Alan Foster

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Full Name: Alan Benton Foster	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 25, 1967
Birthdate: December 8, 1946	Final Game: August 13, 1976
Birthplace: Pasadena, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Born on December 8, 1946 in Pasadena, California, Alan Foster (Alan Benton Foster) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres over the course of his 10 year career. Foster broke into the bigs on April 25, 1967 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 4.38 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Alan Foster's best season was 1973, when he posted a 3.14 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 106 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	LA	N	4	2	0	1	2.16	15	4	4	0	0	0	16.2	10	0	3	0	0	0
1968	LA	N	3	3	1	1	1.72	10	4	3	0	0	0	15.2	11	1	2	0	0	0
1969	LA	N	24	15	3	9	4.38	59	55	50	2	2	0	102.2	119	11	29	4	6	4
1970	LA	N	33	33	10	13	4.26	83	104	94	7	1	0	198.2	200	22	81	2	7	2
1971	CLE	A	36	26	8	12	4.16	97	93	84	3	0	0	181.2	158	19	82	5	6	4
1972	CAL	A	8	0	0	1	4.97	11	8	7	0	0	0	12.2	12	3	6	0	1	2
1973	STL	N	35	29	13	9	3.14	106	82	71	6	2	0	203.2	195	17	63	3	1	5
1974	STL	N	31	25	7	10	3.88	78	81	70	5	1	0	162.1	167	16	61	7	3	3
1975	SD	N	17	4	3	1	2.42	20	14	12	1	0	0	44.2	41	1	21	5	0	0
1976	SD	N	26	11	3	6	3.22	22	36	31	2	0	0	86.2	75	9	35	2	2	1
Total	NL		173	122	40	50	3.63	393	380	335	23	6	0	831	818	77	295	23	19	15
Total	AL		44	26	8	13	4.21	108	101	91	3	0	0	194.1	170	22	88	5	7	6
Total			217	148	48	63	3.74	501	481	426	26	6	0	1025.1	988	99	383	28	26	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	LA	N	P	4	2	16.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.000
1968	LA	N	P	3	3	15.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1969	LA	N	P	24	15	102.2	2	18	1	0	0	1	12	2	1	.952
1970	LA	N	P	33	33	198.2	17	23	2	4	0	3	14	5	2	.952
1971	CLE	A	P	36	26	181.2	10	9	2	0	0	1	12	3	0	.905
1972	CAL	A	P	8	0	12.2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1973	STL	N	P	35	29	203.2	17	21	3	1	0	2	12	9	2	.927
1974	STL	N	P	31	25	162.1	14	20	4	1	0	1	14	7	3	.895
1975	SD	N	P	17	4	44.2	4	8	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	.857
1976	SD	N	P	26	11	86.2	9	9	0	1	0	2	6	5	0	1.000
Total			P	217	148	1025.1	78	115	14	7	0	12	76	34	10	.932

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1967	LA	N	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1968	LA	N	3	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1969	LA	N	24	27	1	2	0	1	.074	.167	.074	0	0	3	16	0	3	0	0	0
1970	LA	N	33	64	4	7	0	6	.109	.171	.109	0	0	5	13	0	8	0	0	1
1971	CLE	A	37	51	2	2	0	3	.039	.057	.059	1	0	1	18	0	7	0	0	0
1972	CAL	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	STL	N	35	68	4	13	0	2	.191	.214	.206	1	0	2	17	0	5	0	0	0
1974	STL	N	33	48	4	8	0	2	.167	.200	.167	0	0	2	7	0	7	0	0	0
1975	SD	N	19	11	1	1	0	2	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1976	SD	N	29	18	1	1	0	0	.056	.190	.056	0	0	3	6	0	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		180	244	15	33	0	14	.135	.185	.139	1	0	15	66	0	27	0	0	2
Total	AL		45	51	2	2	0	3	.039	.057	.059	1	0	1	18	0	7	0	0	0
Total			225	295	17	35	0	17	.119	.163	.125	2	0	16	84	0	34	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Ray Lamb to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Duke Sims (December 11, 1970).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Vada Pinson and Frank Baker to California Angels in exchange for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses (October 5, 1971).
Sold by California Angels to St. Louis Cardinals (April 5, 1973).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Rich Folkers and Sonny Siebert to San Diego Padres as part of 3-team trade in which San Diego Padres sent Nate Colbert to Detroit Tigers; Detroit Tigers sent Ed Brinkman to St. Louis Cardinals; Detroit Tigers sent Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon to San Diego Padres (November 18, 1974); and San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden to St. Louis Cardinals (December 12, 1974).
Released by San Diego Padres (March 29, 1977).

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