Rube Foster

George Foster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1913
Team: RedSox 1913-1917

Final Game: September 29, 1917
Died: March 1, 1976 in Bokoshe, OK
Buried: Milton Cemetery, Bokoshe, OK
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1911	23	HSN	B	7	13	.350		11						171.1	156	82			59							1.255	8.2		3.1			HSN · TL
1912	24	HSN	B	24	7	.774		39						299.1	178	67			84							0.875	5.4		2.5			HSN · TL
1913	25	BOS	AL	3	3	.500	3.16	19	8	9	4	1	0	68.1	64	35	24	1	28	36	4	0	3	286	93	1.346	8.4	0.1	3.7	4.7	1.29
1914	26	BOS	AL	14	8	.636	1.70	32	27	2	17	5	0	211.2	164	68	40	2	52	89	7	0	1	813	158	1.020	7.0	0.1	2.2	3.8	1.71
1915	27	BOS	AL	19	8	.704	2.11	37	33	2	21	5	1	255.1	217	83	60	3	86	82	10	1	5	1010	132	1.187	7.6	0.1	3.0	2.9	0.95
1916	28	BOS	AL	14	7	.667	3.06	33	19	13	9	3	2	182.1	173	73	62	0	86	53	4	0	5	748	91	1.420	8.5	*0.0*	4.2	2.6	0.62
1917	29	BOS	AL	8	7	.533	2.53	17	16	1	9	1	0	124.2	108	43	35	0	53	34	4	0	5	502	103	1.291	7.8	0.0	3.8	2.5	0.64
1923	35	VER	AA	3	9	.250	4.08	17						106.0	129	52	48		29							1.491	11.0		2.5			VER · PCL
1924	36	OLD	AA	12	18	.400	3.59	41						256.0	287	148	102		92							1.480	10.1		3.2			OLD · PCL
1925	37	OLD	AA	9	15	.375	4.95	35						171.0	202	119	94		80							1.649	10.6		4.2			OLD · PCL
5 Yrs				58	33	.637	2.36	138	103	27	60	15	3	842.1	726	302	221	6	305	294	29	1	19	3359	116	1.224	7.8	0.1	3.3	3.1	0.96
162 Game Avg.				16	9	.637	2.36	39	29	8	17	4	1	238	205	85	62	2	86	83	8	0	5	948	116	1.224	7.8	0.1	3.3	3.1	0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1913	25	BOS	AL	68.1	19	8	35	4.61	3.89	-0.28	100.0	4.17	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3	3	.484	.498	$
1914	26	BOS	AL	211.2	32	27	68	2.89	3.65	0.23	98.0	3.34	13	1.6	1.0	-0.1	3.3	30	.550	.510	$
1915	27	BOS	AL	255.1	37	33	83	2.93	3.91	0.22	95.0	3.51	18	2.1	1.0	-0.3	4.1	41	.557	.513	$
1916	28	BOS	AL	182.1	33	19	73	3.60	3.70	0.16	98.0	3.47	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.2	14	.491	.498	$
1917	29	BOS	AL	124.2	17	16	43	3.10	3.67	0.27	97.0	3.29	2	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.3	14	.517	.502	$
5 Seasons				842.1	138	103	302	3.23	3.76	0.18	97.1	3.48	28	3.4	1.0	-0.7	10.2	102	.525	.504	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1915	27	BOS	AL	WS	W	PHI	2	1.000	2.00	2	2	0	2	18.0	12	5	4	1	2	13	2	66	0.778	6.0	0.5	1.0	6.5	6.50
1916	28	BOS	AL	WS	W	BRO	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	1.000	1.71	3	2	1	2	21.0	15	5	4	1	2	14	2	77	0.810	6.4	0.4	0.9	6.0	7.00
2 WS							2	1.000	1.71	3	2	1	2	21.0	15	5	4	1	2	14	2	77	0.810	6.4	0.4	0.9	6.0	7.00

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1913	25	3	3	.500	3.16	19	8	9	4	1	0	68.1	64	35	24	1	28	36	4	0	3	286	93	1.346	8.4	0.1	3.7	4.7	1.29	93
1914	26	17	11	.607	2.06	51	35	11	21	6	0	280.0	228	103	64	3	80	125	11	0	4	1099	134	1.100	7.3	0.1	2.6	4.0	1.56	134
1915	27	36	19	.655	2.08	88	68	13	42	11	1	535.1	445	186	124	6	166	207	21	1	9	2109	133	1.141	7.5	0.1	2.8	3.5	1.25	133
1916	28	50	26	.658	2.33	121	87	26	51	14	3	717.2	618	259	186	6	252	260	25	1	14	2857	119	1.212	7.8	0.1	3.2	3.3	1.03	119
1917	29	58	33	.637	2.36	138	103	27	60	15	3	842.1	726	302	221	6	305	294	29	1	19	3359	116	1.224	7.8	0.1	3.3	3.1	0.96	116

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1913	25	4	3	.571	3.88	65.0	71	31	28	1	31	34	4	1.569	9.8	4.3	4.7	1.10	0.1	19
1914	26	16	5	.762	2.32	194.0	186	56	50	2	59	81	8	1.263	8.6	2.7	3.8	1.37	0.1	32
1915	27	17	9	.654	2.85	234.0	246	82	74	3	97	75	11	1.466	9.5	3.7	2.9	0.77	0.1	37
1916	28	7	10	.412	4.50	158.0	199	88	79	0	99	46	5	1.886	11.3	5.6	2.6	0.46	0.0	33
1917	29	6	6	.500	3.68	110.0	125	50	45	0	61	30	5	1.691	10.2	5.0	2.5	0.49	0.0	17
5 Yrs		50	33	.602	3.26	761.0	827	307	276	6	347	266	33	1.543	9.8		3.1	0.77	0.1	138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1914 AL 1.70 (2nd) 1915 AL 2.11 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1915 AL 19 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1914 AL .636 (7th) 1915 AL .704 (2nd) 1916 AL .667 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1914 AL 1.020 (4th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 6.973 (5th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 2.211 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1915 AL 33 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1914 AL 17 (9th) 1915 AL 21 (6th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1914 AL 5 (5th) 1915 AL 5 (4th) 1916 AL 3 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 0.085 (7th) 1916 AL 0.000 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1915 AL 10 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1914 AL 158 (3rd) 1915 AL 132 (9th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1914 AL 18 (5th) 1915 AL 20 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1914 AL 2.1 (5th) 1915 AL 2.2 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 28 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Bill James (935)
Bugs Raymond (928)
Bob Wicker (927)

Most Similar by Ages

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Harry Gaspar (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Harry Coveleski (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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