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Rube Foster
George Foster
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1913
Final Game: September 29, 1917
Died: March 1, 1976 in Bokoshe, OK
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 3 289 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 1 814 158 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 90 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 45 35 0 53 34 4 0 5 511 102 1.291 7.8 0.0 3.8 2.5 0.64
5 Seasons 58 33 .637 2.36 138 103 27 60 15 3 842.1 726 304 221 6 305 294 29 1 19 3372 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 86 62 2 86 83 8 0 5 951 116 1.224 7.8 0.1 3.3 3.1 0.96

Postseason Pitching

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

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
1913 25 BOS AL 20 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 .095 .136 .095 .232 -33 2 0 0 1
1914 26 BOS AL 35 72 63 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 4 14 .175 .224 .190 .414 25 12 0 5 1
1915 27 BOS AL 40 98 83 10 23 7 0 1 9 0 6 18 .277 .326 .398 .723 119 33 0 9 1
1916 28 BOS AL 38 67 62 3 11 3 0 0 2 0 3 10 .177 .215 .226 .441 32 14 0 2 1/O
1917 29 BOS AL 17 46 41 2 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 10 .268 .302 .317 .619 90 13 0 3 1
5 Seasons 150 305 270 19 58 13 0 1 19 1 16 59 .215 .259 .274 .533 60 74 0 19
162 Game Avg. 162 329 292 21 63 14 0 1 21 1 17 64 .215 .259 .274 .533 60 80 0 21

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 27 BOS AL WS PHI W 2 8 8 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .625 1.125 5 0 0 0 0 0
1916 28 BOS AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 9 9 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .444 .444 .556 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 9 9 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .444 .444 .556 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1913 BOS AL 25 P 19 22 5 16 1 0 .955 1.11 .936 1.83
1914 BOS AL 26 P 32 78 18 56 4 1 .949 2.31 .935 1.74
1915 BOS AL 27 P 37 97 18 77 2 0 .979 2.57 .934 1.80
1916 BOS AL 28 P 33 74 16 57 1 5 .986 2.21 .943 1.69
1916 BOS AL 28 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-0
1917 BOS AL 29 P 17 54 14 38 2 1 .963 3.06 .946 1.83
5 Seasons P 138 325 71 244 10 7 .969 2.28 .938 1.77
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-0
5 Seasons TOT 139 325 71 244 10 7 .969 2.27 .908 1.77 0-0-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 AL--1.701--2nd
1915 AL--2.115--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--1.021--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--.085--7th
1916 AL--0.00--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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 30 (804), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (607), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (163), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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. 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.

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