Rube Foster

Positions: Pitcher, First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: September 17, 1879 in Calvert, TX

Died: December 9, 1930 in Kankakee, IL

Buried: Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL

High School: Calvert HS (Calvert, TX)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1981. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Full Name: Andrew Bishop Foster

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RAvg	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1905	25	Cuban X Giants	CNCS	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.85	3.44	4	4	4	0	0	34.0	26	13	7	0	11	17	3	0	140	1.088	6.9	0.0	2.9	4.5	1.55
1906	26	Fe	CUGL	Fgn	9	6	.600	2.17	3.45	16	15	15	1	0	141.0	100	54	34	1	43	47	5	2	567	1.014	6.4	0.1	2.7	3.0	1.09
1907	27	Habana	CUGL	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.28	3.80	8	8	8	0	0	71.0	55	30	18	0	26	31	1	1	303	1.141	7.0	0.0	3.3	3.9	1.19

1910	30	Chicago	CNCS	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.86	2.48	4	3	3	1	0	29.0	23	8	6	0	4	12	1	2	108	0.931	7.1	0.0	1.2	3.7	3.00
1911	31	Fe	CUNL	Fgn	0	0		8.31	12.46	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	4	0	5	3	1	1	25	2.538	12.5	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60

1914	34	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	5	4	.556	2.48	3.59	10	9	7	2	0	72.2	57	29	20	2	25	32	0	0	297	1.128	7.1	0.2	3.1	4.0	1.28
1915	35	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	2	2	.500	4.05	5.06	7	6	4	0	0	53.1	48	30	24	0	13	20	1	0	214	1.144	8.1	0.0	2.2	3.4	1.54
1916	36	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	1	1	.500	1.00	3.00	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	17	6	2	0	9	8	0	0	79	1.444	8.5	0.0	4.5	4.0	0.89
1917	37	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non	2	1	.667	3.33	3.67	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	21	11	10	0	11	11	0	0	111	1.185	7.0	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
NLB (8 seasons)				NLB	29	20	.592	2.44	3.65	54	50	46	4	0	446.0	347	181	121	3	142	178	11	5	1819	1.096	7.0	0.1	2.9	3.6	1.25
All Levels (9 Seasons)					29	20	.592	2.50	3.74	56	50	46	4	0	450.1	353	187	125	3	147	181	12	6	1844	1.110	7.1	0.1	2.9	3.6	1.23