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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1888-01-05 · Played 1913–1917 · Career WAR 12.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=fosteru01, LAHMAN=fosteru01, MLBAM=114332, RETROSHEET=fostr103

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1913	BOS	AL	20	21	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	.095	.136	.095	.231	-0.2
1914	BOS	AL	35	63	4	11	1	0	1	1	4	14	.175	.224	.190	.414	0.0
1915	BOS	AL	40	83	10	23	7	1	9	0	6	18	.277	.326	.398	.724	1.0
1916	BOS	AL	38	62	3	11	3	0	2	0	3	10	.177	.215	.226	.441	0.0
1917	BOS	AL	17	41	2	11	2	0	4	0	2	10	.268	.302	.317	.619	0.3
Total			150	270	19	58	13	1	19	1	16	59	.215	.259	.274	.533	1.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1913	BOS	AL	3	3	19	8	4	1	0	68.1	64	24	1	28	36	3.16	1.346	0.4
1914	BOS	AL	14	8	32	27	17	5	0	211.2	164	40	2	52	89	1.70	1.020	3.6
1915	BOS	AL	19	8	37	33	21	5	1	255.1	217	60	3	86	82	2.11	1.187	4.6
1916	BOS	AL	14	7	33	19	9	3	2	182.1	173	62	0	86	53	3.06	1.420	1.4
1917	BOS	AL	8	7	17	16	9	1	0	124.2	108	35	0	53	34	2.53	1.291	1.2
Total			58	33	138	103	60	15	3	842.1	726	221	6	305	294	2.36	1.224	11.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1913	BOS	AL	P	19	5	16	1	0
1914	BOS	AL	P	32	18	56	4	1
1915	BOS	AL	P	37	18	77	2	0
1916	BOS	AL	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1916	BOS	AL	P	33	16	57	1	5
1917	BOS	AL	P	17	14	38	2	1
Total				139	71	244	10	7

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1915-09-11	Player	Called third strike (Threw bat)

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