Rube Foster (AL pitcher)

Rube Foster
Pitcher
Born: (1888-01-05)January 5, 1888 Lehigh, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died: March 1, 1976(1976-03-01) (aged 88) Bokoshe, Oklahoma, U.S.
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
2× World Series champion (1915, 1916) Pitched a no-hitter on June 21, 1916

George "Rube" Foster (January 5, 1888 – March 1, 1976) 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.

Career

Foster was picked up by the

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 a 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

Foster had another good campaign in 1916 acting as a starting pitcher and relief pitcher. He went 14–7 in the season, and posted a 3.06 ERA. On June 21 of that year, he no-hit the New York Yankees 2-0 at Fenway Park. 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 1917, posting an 8–7 record with a 2.53 ERA.

Before the start of the

• List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Baseball Almanac- Rube Foster
• Baseball Library- Rube Foster