Rube Foster
1913–1917 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox
151G
.215AVG
.259OBP
.274SLG
More career statistics
58H
1HR
19RBI
1SB
58–33W–L
842.1IP
294K
2.36ERA
103GS
3SV
3Rare feats
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 · Games | 151 | 150 |
| Batting · At bats | 270 | 268 |
| Batting · Hits | 58 | 59 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 59 | 60 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 305 | 303 |
| Batting · Runs | 19 | 20 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 15 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,362 | 3,468 |
| Pitching · p er | 221 | 217 |
| Pitching · p h | 726 | 728 |
| Pitching · p hr | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,527 | 2,524 |
| Pitching · p k | 294 | 295 |
| Pitching · p r | 302 | 301 |
| Pitching · p w | 305 | 304 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 305 | 270 | 19 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | .215 | .259 | .274 | .533 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 842.3 | 138 | 103 | 60 | 58 | 33 | 3 | 726 | 302 | 221 | 6 | 305 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 2.36 | 1.224 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1915-06-18 to 1915-07-10
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1916-06-21 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1914-09-24 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1916-06-21 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 82 | 152 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 31 | .220 | .237 | .273 |
| Away | 68 | 151 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 29 | .221 | .252 | .287 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .200 | .280 | .200 |
| May | 23 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .139 | .154 | .167 |
| June | 26 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .220 | .271 | .268 |
| July | 29 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | .250 | .261 | .344 |
| August | 28 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .192 | .224 | .250 |
| September | 21 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .283 | .283 | .348 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .182 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | .263 | .333 | .342 |
| st-louis-browns | 25 | 71 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .328 | .296 | .397 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .179 | .194 | .214 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .119 | .159 | .214 |
| new-york-yankees | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .270 | .282 | .324 |
| chicago-white-sox | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .135 | .135 | .162 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .179 | .250 | .214 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Boston Red Sox | 20 | 20 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .100 | 68 | 37 |
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 62 | 12 | – | – | – | .194 | 210 | 87 |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 83 | 23 | 1 | 10 | – | .277 | 255 | 82 |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 62 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .177 | 183 | 55 |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 41 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .268 | 124 | 34 |