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.
