Rube Foster

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 170lb (170cm, 77kg)

Born: January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, OK us

Died: March 1, 1976 in Bokoshe, OK

Buried: Milton Cemetery, Bokoshe, OK

Debut: April 10, 1913 (Age 25-095d, 3,852nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1917 (Age 29-267d)
vs. SLB 9.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: George Foster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

ERA

2.36

138

103

842.1

294

WHIP

1.224

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-8 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	122	9	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	9-GF	L(0-1)	99	1.0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	5.26	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.34	-1.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
2	123	52	Jun 18(2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GS-5		55	5.0	6	5	3	5	1	0	2	6.00	5.93	27	35	2	0	0	17	1	1	1	0	0	1	6.95	-1.00%
3	124	59	Jun 25(1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-2)	6	8.0	8	4	2	5	1	0	0	3.86	4.76	37	50	0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.83	-0.60%
4	125	65	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(1-2)	3	10.0	11	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.63	4.01	41	64	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.47	1.95%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	126	71	Jul 4(2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.57	34	61	0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	0.49%
6	127	83	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-3)	11	7.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.48	3.44	27	59	1	3	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	4.77	-0.03%
7	128	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	6.0	4	1	0	3	2	0	0	2.15	3.39	27	61	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.79	-1.21%
8	129	93	Jul 26(2)	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(3-4)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.29	3.24	34	59	2	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.39	-0.06%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	130	102	Aug 6	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	L(3-5)	10	9.0	1	2	2	2	4	0	1	2.25	3.12	32	79	2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.05	0.07%
10	131	106	Aug 10(2)	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.10	2.96	36	70	0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.45	0.82%
11	132	111	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	1.98	2.88	35	70	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	9.23	0.22%
12	133	116	Aug 20(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	10	5	5	3	1	0	1	2.33	2.95	35	35	0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	10.99	-1.44%
13	134	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-6)	4	8.0	6	2	2	7	4	0	0	2.32	3.02	36	59	0	1	0	29	0	2	1	0	0	0	11.46	1.34%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
14	135	128	Sep 3(1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(6-7)	8	9.0	7	1	1	4	0	0	0	2.21	3.07	36	65	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.66	0.57%
15	136	134	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.03	3.05	34	78	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.55%
16	137	139	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	GS-1		5	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.33	3.05	7	26	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.47%
17	138	152	Sep 29(1)	BOS		SLB	W,13-5	CG	W(8-7)	15	9.0	7	5	5	6	3	0	0	2.53	3.09	38	50	1	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							9-8		W-L:8-7	4.3	124.2	108	43	35	53	34	0	4	2.53	3.09	523	58	8	7	1	439	12	10	2	3	2	6	6.34	0.18%

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