Rube Foster
American baseball player (1879–1930) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
Rube Foster | |
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Pitcher / Manager / Owner | |
Born: (1879-09-17)September 17, 1879 Calvert, Texas, U.S.[1] | |
Died: December 9, 1930(1930-12-09) (aged 51) Kankakee, Illinois, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro leagues debut | |
1902, Chicago Union Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1917, Chicago American Giants | |
Career statistics | |
Managerial record | 336–195–11 |
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As Player
As Manager
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1981 |
Election method | Veterans Committee |
Foster, considered by historians to have been perhaps the best African-American pitcher of the first decade of the 1900s, also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era. Most notably, he organized the Negro National League, the first long-lasting professional league for African-American ballplayers, which operated from 1920 to 1931. He is known as the "father of Black Baseball."[4]
Foster adopted his longtime nickname, "Rube", as his official middle name later in life.