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Andrew “Rube“ Foster-Pitcher/Mgr/Executive Negro Leagues
(Chicago Union Giants, Chicago Leland Giants, Chicago American Giants)
Born: Sept. 17, 1879, Calvert, TX
Died: Dec. 9, 1930, Kankakee, IL (Dementia-51 years old)
1911-Signed by ArklaTex Superbas, integrating the SCL
1914- Free agent signing by Jersey City Skeeters
1915- 12th round pick (#159) by the Gashouse Gorillas
1916- 2nd round pick (#16) by the Baltimore Terrapins
1917- 7th round pick (#87) by the Vegas Vipers)
Rube Foster helped lead the ArkLaTex Superbas to the National League pennant in 1911, as well as the SCL Championship for the Jersey City Skeeters in 1914.
SCL STATS:
Team Year ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
ARK 1911 2.32 11 3 0 20 19 9 2 155.1 132 55 40 31 77 7 9 635
ARK 1912 3.27 9 8 4 35 21 7 0 176.0 180 78 64 42 83 6 9 741
ARK 1913 3.92 5 7 0 18 18 4 2 117.0 156 67 51 31 78 4 3 543
JCS 1914 2.78 11 10 5 38 19 7 0 171.1 176 71 53 68 81 2 17 747
GHG 1915 2.21 3 2 2 17 2 0 0 36.2 37 12 9 6 16 0 2 152
BT 1916 5.09 5 9 14 35 0 0 0 40.2 60 29 23 20 14 1 3 207
VV 1917 1.64 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11.0 11 2 2 3 6 1 1 47
3.08 44 39 25 168 79 27 4 708.0 752 314 242 201 355 21 44 3072
Negro League Totals: 1902-1917 50-18, 2.25, 680.1 IP
Manager: 336-195-11
Rube Foster formed the Negro National League in 1920. The “Father of Black Baseball” was a dominate pitcher in the early years of black baseball, an executive and a manager, winning 4 Negro League Pennants. In 2020, MLB officially recognized the Negro National League as a ML. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
On 5/26/1925 he was nearly asphyxiated by a gas leak in Indianapolis. He recovered but suffered from delusions and paranoia until his death in 1930.
