Eddie Foster Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 66 Weight: 145 Born: 2 13, 1887 in Chicago, IL USA Died: 1 15 1937 in Washington, DC USA Debut: 4/14/1910 Last Game: 8/5/1923 Full Name: Edward Cunningham Foster Eddie Foster had 3,278 consecutive at-bats without hitting a home run (April 20, 1916-end of career 1923).
Senator right-hander Walter Johnson records his fifth Opening Day shutout, beating the A’s at Griffith Stadium, 1-0. The Philadelphia starter Scott Perry matches zeros with the ‘Big Train’ for a dozen frames until pinch-runner Mike Menosky scores the decisive run for Washington with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning.
1918 – Walter Johnson gives up one hit (a triple by George Sisler) in the first 11 innings of a 15-inning, four-hit, 1 – 0 win.
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