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Induction
Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1981,
Negro LeaguerBorn: September 17, 1879, in Calvert, Texas
Died: December 9, 1930, in Kankakee, Illinois
Played For: Chicago Union Giants (1902), Cuban X-Giants
(1903), Philadelphia Giants (1904-1906), Leland Giants (1907-1910),
Chicago American Giants (1911-1926)
Managed: Leland Giants (1907-1910), Chicago American Giants
(1911-1926)
Bio
A player, manager, owner, commissioner and unsurpassed visionary,
Rube Foster was one of baseball's greatest Renaissance men. In his
youth, Foster was a star pitcher of the dead ball era, and later as
owner-manager of the Chicago American Giants, the burly Texan
instilled in his players the daring, aggressive, yet disciplined
style of play for which the Negro leagues became famous. In 1920, he
founded the first successful Negro league, the Negro National
League, which flourished throughout the decade.
Quote
"When Rube Foster died Negro baseball died with him."
— Joe Green
Did You Know... that Rube Foster won 44 games in a row as
a pitcher with the 1902 Cuban Giants? |