Rube Foster (AL pitcher)

Rube Foster

Pitcher

Born: January 5, 1888
Lehigh, Oklahoma

Died: March 1, 1976 (aged 88)
Bokoshe, Oklahoma

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 10, 1913, for the Boston Red Sox

Last MLB appearance

September 29, 1917, for the Boston Red Sox

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

58-33

Earned run average

2.36

Strikeouts

294

Teams

Boston Red Sox (1913–1917)

Career highlights and awards

2nd in the AL in ERA in 1914 with 1.70
World Series Champion 1915 and 1916
Pitched a no-hitter on June 21, 1916

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

Foster was picked up by the Boston Red Sox and made his major league debut for the team on April 10, 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 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 1915, Foster posted a 20–8 record, and 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.

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