Pop Foster
1898–1901 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, Washington Senators (1901-60)
262G
.281AVG
.341OBP
.396SLG
More career statistics
260H
10HR
137RBI
17SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 924 | 921 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 12 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,014 | 1,021 |
| Batting · Runs | 146 | 145 |
| Batting · Triples | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Walks | 76 | 78 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 1,014 | 924 | 146 | 260 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 137 | 76 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 366 | .281 | .341 | .396 | .737 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1899-08-12 to 1899-08-19
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1901-07-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1899-09-05 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1899-06-04 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 130 | 515 | 131 | 7 | 74 | 37 | 42 | .284 | .326 | .405 |
| Away | 132 | 506 | 129 | 3 | 63 | 41 | 39 | .281 | .336 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .276 | .353 | .345 |
| May | 45 | 185 | 49 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 11 | .297 | .351 | .430 |
| June | 31 | 130 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 7 | .269 | .300 | .387 |
| July | 31 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | .207 | .266 | .333 |
| August | 60 | 237 | 65 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 17 | .314 | .380 | .454 |
| September | 66 | 253 | 72 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 30 | .309 | .344 | .403 |
| October | 17 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .193 | .207 | .281 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .253 | .274 | .316 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 21 | 84 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | .333 | .369 | .507 |
| MLA | 21 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | .243 | .326 | .405 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 19 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .258 | .265 | .318 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 17 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .224 | .250 | .286 |
| chicago-white-sox | 17 | 72 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .324 | .361 | .485 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 15 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .207 | .291 |
| cleveland-guardians | 15 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | .268 | .359 | .339 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  New York Giants | 32 | 112 | 30 | – | 9 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1899 | New York Giants | 84 | 299 | 89 | 3 | 57 | 7 | .298 | – | – |
| 1900 | New York Giants | 31 | 84 | 22 | – | 11 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1901 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 115 | 426 | 119 | 7 | 60 | 10 | .279 | – | – |