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Willie
Foster		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 12, 1904 in Calvert, TX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
Cy Young Award 1926    1928   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 19 CHA AL $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1924 20 CHA AL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1925 21 PHI NL $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
1926 22 PHI NL $ 4,350,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1927 23 PHI NL $ 5,621,429 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1928 24 PHI NL $ 9,000,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1929 25 PHI NL $ 9,000,000 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 19 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1924 20 CHA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1925 21 PHI NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1926 22 PHI NL $ 4,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1927 23 PHI NL $ 5,621,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1928 24 PHI NL $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1929 25 PHI NL $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1923 19 CHA AL 14 15 .483 35 35 10 1 0 261.7 287 110 17 65 89 3.78 .275 .316 .388 .704 14.2
1924 20 CHA AL 13 11 .542 35 35 14 3 0 274.7 263 105 4 61 102 3.44 .252 .292 .330 .623 16.8
1925 21 PHI NL 21 13 .618 37 37 27 1 0 315.7 327 136 24 68 111 3.88 .265 .303 .398 .701 23.0
1926 22 PHI NL 23 13 .639 38 38 33 1 0 334.7 303 98 11 59 134 2.64 .240 .272 .338 .610 37.7
1927 23 PHI NL 18 15 .545 39 39 33 2 0 330.0 334 116 10 52 111 3.16 .261 .290 .352 .642 23.9
1928 24 PHI NL 26 11 .703 41 41 32 2 0 354.0 330 121 21 46 132 3.08 .247 .272 .371 .643 33.6
1929 25 PHI NL 15 15 .500 34 31 24 4 1 256.7 273 116 12 38 87 4.07 .273 .298 .398 .697 17.0
7 Years Sim 130 93 .583 259 256 173 14 1 2127.3 2117 802 99 389 766 3.39 .258 .291 .367 .658 166.2
Season Average 18 13 .581 37 36 24 2 0 303.9 302 114 14 55 109 3.39 .258 .291 .367 .658  
Career Highs 26 15 .703 41 41 33 4 1 354.0 334 136 24 68 134 4.07 .275 .316 .398 .704  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1470 554 73 289 524   .260 .296 .371 .667
vs LH   647 248 26 100 242   .255 .283 .359 .641
Home 69 43 .616 133 131 89 10 0 1127.0 1059 399 45 208 434 3.19 .247 .282 .353 .635
Away 61 50 .550 126 125 84 4 1 1000.3 1058 403 54 181 332 3.63 .270 .302 .383 .685
Mar/Apr 18 8 .692 31 31 20 0 0 259.0 245 98 14 47 82 3.41 .249 .284 .382 .666
May 18 26 .409 51 51 35 4 0 412.7 432 162 22 73 157 3.53 .266 .297 .385 .682
June 22 15 .595 45 45 26 3 0 378.0 365 141 15 80 133 3.36 .252 .292 .357 .648
July 26 17 .605 46 46 36 3 0 394.0 407 155 16 76 131 3.54 .267 .302 .374 .676
August 28 13 .683 44 44 32 3 0 379.3 334 119 19 61 155 2.82 .233 .264 .320 .583
Sep/Oct 18 14 .563 42 39 30 2 1 304.3 334 127 13 52 108 3.76 .281 .311 .393 .704
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1923 19 CHA AL 35 88 15 17 4 2 1 10 0 0 10 16 .193 .276 .318 .594 7.5 0.2
1924 20 CHA AL 35 95 8 18 1 1 0 5 0 0 6 18 .189 .245 .221 .466 3.6 0.0
1925 21 PHI NL 37 110 9 20 5 0 2 8 0 0 3 29 .182 .204 .282 .485 5.4 0.0
1926 22 PHI NL 38 115 14 25 3 1 0 6 0 0 8 21 .217 .266 .261 .527 9.0 0.2
1927 23 PHI NL 39 103 4 10 1 0 0 8 0 1 5 18 .097 .136 .107 .243 -1.2 0.0
1928 24 PHI NL 41 116 8 30 3 0 0 17 0 0 5 17 .259 .298 .284 .583 10.8 0.7
1929 25 PHI NL 34 83 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 16 .133 .182 .145 .326 1.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 259 710 63 131 18 4 3 59 0 1 42 135 .185 .232 .234 .466 36.3 1.1
162 Game Average 444 39 81 11 2 1 36 0 0 26 84 .185 .232 .234 .466 22.7  
Career Highs 41 116 15 30 5 2 2 17 0 1 10 29 .259 .298 .318 .594 10.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   543 44 95 9 2 3 41 0 1 31 104 .175 .222 .215 .438 20.6
vs LH   167 19 36 9 2 0 18 0 0 11 31 .216 .264 .293 .557 12.2
Home 133 358 33 69 8 3 1 30 0 1 18 66 .193 .232 .240 .472 16.9
Away 126 352 30 62 10 1 2 29 0 0 24 69 .176 .232 .227 .459 15.9
RISP   191 0 39 5 0 2 56 0 0 10 37 .204 .243 .262 .504 11.3
Close/Late   58 5 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .224 .274 .224 .498 3.2
Mar/Apr 31 89 9 20 3 0 0 11 0 0 5 17 .225 .266 .258 .524 5.7
May 51 132 9 18 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 34 .136 .180 .167 .347 1.0
June 45 131 10 25 3 3 0 8 0 0 3 28 .191 .209 .260 .468 5.6
July 46 139 15 28 4 1 2 12 0 1 11 20 .201 .270 .288 .558 10.1
