Rube Foster
[edit] 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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
|
[edit] 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.
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