940 5.03
1922 SLB AL 35 3B 37 131 41 79 11 12 .916 3.24 .952 3.24
1923 SLB AL 36 2B 20 76 35 38 3 11 .961 3.65 .966 5.35
1923 SLB AL 36 3B 7 23 7 14 2 4 .913 3.00 .948 3.27
12 Seasons 3B 1161 3951 1289 2384 278 213 .930 3.16 .940 3.22
7 Seasons 2B 269 1301 517 724 60 97 .954 4.61 .960 5.02
2 Seasons SS 25 115 39 66 10 6 .913 4.20 .930 5.18
13 Seasons TOT 1455 5367 1845 3174 348 316 .935 3.45 .879 3.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1912-AL-14-6%
1914-AL-7-17%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

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--20.600--7th
1916 AL--23.308--5th
1917 AL--24.087--8th
1918 AL--25.950--10th
1919 AL--22.762--10th
Career--19.420--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 (397), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1262), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 1, 1909: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from Jersey City (Eastern) in the 1909 rule 5 draft.

Before 1910 Season: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Detroit Tigers.

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.

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