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Eddie Foster

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Full name Edward Cunningham Foster
Born February 13, 1887, Chicago, Illinois
Died January 15, 1937, Washington, D.C.
Buried at Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (Section J- Lot 335- Site 5; N38.52.450 W77.05.961)
First Game: April 14, 1910; Final Game: August 5, 1923
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 6.5" Weight: 145
SABR Biography

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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1910 NY A Daily Splits 30 83 5 11 2 0 0 1 8 13 1 0 0 2 .133 .217 .157 -1.0 1910 NY A 1912 WAS A Daily Splits 154 618 98 176 34 9 2 66 53 0 50 4 3 0 18 7 27 13 .285 .345 .379 2.0 1912 WAS A 1913 WAS A Daily Splits 106 409 56 101 11 5 1 42i 36 0i 31 1 3 0 5i 4i 22 3i .247 .309 .306 -0.7 1913 WAS A 1914 WAS A Daily Splits 157 616 82 174 16 10 2 50 60 0 47 2 6 0 17 7 31 15 .282 .348 .351 -1.2 1914 WAS A 1915 WAS A Daily Splits 154 618 75 170 25 10 0 51 48 0 30 2 8 0 17 10 20 9 .275 .329 .348 0.1 1915 WAS A 1916 WAS A Daily Splits 158 606 75 153 18 9 1 49 68 1 26 4 7 0 16 12 23 16 .252 .332 .317 -1.4 1916 WAS A 1917 WAS A Daily Splits 143 554 66 130 16 8 0 45 46 1 23 0 18 0 17 6 11 6 .235 .293 .292 -2.0 1917 WAS A 1918 WAS A Daily Splits 129 519 70 147 13 3 0 30 41 0 20 3 12 0 11 7 12 8 .283 .339 .320 0.0 1918 WAS A 1919 WAS A Daily Splits 120 478 57 126 12 5 0 29 33 1 21 2 13 0 14 8 20 6 .264 .314 .310 -0.5 1919 WAS A 1920 BOS A Daily Splits 117 386 48 100 17 6 0 41 42 0 17 3 11 0 8 0 10 4 .259 .336 .334 0.1 1920 BOS A 1921 BOS A Daily Splits 120 412 51 117 18 6 0 35 57 1 15 0 16 0 17 6 13 7 .284 .371 .357 -0.6 1921 BOS A 1922 BOS A Daily Splits 48 109 11 23 3 0 0 3 9 0 10 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 .211 .277 .239 -1.9 1922 BOS A 1922 STL A Daily Splits 37 144 29 44 4 0 0 12 20 0 8 1 5 0 2 3 3 1 .306 .394 .333 0.1 1922 STL A 1922 TOT A 85 253 40 67 7 0 0 15 29 0 18 2 8 0 5 5 4 2 .265 .345 .292 -1.8 1922 TOT A 1923 STL A Daily Splits 27 100 9 18 2 0 0 4 7 0 7 1 7 0 6 2 0 0 .180 .241 .200 -2.1 1923 STL A Total (13 Years) Splits 1500 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 458i 528 4i 318 25 112 0 151i 74i 195 89i .264 .329 .326 -9.1 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

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                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1910 NY A Daily Splits SS 22 22 22 198.1 37 63 10 6 0 .909 1912 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 154 154 150 1363.1 168 348 45 22 0 .920 1913 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 105 105 100 922.2i 112 217 36 20 0 .901 1914 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 157 155 152 1398 200 247 34 25 1 .929 1915 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 79 79 78 693.1 92 147 21 14 0 .919 1915 WAS A 2B 75 75 72 676 161 206 18 31 0 .953 1916 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 85 85 83 751.1 104 143 19 14 0 .929 1916 WAS A 2B 72 71 71 651.2 126 213 14 27 0 .960 1917 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 86 86 84 773 95 178 19 15 0 .935 1917 WAS A 2B 58 57 57 518.2 122 153 14 19 0 .952 1918 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 127 127 127 1199.2 156 281 30 32 0 .936 1918 WAS A 2B 2 2 2 18 3 6 2 1 0 .818 1919 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 116 114 113 1026.2 120 267 22 19 0 .946 1920 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 89 86 86 786 99 233 15 21 0 .957 1920 BOS A 2B 21 13 12 127.2 28 47 4 10 0 .949 1920 BOS A SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1921 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 95 86 81 770 74 189 16 20 0 .943 1921 BOS A 2B 21 20 20 182.2 42 61 5 6 0 .954 1922 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 28 24 21 228.2 21 41 8 2 0 .886 1922 BOS A SS 4 0 0 8 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1922 STL A Daily Splits 3B 37 36 34 313.2 41 79 11 12 0 .916 1922 STL A 2B 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 1922 TOT A 3B 65 60 55 542.1 62 120 19 14 0 .905 1923 STL A Daily Splits 2B 20 20 16 163.1 35 38 3 11 0 .961 1923 STL A 3B 7 7 5 60.2 7 14 2 4 0 .913 Total (12 Years) Splits 3B 1165 1144 1114 10287 i 1289 2384 278 220 1 .930 Total ( 8 Years) 2B 270 259 250 2345 517 724 60 105 0 .954 Total ( 3 Years) SS 27 22 22 208.1 39 66 10 6 0 .913 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

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Transaction Information

Selected by Detroit Tigers from Jersey City (Eastern) in the major league draft (September 1, 1909).

Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Highlanders (1910).

Traded by Rochester (Eastern) with Danny Moeller and Chet Spencer to Washington Senators in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later (July 25, 1911); Rochester (Eastern) received Dolly Gray (December, 1911) and Jack Lelivelt (December 1, 1911).

Traded by Washington Senators with Mike Menosky and Harry Harper to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Braggo Roth and Red Shannon (December 29, 1919).

Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Boston Red Sox (August 15, 1922).

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