This article is about former Negro leagues player, manager and executive. For the former Boston Red Sox pitcher from the early 20th century, see Rube Foster (AL pitcher).
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
Teams
As Player
Chicago Union Giants (1902)
Cuban X-Giants (1903)[2]
Philadelphia Giants (1904–1906)
Leland Giants (1907–1910)
Chicago American Giants (1911–1917)
Louisville White Sox (1914)
As Manager
Leland Giants (1907–1910)
Chicago American Giants (1911–1926) [3]
Louisville White Sox (1914)
Career highlights and awards
4× Negro National League pennant (1920–1922, 1926)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1981
Election method
Veterans Committee
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.
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.
^Although most biographies say that Foster was born in Calvert, Texas (see Riley, p. 290), a profile in a 1922 book and 1880 census records suggest that he may have been born in Fayette County, Texas near La Grange; see Ashwill, Gary (July 23, 2008). "Mr. G—, Baseball "Magnate"". Retrieved December 26, 2009. and Ashwill, Gary (August 11, 2008). "Where Was Rube Foster Really Born?". Retrieved December 26, 2009.
^"19030911HarrisburgPatriot.pdf". Google Docs.
^""All-Stars and Giants Again" Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, October 18, 1919 Page 14" (PDF).
^At Education/Programs, scroll down to "Programs for Adult Learners". Negro Leagues Baseball Museum official website. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
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