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Some very sad news today about the passing of former big-league pitcher Kevin Foster at the age of just 39.
Foster's top 10 career game scores:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str **GmSc** IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 1995-07-04 CHC @NYM W 3-0 GS-8 ,W 8 6 0 0 2 9 0 115 73 77 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 1994-07-23 CHC CIN L 1-3 GS-8 8 5 1 1 1 10 0 119 78 77 29 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 3 1997-04-25 CHC PIT W 11-1 CG 9 ,W 9 5 1 1 2 5 1 102 65 76 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 4 1996-08-30(1) CHC ATL W 3-2 GS-8 ,W 8 3 2 2 1 8 0 97 67 75 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 5 1996-09-09 CHC MON W 3-1 CG 9 ,W 9 6 1 1 0 2 1 94 68 73 32 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 6 1995-09-22 CHC PIT W 6-3 GS-8 ,W 8 2 3 2 2 6 0 109 68 72 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 7 1994-06-03 CHC MON L 1-3 GS-7 7 3 0 0 4 5 0 107 66 72 29 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 8 1997-05-21 CHC PHI W 7-0 GS-7 ,W 7 3 0 0 3 3 0 102 59 71 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9 1995-05-17 CHC @SFG L 1-2 GS-7 ,L 7 2 2 2 1 5 1 84 51 69 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 10 1994-06-25 CHC STL W 3-1 GS-8 ,W 7.1 2 1 1 4 3 0 112 63 69 27 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.23
His lowest OPS against values, minimum 10 PAs:
PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG **OPS** SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss +-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+ Moises Alou 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 1 Midre Cummings 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .166 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Girardi 10 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 0 0 0 0 0 Archi Cianfrocco 10 9 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Lansing 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .167 .182 .349 0 0 0 1 0 Fred McGriff 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0 0 0 0 0 Reggie Sanders 12 12 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 .083 .083 .333 .416 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Vaughn 10 8 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 0 0 0 0 0 Quilvio Veras 19 15 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 .133 .263 .200 .463 0 1 0 0 0 Chipper Jones 15 13 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .231 .267 .231 .498 0 1 0 0 0
Alou, McGriff, Sanders, Vaughn, Jones...some great players there.
And here is a game where Foster not only got the win but also hit a homer.
Of course I did not know Foster personally, but I remember when he came up with the Phillies. He smiled a lot and always seemed like a happy guy. Rest in peace.
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