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Induction Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1981, Negro Leaguer

Born: 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?