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People From Robertson County, Texas: Rube Foster, Lance Hoyt, Tom Bradley, Bill Foster, John Randle, Patrick Edwards, Steve O'neal |
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English |
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Paperback |
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48 |
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2010-05-06 |
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115575218X |
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Books LLC |
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0.18 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.08 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rube Foster, Lance Hoyt, Tom Bradley, Bill Foster, John Randle, Patrick Edwards, Steve O'neal, Tex Mccrary. Excerpt: Bill Foster item Career highlights and awards item item Member of the National item Baseball Hall of Fame item Inducted : 1996 item Election Method : Veterans Committee William Hendrick "Bill" Foster (June 12, 1904 September 16, 1978) was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball 's Negro Leagues in the 1920s and 1930s, and had a career record of 143-69. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. Foster, the much-younger half-brother of Negro league player, pioneer, and fellow Hall of Famer , Rube Foster , was born in Calvert, Texas in 1904. Professional career Foster played for the Memphis Red Sox in 1923 and '24, the Chicago American Giants from 1925 to '30 and again from 1932 to '35 and in 1937 the Homestead Grays and Kansas City Monarchs in 1931, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1936. Foster played for Chicago American Giants teams that won the Negro National League pennant and the Negro League World Series championship in 1926 and 1927, the Negro Southern League pennant in 1932, and the Negro National League pennant in 1933. He was the player-manager of the team in 1930. In 1926, Foster won 23 games in a row and 26 overall, but his most amazing performance came the last day of the playoffs to determine the Negro National League title. Needing to win both games of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Monarchs, Foster hurled complete game shutouts in both games of a doubleheader against Bullet Joe Rogan and the Monarchs, 1 0 and 5 0, to put the Giants in the World Series. In 1931 Foster, as a pitcher for the Homestead Grays, recorded a 10 2 record against rival African-American teams. His record against rival African-American teams increases to 11...
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