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	19-19 / in Starts: 11-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 68 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	22 (11-10-1) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 68 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (18-13-7)

Most Driven In
J Barry	1
P Thomas	0
T Walker	0

Most Driven In By
D Lewis	1

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	97	1	Apr 12	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9						P
2	98	3 (1)	Apr 15	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	2.32	0.149	6.62	0.26%	1.05	P
3	99	5 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9						PH
4	100	6	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.25	-0.085	4.05	-0.17%	-0.61	P
5	101	10 (3)	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.33	-0.035	4.14	-0.07%	-0.28	P
6	102	15 (4)	Apr 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.111	.200	.111	.311	9						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
7	103	20 (4)	May 6	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.182	.100	.282	9	2.44	-0.068	6.59	-0.11%	-0.55	P
8	104	26 (5)	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.61	-0.038	3.10	-0.04%	-0.13	P
9	105	27	May 18	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.08	-0.049	2.11	-0.06%	-0.50	P
10	106	30 (2)	May 22	BOS		DET	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.067	.125	.067	.192	9	5.04	-0.141	8.32	-0.14%	-0.55	P
11	107	37 (6)	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.09	-0.002	.20	0.00%	-0.08	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	108	42 (4)	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.105	.150	.105	.255	9						P
13	109	49 (6)	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.105	.150	.105	.255	9						P
14	110	51 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.095	.136	.095	.232	9						P
15	111	55 (3)	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.083	.120	.083	.203	9	.40	-0.031	.77	-0.04%	-0.41	P
16	112	60 (4)	Jun 26	BOS		PHA	L,5-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.080	.115	.080	.195	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
17	113	65 (4)	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	0-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.077	.143	.077	.220	9						P
18	114	69 (3)	Jul 6	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.107	.167	.107	.274	9						P
19	115	74 (4)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	1-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.156	.206	.156	.362	9	.31	0.028	.79	0.04%	-0.01	P
20	116	79 (4)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.171	.216	.171	.388	9	1.06	-0.053	3.99	-0.12%	-0.37	P
21	117	85 (5)	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.162	.205	.162	.367	9						P
22	118	86	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.162	.205	.162	.367	9						P
23	119	88 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.162	.205	.162	.367	9						P
24	120	90 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.175	.214	.200	.414	9						P
25	121	92 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-10	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.171	.209	.195	.404	9						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
26	122	97 (4)	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.156	.191	.178	.369	9						P
27	123	101 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.156	.191	.178	.369	9						PR
28	124	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.170	.220	.191	.411	9						P
29	125	106 (3)	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.157	.204	.176	.380	9	.35	-0.033	3.38	-0.20%	-0.72	P
30	126	107	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.157	.204	.176	.380	8						PR
31	127	108	Aug 14	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.154	.200	.173	.373	9						PH
32	128	110 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	15-GF(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.154	.200	.173	.373	3						LF
33	129	111	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.211	.204	.414	9	.40	0.014	3.91	0.08%	0.31	P
34	130	114 (2)	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.164	.207	.200	.407	9	2.02	-0.022	19.97	-0.13%	-0.16	P
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
35	131	126 (11)	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.217	.211	.427	9	1.24	0.055	12.37	0.33%	0.65	P
36	132	132 (5)	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.206	.200	.406	9						P
37	133	139 (6)	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-3	GS-0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.177	.215	.226	.441	9						P
38	134	155 (15)	Oct 3 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.177	.215	.226	.441	9	3.94	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
							19-19		68	62	3	11	3	0	0	3	3	0	10	0	3		0		0		.177	.215	.226	.441		1.20	-0.326	4.24	-0.35%	-2.42

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