Rube Foster
Awards And Accomplishments
1906 | Pitched Philadelphia Giants to 3-2 win over Cuban X-Giants for Negro Championship Cup |
1907 | Managed and played for Leland Giants, to 110-10 finish and |
pennant win in Chicago's otherwise all-white City League | |
1911-12 | Managed American Giants to win Chicago semipro crown |
1914 | Managed American Giants to win Chicago City League pennant |
1915 | Managed American Giants to tie for pennant with New York Lincoln Stars |
1915 | Managed American Giants to win California Winter League Crown in competition with white major leaguers after end of |
season | |
1916 | Managed American Giants to win colored World Series |
1917 | Managed American Giants to win Chicago City League pennant |
1920-22 | Managed American Giants to three Negro National League pennant wins |
1981 | Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame |
Additional topics
- Rube Foster - Decline Into Mental Illness And Death
- Rube Foster - The Negro National League
- Other Free Encyclopedias
Famous Sports StarsBaseballRube Foster Biography - Boyhood And Early Barnstorming Career, Moves North, Earns Nickname, Chronology, Chicago American Giants