The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Willie Foster

Willie Foster

William Hendrick Foster
Born: 6/12/1904 in Calvert, TX USA      Died: 9/16/1978 in Lorman, MS USA     Hall Of Fame: 1996
Weight: 190 lb.      Height: 6'0"
Bats: B                 Throws: L

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1923	19	CAG	NNL	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667
1923	19	MRS	IND	9	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	1		2			0	3			.190	.261	.190	.451
1924	20	CAG	NNL	12	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	2			.158	.158	.158	.316
1924	20	MRS	NNL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000
1925	21	CAG	NNL	11	23	2	5	0	1	0	2	0		1			0	3			.217	.250	.304	.554
1925	21	BBB	NNL	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1			0	1			.500	.667	1.500	2.167
1926	22	CAG	NNL	27	60	6	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	2		0	3			.250	.297	.333	.630
1927	23	CAG	NNL	39	82	11	19	1	1	0	8	0	0	3		0	0	3		0	.232	.259	.268	.527
1928	24	CAG	NNL	29	77	9	17	3	0	0	8	0		3	4		0	6			.221	.250	.260	.510
1929	25	CAG	NNL	30	55	9	10	1	0	0	2	1		4	1		0	2		1	.182	.237	.200	.437
1930	26	CAG	NNL	33	71	6	17	3	0	0	6	0		4	0	0	0	5		0	.239	.280	.282	.562
1931	27	HG	IND	13	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2		0	3			.000	.026	.000	.026
1931	27	KCM	IND	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667
1932	28	CAG	NSL	17	42	3	7	0	1	1	4	0		0	0		0	4			.167	.167	.286	.452
1933	29	CAG	NN2	14	32	6	9	0	2	1	5	0		2			0	1			.281	.324	.500	.824
1934	30	CAG	NN2	13	32	4	7	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		0	1			.219	.219	.219	.438
1935	31	CAG	NN2	12	31	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0		0	0			.194	.265	.194	.458
1936	32	PC	NN2	8	20	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		0			0	1			.100	.100	.250	.350
1937	33	CAG	NAL	17	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	3		0	4			.200	.355	.240	.595
15 Seasons				290	639	71	129	11	6	4	53	3	0	34	12	0	0	42		1	.202	.242	.257	.499

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1926	22	CAG	NNC	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	2			0	.167	.000	.167
1926	22	CAG	NWS	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1			0	.000	.000	.000
1927	23	CAG	NNC	3	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0			167	.167	.333	.500
1927	23	CAG	NWS	5	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	1			250	.333	.500	.833
1928	24	CAG	NNC	4	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		0	1			231	.231	.231	.462
1932	28	CAG	NSC	2	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	0		1			0	0			571	.625	.857	1.482
1934	30	CAG	NLC	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			0	.000	.000	.000
1937	33	CAG	ALC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			0	.500	.000	.500
6 Post Seasons				26	57	6	10	3	1	0	2	0	0	4	2		0	6			.175	.230	.263	.493

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1923	19	CAG	NNL	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	8	6	5	1	4	4	5.63		0	0	0	33	0	7
1923	19	MRS	IND	6	2	9	8	6	1	0	62	43	12	0	12	46	1.74		1	0	1	250	0	21
1924	20	MRS	NNL	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	3	14	0.00		0	0	0	30	0	0
1924	20	CAG	NNL	6	1	12	9	4	2	0	57.2	46	16	0	21	39	2.50		0	1	0	236	1	23
1925	21	BBB	NNL	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	9	1	0		3	4	0.00		0	0				0
1925	21	CAG	NNL	5	0	11	8	4	1	0	69	56	14		18	45	1.83		0	1				20
1926	22	CAG	NNL	13	4	27	17	12	5	1	174.2	115	35	4	56	111	1.80	0	0	7	0	671	6	42
1927	23	CAG	NNL	20	5	31	24	20	6	2	207.2	178	52	5	61	121	2.25		2	6	1	855	6	66
1928	24	CAG	NNL	13	8	27	20	19	3	3	195	184	64	8	61	119	2.95		3	7		816	3	72
1929	25	CAG	NNL	9	7	25	17	13	2	3	145.2	130	57	3	50	87	3.52		2	2	0	588	7	69
1930	26	CAG	NNL	11	8	26	15	12	1	2	159	146	51	7	55	132	2.89	0	3	6	0	672	11	68
1931	27	HG	IND	9	2	12	11	10	2	0	96	76	25	1	29	76	2.34		2	1		389	1	35
1931	27	KCM	IND	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	7	3	1	0	5	12	1.29		1	0		28	0	1
1932	28	CAG	NSL	8	5	17	13	13	2	2	116.1	102	31	0	24	76	2.40		0	0	0	472	3	39
1933	29	CAG	NN2	6	4	13	9	7	1	1	83.2	63	23	2	18	61	2.47		0	5		338	2	34
1934	30	CAG	NN2	3	2	11	6	5	1	0	56.1	52	22	0	22	17	3.51		0	2		240		22
1935	31	CAG	NN2	5	4	11	8	6	2	0	82.1	73	26	2	32	31	2.84		0	2		348	1	36
1936	32	PC	NN2	4	3	8	7	5	1	0	46	45	23	4	18	21	4.50		0	1		199	0	27
1937	33	CAG	NAL	4	5	16	8	3	2	0	80.2	77	35	4	30	46	3.90	1	2	2		358	6	44
15 Seasons				125	60	262	185	142	34	14	1665	1397	492	41	522	1062	2.66	1	16	43	2	6523	47	626

