Pop Foster Stats

Pop Foster was born on Monday, April 8, 1878, in New Haven, Connecticut. Foster was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 13, 1898, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Pop Foster baseball stats page.

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Pop Foster
 
 
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Birth Name:   Clarence Francis Foster
Nickname:   Pop
Born On:   04-08-1878  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New Haven, Connecticut
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-16-1944 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Princeton, New Jersey
Cemetery:   Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey
High School:   Undetermined
College:   New York University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   Unknown
First Game:   09-13-1898 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-27-1901
Draft:   Not Applicable
Pop Foster

Pop Foster Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Pop Foster

Pop Foster Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1898 20 Giants 32 112 10 30 6 1 0 0 9 0 - - 1 - 0 - .268 .268 .339
1899 21 Giants 84 301 48 89 9 7 3 0 57 20 - - 3 - 4 - .296 .348 .402
1900 22 Giants 31 84 19 22 3 1 0 0 11 11 - - 1 - 0 - .262 .347 .321
1901 23 Senators 103 392 65 109 16 9 6 0 54 41 - - 1 - 4 - .278 .352 .411
1901 23 White Stockings 12 35 4 10 2 2 1 0 6 4 - - 0 - 0 - .286 .359 .543
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 262 924 146 260 36 20 10 0 137 76 - - 6 - 8 - .281 .341 .396
Pop Foster

Pop Foster Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1898 Giants 3B 10 - - 32 3.2 25 7 18 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .781 0.00
1898 Giants OF 21 - - 30 1.4 29 28 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00
1898 Giants SS 2 - - 11 5.5 8 2 6 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .727 0.00
1899 Giants 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1899 Giants OF 84 - - 117 1.4 111 103 8 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00
1899 Giants SS 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1900 Giants 2B 5 - - 27 5.4 24 6 18 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1900 Giants OF 12 - - 17 1.4 17 16 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1900 Giants SS 7 - - 45 6.4 39 11 28 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
1901 Senators LF 102 - - 226 2.2 209 200 9 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00
1901 Senators SS 2 - - 8 4.0 8 0 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1901 White Stockings RF 9 - - 11 1.2 10 9 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
OF Totals 117 0 0 164 1.4 157 147 10 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00
LF Totals 102 0 0 226 2.2 209 200 9 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00
SS Totals 12 0 0 65 5.4 56 14 42 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00
3B Totals 11 0 0 36 3.3 28 9 19 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00
RF Totals 9 0 0 11 1.2 10 9 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
2B Totals 5 0 0 27 5.4 24 6 18 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
4 Years 256 - - 529 2.1 484 385 99 45 9 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00
Pop Foster

Pop Foster Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1898 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 12.4 - - -
1899 Giants 7 - - 0 0 n/a 100.3 0.0 5.3 - - -
1900 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.6 - - -
1901 Senators 10 - - 0 0 n/a 65.3 0.0 7.3 - - -
1901 White Stockings 0 - - 0 0 n/a 35.0 0.0 5.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 17 - - 0 0 n/a 92.4 0.0 6.7 - - -
Pop Foster

Pop Foster Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1898 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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