Rube Foster
Chronology
| 1879 | Born in Calvert, Texas |
| 1896 | Begins pitching with the traveling Waco Yellow Jackets, at age 17 |
| 1901 | Joins the Chicago Union Giants, also known as the Leland Giants |
| 1902 | Switches to the Union Giants of Philadelphia |
| 1902 | Outpitches white star Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics in an exhibition game, earning himself the nickname "Rube" as a trophy |
| 1903 | Joins the Cuban X-Giants, also of Philadelphia and helps the team win the first black World Series |
| 1904 | Rejoins the Union Giants and helps them win World Series over the X-Giants |
| 1907 | Joins the Leland Giants as both manager and player, bringing with him seven teammates; persuades owner Frank Leland to fire some of his players and hire Foster's |
| 1911 | Forms partnership with John M. Schorling and creates Chicago American Giants, a team Foster called the greatest he ever assembled |
| 1919 | Race riots erupt in Chicago and other cities |
| 1919 | Calls meeting of best black ball clubs in Midwest and proposes formation of Negro National League, to be governed by National Association of Colored Professional Base Ball Clubs |
| 1920 | Foster presents constitution and incorporation documents to owners of black ball clubs to form eight-team Negro National League; Southern Negro League is formed later in year |
| 1922 | Negro League teams barnstorm in Japan |
| 1923 | Eastern Colored League is formed |
| 1924 | NNL Kansas City Monarchs beat ECL Philadelphia Hilldale Club in official Negro World Series |
| 1925 | Is exposed to gas leak in Indianapolis; health begins to fail |
| 1926 | Is placed in Illinois state asylum at Kankakee after nervous breakdown |
| 1928 | Schorling sells American Giants to white florist William E. Trimble |
| 1930 | Foster dies of heart attack; 3,000 attend funeral in Chicago |
| 1981 | Is inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame |
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