August 44 119 9 21 2 0 1 17 0 0 6 23 .176 .209 .218 .428 4.5
Sep/Oct 42 100 11 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 11 13 .190 .270 .210 .480 5.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1923 19 CHA AL P 35 35 261.7 14 47 2 5 .968 2.10    
1924 20 CHA AL P 35 35 274.7 20 51 2 2 .973 2.33    
1925 21 PHI NL P 37 37 315.7 19 60 0 1 1.000 2.25    
1926 22 PHI NL P 38 38 334.7 25 56 0 5 1.000 2.18    
1927 23 PHI NL P 39 39 330.0 15 55 2 2 .972 1.91    
1928 24 PHI NL P 41 41 354.0 26 48 4 4 .949 1.88    
1929 25 PHI NL P 34 31 256.7 18 45 3 2 .955 2.21    
Career Totals   259 256 2127.3 137 362 13 21 .975 2.11    
Career Highs   41 41 354.0 26 60 4 5 1.000 2.33    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1923 19 CHA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 22 9 0 3 6 5.40 .355 .385 .468 .852
1924 20 CHA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 14 8 1 2 2 8.00 .368 .400 .500 .900
1926 22 PHI NL 4 1 .800 5 5 5 1 0 45.0 36 8 0 4 12 1.60 .214 .233 .304 .536
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 3 .571 8 8 6 1 0 69.0 72 25 1 9 20 3.26 .269 .292 .369 .662
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 19 CHA AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1924 20 CHA AL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1926 22 PHI NL 5 19 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .316 .316 .316 .632
Career Post-Season Batting 8 28 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .286 .286 .286 .571
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1924-5-3.44
1925-4-3.88
1926-1-2.64
1927-4-3.16
1928-4-3.08
 Wins
1925-5-21
1926-2-23
1927-8-18
1928-1-26
 Losses
1923-8-15
 Winning Pct
1925-6-.618
1926-4-.639
1928-1-.703
CAR-22-.583
 Games Pitched
1928-3-41
 Games Started
1924-9-35
1925-10-37
1926-9-38
1927-7-39
1928-1-41
Complete Games
1925-7-27
1926-1-33
1927-1-33
1928-3-32
 Shutouts
1924-1-3
1927-4-2
1928-6-2
1929-1-4
 Innings Pitched
1925-8-315.7
1926-3-334.7
1927-5-330.0
1928-1-354.0
 Hits Allowed
1925-9-327
1927-8-334
1928-9-330
 Homeruns Allowed
1923-1-17
1925-7-24
1928-5-21
CAR-31-99
 Strikeouts
1923-8-89
1924-5-102
1925-5-111
1926-2-134
1927-7-111
1928-2-132
1929-5-87
Walks per 9IP
1924-8-2.0
1925-6-1.9
1926-1-1.6
1927-2-1.4
1928-2-1.2
1929-2-1.3
CAR-22-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1924-3-8.6
1925-7-9.3
1926-3-8.1
1927-5-9.1
1928-6-8.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1923-7-3.1
1924-3-3.3
1925-8-3.2
1926-3-3.6
1928-3-3.4
1929-4-3.1
 WHiP
1924-2-1.18
1925-3-1.25
1926-1-1.08
1927-1-1.17
1928-1-1.06
1929-2-1.21
CAR-17-1.18
 OAVG
1924-2-.252
1925-7-.265
1926-3-.240
1927-5-.261
1928-4-.247
 OOBP
1923-6-.316
1924-1-.292
1925-2-.303
1926-1-.272
1927-1-.290
1928-1-.272
1929-2-.298
CAR-9-.291
OSLG
1924-1-.330
1926-1-.338
1927-4-.352
 OOPS
1924-1-.623
1925-6-.701
1926-1-.610
1927-2-.642
1928-4-.643
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 137    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  1. Ed Siever (964)
  2. George Daly (940)
  3. Ralph Comstock (939)
  4. Smokey Joe Williams (927)
  5. Pete Dowling (920)
  6. Cowboy Jones (917)
  7. Vic Keen (915)
  8. John Burke (915)
  9. Dummy Deegan (910)
  10. Doc Newton (901)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Vic Keen (992)
  2. Rosy Ryan (991)
  3. Howard Ehmke (990)
  4. Andy Cooper (986)
  5. Earl Whitehill (984)
  6. Gus Dorner (977)
  7. Rube Waddell (975)
  8. Deacon Phillippe (975)
  9. Rats Henderson (975)
  10. Jesse Haines (975)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1923
Earned first career win on 4/21/1923
Had first career hit on 4/25/1923, off Waite Hoyt (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/26/1923, off Eddie Rommel (PHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1924, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/14/1925 (Going to PHI: 1B Vic Saier, 3B Pie Traynor, P Dutch Ruether, P Willie Foster, 1B Harry McCurdy. Going to CHA: P Jesse Haines, 1B George Sisler)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1926, going 5-1, 1.89
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
Won Cy Young Award in 1926, going 23-13, 2.64 ERA
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,621,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1927: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/22/1927 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1928, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1928, going 6-1, 2.54
Won Cy Young Award in 1928, going 26-11, 3.08 ERA
 
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