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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-14 / in Starts: 23-10
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	32 (17-9-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (28-20-11)

Most Driven In
P Thomas	2
D Lewis	1
F Cady	1
L Gardner	0

Most Driven In By
E Scott	1
D Gainer	1

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	56	4 (3)	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
2	57	6 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.500	.600	.500	1.100	9						P
3	58	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-11	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.500	.667	.500	1.167	9						PH
4	59	9 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.400	.571	.400	.971	9						P
5	60	11 (1)	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.429	.556	.429	.984	9	.63	0.000	1.90	0.00%	-0.02	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	61	13 (1)	May 4	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.417	.300	.717	9						P
7	62	18 (4)	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	9	.76	-0.058	1.95	-0.09%	-1.10	P
8	63	22 (3)	May 15	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.222	.300	.222	.522	9						P
9	64	24 (1)	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.211	.286	.211	.496	9	.72	-0.017	2.27	-0.03%	-0.14	P
10	65	28 (3)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.200	.273	.200	.473	9						P
11	66	32 (3)	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.227	.320	.273	.593	9	1.15	0.023	2.74	0.03%	0.12	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	67	37 (4)	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.200	.286	.240	.526	9	.60	-0.031	2.24	-0.07%	-0.44	P
13	68	42 (4)	Jun 11	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.185	.290	.222	.513	9						P
14	69	43	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.185	.290	.222	.513	8						PR
15	70	47 (3)	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.207	.303	.276	.579	9						P
16	71	51 (3)	Jun 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.226	.314	.290	.605	9						P
17	72	55 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.265	.342	.353	.695	9	1.34	0.280	4.39	0.55%	1.26	P
18	73	60 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-5	GS-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.265	.359	.353	.712	9						P
19	74	61	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-7	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.278	.366	.361	.727	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	75	64 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG(6)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.297	.381	.405	.786	9	1.15	0.032	3.94	0.07%	0.79	P
21	76	71 (6)	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0		1	0	0				0		.317	.391	.488	.879	9						P
22	77	73 (1)	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,15-12	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.302	.375	.465	.840	9						P
23	78	79 (5)	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.298	.365	.447	.812	9	1.32	0.021	11.33	0.11%	0.08	P
24	79	85 (5)	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.358	.438	.796	9						P
25	80	87 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.294	.357	.431	.789	9						P
26	81	94 (6)	Jul 31	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.278	.339	.407	.746	9	.49	-0.037	4.11	-0.18%	-0.76	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	82	99 (4)	Aug 9	BOS		SLB	W,2-0	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.339	.404	.742	9	.98	-0.059	6.16	-0.22%	-1.09	P
28	83	104 (4)	Aug 12	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.305	.359	.458	.817	9	.99	0.092	6.25	0.35%	1.43	P
29	84	109 (4)	Aug 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.295	.348	.443	.791	9	1.36	-0.070	10.91	-0.34%	-0.56	P
30	85	112 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.308	.357	.446	.803	9						P
31	86	117 (4)	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.294	.342	.426	.769	9						P
32	87	118	Aug 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.294	.342	.426	.769	8						PR
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	88	122 (3)	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.296	.351	.423	.773	9	1.17	0.088	7.03	0.32%	1.14	P
34	89	126 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.342	.411	.753	9						P
35	90	128 (1)	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.288	.342	.411	.753	9						PR
36	91	133 (4)	Sep 11	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.284	.338	.405	.743	9	.88	-0.021	4.87	-0.07%	-0.21	P
37	92	138 (4)	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.280	.333	.400	.733	9	.43	-0.011	6.01	-0.09%	-0.09	P
38	93	141 (2)	Sep 20	BOS		DET	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.280	.333	.400	.733	9						P
39	94	143 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.269	.321	.385	.706	9	.26	-0.022	.60	-0.03%	-0.86	P
40	95	147 (3)	Sep 25	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.275	.326	.388	.713	9	2.12	0.115	1.95	0.06%	0.29	P
41	96	152 (4)	Oct 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.326	.398	.723	9	.70	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
							27-14		98	83	11	23	7	0	1	10	6	0	18	0	9		1		0		.277	.326	.398	.723		.97	0.355	4.33	0.37%	0.15

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