Rube Foster

Full Name: George Foster Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 7.5"/170 First Game: April 10, 1913 Birthdate: January 5, 1888 Final Game: September 29, 1917 Birthplace: Lehigh, Oklahoma MLB Experience: 5 years Died: March 1, 1976 Deathplace: Bokoshe, Oklahoma Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981

Biography

Born on January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, Oklahoma, Rube Foster (George Foster) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 5 year career. Foster broke into the bigs on April 10, 1913 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.16 ERA in 68.1 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Rube Foster's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1915, when he posted a 2.11 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 82 batters. However, others believe that it was 1914, when he posted a 1.70 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 89 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1913	BOS	A	19	8	3	4	3.16	36	35	24	4	1	0	68.1	64	1	28	0	3	4
1914	BOS	A	32	27	14	8	1.70	89	68	40	17	5	0	211.2	164	2	52	0	1	7
1915	BOS	A	37	33	19	8	2.11	82	83	60	21	5	1	255.1	217	3	86	0	5	10
1916	BOS	A	33	19	14	7	3.06	53	73	62	9	3	2	182.1	173	0	86	0	5	4
1917	BOS	A	17	16	8	7	2.53	34	45	35	9	1	0	124.2	108	0	53	0	5	4
Total			138	103	58	34	2.36	294	304	221	60	15	3	842.1	726	6	305	0	19	29

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1913	BOS	A	P	19	0	0	5	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1914	BOS	A	P	32	0	0	18	56	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1915	BOS	A	P	37	0	0	18	77	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1916	BOS	A	P	33	0	0	16	57	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1916	BOS	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1917	BOS	A	P	17	0	0	14	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	138	0	0	71	244	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	.969

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1913	BOS	A	19	21	0	2	0	3	.095	.136	.095	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
1914	BOS	A	32	63	4	11	0	1	.175	.224	.190	1	0	4	14	0	5	1	0	0
1915	BOS	A	40	83	10	23	1	9	.277	.326	.398	7	0	6	18	0	9	0	0	0
1916	BOS	A	38	62	3	11	0	2	.177	.215	.226	3	0	3	10	0	2	0	0	0
1917	BOS	A	17	41	2	11	0	4	.268	.302	.317	2	0	2	10	0	3	0	0	0
Total			146	270	19	58	1	19	.215	.259	.274	13	0	16	59	0	19	1	0	0

Transactions

• Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dave Shean (April 1, 1918); Rube Foster refused to report to Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to complete trade.