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1926	22	CAG	NNC	1	2	4	3	2	1	1	22.2	20	6	1	8	10	2.38		0	0		94	1	12
1926	22	CAG	NWS	2	0	4	3	3	1	0	28.1	26	4	0	13	19	1.27		0	2		123	1	8
1927	23	CAG	NNC	2	0	3	2	2	1	0	18	13	4	0	3	12	2.00		0	2		72	1	4
1927	23	CAG	NWS	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	24	27	8	0	10	13	3.00		0	1		111	1	9
1928	24	CAG	NNC	2	2	4	4	4	0	0	35	34	19	3	12	20	4.89		0	2		148		20
1932	28	CAG	NSC	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	18	17	3	0	3	20	1.50		1	1		73	0	7
1934	30	CAG	NLC	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	18	14	3	0	9	20	1.50		1	3		74		4
1937	33	CAG	ALC	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	0	1	2	1.42	0	1	0		24	0	2
6 Post Seasons				12	7	25	19	17	3	1	170.1	156	48	4	59	116	2.54	0	3	11		719	4	66

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1923	19	MRS	IND	P	9	8	62	3	11	0	0		1.000
1923	19	CAG	NNL	P	3	2	8	0	3	1	0		0.750

1924	20	CAG	NNL	P	12	9	57.2	2	19	0	0		1.000
1924	20	MRS	NNL	P	1	1	9	1	5	0	0		1.000

1925	21	BBB	NNL	P	1	1	0
1925	21	CAG	NNL	P	11	8	0

1926	22	CAG	NNL	P	27	17	174.2	4	52	1	1		0.982

1927	23	CAG	NNL	OF	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1927	23	CAG	NNL	P	31	24	207.2	4	73	6	2	0	0.928

1928	24	CAG	NNL	P	27	20	195	5	61	3	1	0	0.957

1929	25	CAG	NNL	1B	2	0	5.2	9	0	1	0	0	0.900
1929	25	CAG	NNL	OF	3	2	13	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	25	CAG	NNL	P	25	17	143.1	5	37	1	1	0	0.977

1930	26	CAG	NNL	1B	2	1	8	10	0	0	1		1.000
1930	26	CAG	NNL	OF	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		1.000
1930	26	CAG	NNL	P	26	15	159	6	54	1	2		0.984

1931	27	KCM	IND	P	1	1	7	0	2	0	0		1.000
1931	27	HG	IND	P	12	11	96	4	22	2	0		0.929

1932	28	CAG	NSL	P	17	13	116.1	4	38	2	0		0.955

1933	29	CAG	NN2	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1933	29	CAG	NN2	P	13	9	83.2	4	18	2	0		0.917

1934	30	CAG	NN2	OF	2	2	14.1	2	0	0	0		1.000
1934	30	CAG	NN2	P	11	6	56.1	6	19	2	1		0.926

1935	31	CAG	NN2	P	11	8	82.1	2	19	3	1		0.875

1936	32	PC	NN2	P	8	7	46	0	7	2	0		0.778

1937	33	CAG	NAL	P	16	8	80.2	1	29	2	0		0.938
15 Seasons					275	190	1633.2	77	469	29	10	0	0.950

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1926	22	CAG	NNC	P	4	3	22.2	0	5	0	0		1.000
1926	22	CAG	NWS	P	4	3	28.1	0	5	0	0		1.000

1927	23	CAG	NNC	P	3	2	18	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1927	23	CAG	NWS	P	4	2	24	0	11	0	0	0	1.000

1928	24	CAG	NNC	P	4	4	35	0	9	0	1	0	1.000

1932	28	CAG	NSC	P	2	2	18	1	2	0	0		1.000

1934	30	CAG	NLC	P	3	2	18	2	3	0	0		1.000

1937	33	CAG	ALC	P	1	1	6.1	0	1	0	0		1.000
6 Post Seasons					25	19	170.1	3	38	0	1	0	1.000

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
No Salary Records Found

Year	Age	League	Award
No Awards Found

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
1982	78	Veterans					N	Player
1991	87	Veterans	16	12			N	Player
1995	91	Veterans					N	Player
1996	92	Veterans	14	11			Y	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
1930	26	Chicago American Giants	NNL		2	57	34	23	0.596	4	Y
1 Seasons						57	34	23	0.596	4.000