Rube Foster (AL pitcher)

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name=Rube Foster

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width=250px
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=January 5, 1888
deathdate=death date and age|1976|3|1|1888|1|5
debutdate=April 10
debutyear=by|1913
debutteam=Boston Red Sox
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=by|1917
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=58-33
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=2.36
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=294
teams=
*Boston Red Sox (by|1913-by|1917)
highlights=
*2nd in the AL in ERA in 1914 with 1.70

George "Rube" Foster (January 5, 1888 in Lehigh, Oklahoma - March 1, 1976 in Bokoshe, Oklahoma) was a former Major League Baseball player. Foster was a right-handed pitcher with the Boston Red Sox from by|1913 to by|1917 and won two World Series championships with the team in by|1915 and again in by|1916.

Foster was picked up by the Boston Red Sox and made his major league debut for the team on April 10, by|1913. Foster acted as a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher for the team during the 19 games he pitched in during the season. Foster posted a 3-3 record with a 3.16 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 68.3 innings pitched.

Foster's sophomore season in the big leagues was one of his best, in which he pitched in 32 games, while starting in 27 of them. He finished with a 14-8 record, and finished second in the American League with an impressive 1.70 ERA. Foster was only behind his fellow Boston Red Sox teammate, Dutch Leonard, who posted a 0.96 ERA, which is now considered the modern day all-time single-season record.

In by|1915, Foster posted a 20-8 record, and an another impressive 2.11 ERA. Foster most effectively showed his importance to the team in the 1915 World Series where he picked up 2 complete game wins and only gave up 4 earned runs and struck out 13 batters in 18.0 innings. With the bat, Foster went 4-for-8, with a double and an RBI.

Foster had another good campaign in by|1916 acting as a starting pitcher and relief pitcher. He went 14-7 in the season, and posted a decent 3.06 ERA. In the 1916 World Series, Foster came in relief in Game 3, and pitched three scoreless innings. The Red Sox ended up winning the series 4 games to 1, and became the first back-to-back winners of the World Series since the Philadelphia Athletics had done it 5 years earlier.

Foster went back to a mainly starting role in by|1917, posting an 8-7 record with a 2.53 ERA.

Before the start of the by|1918 season, Foster was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Shean. Rube Foster refused to report to his new team and so the Red Sox sent cash to the Reds to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fosteru01.shtml]

Rube Foster's baseball career ended, and he finished his major league career with 58-33 career pitching record, a 2.36 earned run average and 294 strikeouts in 842.3 innings pitched.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

External links

*baseball-reference|id=/fosteru01
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=fosteru01 Baseball Almanac- Rube Foster]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/F/Foster_Rube507.stm Baseball Library- Rube Foster]