Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rube Foster MLB Hall of Fame 1981

Andrew (Rube) Foster was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1981 along with Bob Gibson and Johnny Mize. Foster was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee as a manager. His playing career as a RHP overlapped his managerial career. He played with the Chicago Union Giants (1902), Cuban X Giants (1903), Philadelphia Giants (1904-1906), Chicago Leland Giants (1907-1910) and Chicago American Giants (1911-1917). Although incomplete his official pitching stats show he was 29-20 with a 3.74 ERA, 181 K, 1.11 WHIP, 4 SV, 46 complete games, 4 shut outs in 450.1 IP over 56 games. 

He managed for the Cuban X Giants (1905), Chicago Leland Giants (1907-1910) and Chicago American Giants (1911-1926). 

Hall of Fame page

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