Willie Foster
1926–1938 · bats B / throws L · ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, NAL, NAS
274G
.218AVG
.260OBP
.283SLG
More career statistics
127H
5HR
52RBI
1SB
111–56W–L
1,517.2IP
941K
2.73ERA
166GS
15SV
5Rare 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 | 274 | 70 |
| Batting · At bats | 583 | 119 |
| Batting · Doubles | 11 | 1 |
| Batting · Hits | 127 | 26 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Home runs | 5 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 652 | 137 |
| Batting · Runs | 70 | 16 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 4 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 32 | 13 |
| Pitching · Games | 244 | 65 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,252 | 1,253 |
| Pitching · p cg | 127 | 30 |
| Pitching · p er | 460 | 66 |
| Pitching · p gs | 166 | 45 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,296 | 300 |
| Pitching · p hr | 42 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,553 | 1,161 |
| Pitching · p k | 941 | 141 |
| Pitching · p r | 576 | 189 |
| Pitching · p w | 484 | 96 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274 | 652 | 583 | 70 | 127 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | .218 | .260 | .283 | .543 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,517.7 | 244 | 166 | 127 | 111 | 56 | 15 | 1,296 | 576 | 460 | 42 | 484 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 | 1.173 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1935-08-24 to 1936-07-25
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1937-05-15 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1933-08-20 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1933-08-26 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1933 | CGChicago American Giants | 20 | 37 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .243 | 124 | 72 |
| 1934 | CGChicago American Giants | 9 | 21 | 5 | – | – | – | .238 | 40 | 10 |
| 1935 | CGChicago American Giants | 11 | 26 | 6 | – | – | – | .231 | 71 | 12 |
| 1936 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | .133 | 45 | 11 |
| 1937 | CGChicago American Giants | 20 | 19 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .211 | 105 | 36 |