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Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
Foster, considered by historians to have been perhaps the best African-American pitcher of the first decade of the 1900s, also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era. Most notably, he organized the Negro National League, the first long-lasting professional league for African-American ballplayers, which operated from 1920 to 1931. He is known as the "father of Black Baseball."[4]
Foster adopted his longtime nickname, "Rube", as his official middle name later in life.
In 1981, Foster was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the first representative of the Negro leagues elected as a pioneer or executive.
On December 30, 2009, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it planned to issue a pair of postage stamps in June honoring Negro leagues Baseball.[12] On July 17, 2010, the Postal Service issued a se-tenant pair of 44-cent, first-class, U.S. commemorative postage stamps, to honor the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to about 1960. One of the stamps depicts Foster, along with his name and the words "NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL". The stamps were formally issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, during the celebration of the museum's twentieth anniversary.[13]
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum hosts the annual Andrew "Rube" Foster Lecture, in September.[4]
Foster, considered by historians to have been perhaps the best African-American pitcher of the first decade of the 1900s, also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era. Most notably, he organized the Negro National League, the first long-lasting professional league for African-American ballplayers, which operated from 1920 to 1931. He is known as the "father of Black Baseball."[4]
Foster adopted his longtime nickname, "Rube", as his official middle name later in life.
In 1981, Foster was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the first representative of the Negro leagues elected as a pioneer or executive.
On December 30, 2009, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it planned to issue a pair of postage stamps in June honoring Negro leagues Baseball.[12] On July 17, 2010, the Postal Service issued a se-tenant pair of 44-cent, first-class, U.S. commemorative postage stamps, to honor the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to about 1960. One of the stamps depicts Foster, along with his name and the words "NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL". The stamps were formally issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, during the celebration of the museum's twentieth anniversary.[13]
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum hosts the annual Andrew "Rube" Foster Lecture, in September.[4]
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Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that September 17 is the anniversary of the birth of Negro baseball player and manager Andrew Rube Foster who helped establish the Negro National League who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
Rest in peace Andrew Rube Foster!
Rube Foster Video
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Image:
1. 1907 Chicago Leland Giants manager Andrew Rube Foster.
2. Andrew Rube Foster pitching.
3. Andrew Rube Foster seated front and center with Chicago Giants Negro League team players.
4. 2016 Scott number 4466 Rube-Foster - Father of Black Baseball postage stamp.
Background from baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/foster-rube
"Few men have dominant careers as baseball players. Even fewer have success as a manager.
But Rube Foster excelled on the diamond as a manager and as an executive, earning him the recognition as the “father of black baseball.”
Born on Sept. 17, 1879 in Calvert, Texas, Foster began his playing career pitching for the Fort Worth Yellow Jackets in 1897. By 1902, he was hurling for the Giants in Chicago, then jumped to the Otsego, Mich. semi-pro white team and before heading to the Philadelphia Cuban X-Giants. That season he won 44 games in a row.
The X-Giants beat the Philadelphia Giants for the 1903 “colored championship of the world” as Foster threw four of the five X-Giants wins. The following season he joined the Philadelphia Giants and led them to the pennant, defeating his former team in the playoff.
“Do not worry. Try to appear jolly and unconcerned,” said Rube Foster about pitching out of jams. “I have smiled often with the bases full with two strikes and three balls on the batter. This seems to unnerve.”
The star pitcher thrived in the deadball era, but had set his sights higher than just the mound. In 1911, he entered into a partnership with John Schorling, son-in-law of Charles Comiskey. Schorling had leased the old White Sox grounds and Foster provided the Chicago American Giants, a black team, to play there.
As an owner-manager, Foster instilled the daring, aggressive, yet disciplined style of play for which the Negro leagues became famous. He attracted star players, but faced declining attendance.
In 1920, Foster set the wheels in motion to create the Negro National League, an association of black teams modeled after Major League Baseball. Foster was named president and treasurer. The first successful Negro league, the NNL flourished throughout the decade. Players’ salaries rose to an unprecedented level, teams traveled on a Pullman coach and players received regular bonuses.
Foster not only administered the league, but continued to serve as manager and owner of the American Giants. A strict coach, Foster had high expectations for his team and they rewarded him by winning the first three pennants. In 1926, the grueling schedule got to Foster and he suffered a nervous breakdown.
Four years later, Foster died. “When Rube Foster died Negro baseball died with him,” said Joe Green, a fellow Negro leagues player, manager and owner.
Foster was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981."
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Rest in peace Andrew Rube Foster!
Rube Foster Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYxBUGi67hY
Image:
1. 1907 Chicago Leland Giants manager Andrew Rube Foster.
2. Andrew Rube Foster pitching.
3. Andrew Rube Foster seated front and center with Chicago Giants Negro League team players.
4. 2016 Scott number 4466 Rube-Foster - Father of Black Baseball postage stamp.
Background from baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/foster-rube
"Few men have dominant careers as baseball players. Even fewer have success as a manager.
But Rube Foster excelled on the diamond as a manager and as an executive, earning him the recognition as the “father of black baseball.”
Born on Sept. 17, 1879 in Calvert, Texas, Foster began his playing career pitching for the Fort Worth Yellow Jackets in 1897. By 1902, he was hurling for the Giants in Chicago, then jumped to the Otsego, Mich. semi-pro white team and before heading to the Philadelphia Cuban X-Giants. That season he won 44 games in a row.
The X-Giants beat the Philadelphia Giants for the 1903 “colored championship of the world” as Foster threw four of the five X-Giants wins. The following season he joined the Philadelphia Giants and led them to the pennant, defeating his former team in the playoff.
“Do not worry. Try to appear jolly and unconcerned,” said Rube Foster about pitching out of jams. “I have smiled often with the bases full with two strikes and three balls on the batter. This seems to unnerve.”
The star pitcher thrived in the deadball era, but had set his sights higher than just the mound. In 1911, he entered into a partnership with John Schorling, son-in-law of Charles Comiskey. Schorling had leased the old White Sox grounds and Foster provided the Chicago American Giants, a black team, to play there.
As an owner-manager, Foster instilled the daring, aggressive, yet disciplined style of play for which the Negro leagues became famous. He attracted star players, but faced declining attendance.
In 1920, Foster set the wheels in motion to create the Negro National League, an association of black teams modeled after Major League Baseball. Foster was named president and treasurer. The first successful Negro league, the NNL flourished throughout the decade. Players’ salaries rose to an unprecedented level, teams traveled on a Pullman coach and players received regular bonuses.
Foster not only administered the league, but continued to serve as manager and owner of the American Giants. A strict coach, Foster had high expectations for his team and they rewarded him by winning the first three pennants. In 1926, the grueling schedule got to Foster and he suffered a nervous breakdown.
Four years later, Foster died. “When Rube Foster died Negro baseball died with him,” said Joe Green, a fellow Negro leagues player, manager and owner.
Foster was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981."
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PO1 Jerome NewlandTSgt David L.PO1 Robert George
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