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Rube Foster

Rube Foster

1913–1917  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'7", 170 lb  ·  b. 1888 Lehigh, OK

Career 58–33 · 2.36 ERA · 294 SO · 842.1 IP · 150 G · 58 H · 1 HR · 19 RBI · .215 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Clubs Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons
Team records #8 Red Sox 1914 ERA

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage — #3 — 1915 #3
Pitcher Putouts — #2 — 1914 #3 1915 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1914 #2

Pitching

5 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1913 BOS AL 3 3 3.16 19 8 0 68.1 64 24 1 28 36 1.35
1914 BOS AL 14 8 1.70 32 27 0 211.2 164 40 2 52 89 1.02
1915 BOS AL 19 8 2.11 37 33 1 255.1 217 60 3 86 82 1.19
1916 BOS AL 14 7 3.06 33 19 2 182.1 173 62 0 86 53 1.42
1917 BOS AL 8 7 2.53 17 16 0 124.2 108 35 0 53 34 1.29
Career — — 58 33 2.36 138 103 3 842.1 726 221 6 305 294 1.22

Batting

5 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1913 BOS AL 20 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 .095 .136 .095 .232
1914 BOS AL 35 63 4 11 1 0 0 1 4 14 1 .175 .224 .190 .414
1915 BOS AL 40 83 10 23 7 0 1 9 6 18 0 .277 .326 .398 .723
1916 BOS AL 38 62 3 11 3 0 0 2 3 10 0 .177 .215 .226 .441
1917 BOS AL 17 41 2 11 2 0 0 4 2 10 0 .268 .302 .317 .619
Career — — 150 270 19 58 13 0 1 19 16 59 1 .215 .259 .274 .533

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1913 BOS AL P 19 — — 5 16 1 0 22 .955 1.11
1914 BOS AL P 32 — — 18 56 4 1 78 .949 2.31
1915 BOS AL P 37 — — 18 77 2 0 97 .979 2.57
1916 BOS AL P 33 — — 16 57 1 5 74 .986 2.21
OF 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1917 BOS AL P 17 — — 14 38 2 1 54 .963 3.06
Career — — P 138 — — 71 244 10 7 325 .969 2.28
— — OF 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00