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Terry Forster
Terry Jay Forster

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 11, 1971
vs. MIN 1.3 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 2, 1986
Born January 14, 1952 in Sioux Falls, SD

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 19 CHW AL   2   3  45   3   0   0  15  1   49.7   46   23   22   5   23   48   1   1   219   3   1  3.99  3.61   90 1.389
 1972 20 CHW AL   6   5  62   0   0   0  45 29  100.0   75   31   25   0   44  104   3   5   419   3   0  2.25  3.16  141 1.190
 1973 21 CHW AL   6  11  51  12   4   0  29 16  172.7  174   69   62   7   78  120   0   6   744   6   1  3.23  4.01  124 1.459
 1974 22 CHW AL   7   8  59   1   0   0  49 24  134.3  120   57   54   6   48  105   8   9   560   3   0  3.62  3.77  104 1.251
 1975 23 CHW AL   3   3  17   1   0   0  12  4   37.0   30   12    9   0   24   32   0   2   155   4   0  2.19  3.90  178 1.459
 1976 24 CHW AL   2  12  29  16   1   0   8  1  111.3  126   61   54   7   41   70   1   7   486   4   0  4.37  3.59   82 1.500
 1977 25 PIT NL   6   4  33   6   0   0   7  1   87.3   90   47   43   7   32   58   2   3   378   3   1  4.43  3.95   89 1.397
 1978 26 LAD NL   5   4  47   0   0   0  40 22   65.3   56   19   14   2   23   46   0   2   266   4   1  1.93  3.51  182 1.209
 1979 27 LAD NL   1   2  17   0   0   0   8  2   16.3   18   11   10   0   11    8   0   1    73   4   0  5.51  3.67   67 1.776
 1980 28 LAD NL   0   0   9   0   0   0   7  0   11.7   10    4    4   0    4    2   0   0    49   0   0  3.09  3.54  115 1.200
 1981 29 LAD NL   0   1  21   0   0   0   6  0   30.7   37   14   14   1   15   17   0   3   137   3   0  4.11  3.35   82 1.696
 1982 30 LAD NL   5   6  56   0   0   0  13  3   83.0   66   38   28   3   31   52   4   2   349   9   0  3.04  3.50  115 1.169
 1983 31 ATL NL   3   2  56   0   0   0  29 13   79.3   60   19   19   3   31   54   2   2   316   9   0  2.16  3.89  181 1.147
 1984 32 ATL NL   2   0  25   0   0   0  14  5   26.7   30    9    8   1    7   10   0   2   113   3   0  2.70  3.84  142 1.388
 1985 33 ATL NL   2   3  46   0   0   0  19  1   59.3   49   22   15   7   28   37   0   1   253   4   0  2.28  3.81  168 1.298
 1986 34 CAL AL   4   1  41   0   0   0  17  5   41.0   47   18   16   2   17   28   3   0   182   1   0  3.51  4.14  118 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Years            65      39       0    127        1034       397      457       24  46  4699  63   4  3.23  3.72  115 1.349
 WL%= .454       54     614       5     318    1105.7       454       51       791
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   6  63   4   0   0  33 13  115.0  107   47   41   5   47   82   2   4   489   6   0  3.23  3.72  115 1.349
 Career High      7  12  62  16   4   0  49 29  172.7  174   69   62   7   78  120   8   9   744   9   1  1.93  4.14  182 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 19 CHW AL  45    5    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .600  176    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 20 CHW AL  63   19    1   10   0  0   0    3   1  0   1   2  .526  .550  .526  218   10   2   0   0   0   0
 1973 21 CHW AL  53    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 25 PIT NL  36   26    2    9   1  1   0    1   0  0   0   4  .346  .346  .462  113   12   1   0   0   0   0
 1978 26 LAD NL  47    8    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .625  214    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1979 27 LAD NL  17    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 29 LAD NL  21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 LAD NL  56    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 31 ATL NL  56    8    1    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .625  201    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1984 32 ATL NL  25    3    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .667  .667  .667  267    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 33 ATL NL  46    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     620   78    7   31   4  1   0    7   1  0   2   9  .397  .413  .474  145   37   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         20    2    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .397  .413  .474  145   10   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     63   26    2   10   1  1   0    3   1  0   1   4                          12   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 19 CHW AL    5    3    1   9.0    95| .400  .259| .400  .332| .600  .385|1.000  .717| 176  .812   0.5   0.1   0%
 1972 20 CHW AL   22   11    6  14.7    85| .526  .250| .550  .319| .526  .361|1.076  .680| 218  .928   2.8   0.3 100%
 1973 21 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .265| .000  .335| .000  .390| .000  .725|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1977 25 PIT NL   27   18    4   6.0   105| .346  .272| .346  .340| .462  .414| .808  .754| 113  .617   0.2   0.0   0%
 1978 26 LAD NL    9    5    2  10.7    95| .500  .262| .500  .330| .625  .385|1.125  .715| 214  .848   1.2   0.1   0%
 1979 27 LAD NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .333|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
 1981 29 LAD NL    2    2    0   0.0    89| .000  .259| .000  .324| .000  .371| .000  .695|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1982 30 LAD NL    2    2    0   0.0    93| .000  .263| .000  .326| .000  .382| .000  .708|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1983 31 ATL NL    9    5    2  10.8   103| .500  .272| .500  .342| .625  .404|1.125  .746| 201  .846   1.1   0.1   0%
 1984 32 ATL NL    3    1    1  26.9    99| .667  .271| .667  .337| .667  .394|1.334  .732| 267  .968   0.6   0.1   0%
 1985 33 ATL NL    5    5    0   0.0    99| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .396| .000  .730|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons       86   53   16   8.1    97| .397  .264| .413  .332| .474  .391| .887  .723| 145  .772   4.3   0.4 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1971 19 CHW AL   P   45      4    6    0    0 1.000  .962  0.22  0.77  1.81  1.97    3   49.7
 1972 20 CHW AL   P   62      1   21    2    0  .917  .948  0.35  0.75  1.98  1.86    0  100.0
 1973 21 CHW AL   P   51      8   45    2    8  .964  .952  1.04  0.86  2.76  1.86   12  172.7
 1974 22 CHW AL   P   59      6   33    1    4  .975  .947  0.66  0.83  2.61  1.81    1  134.3
 1975 23 CHW AL   P   17      2   14    1    1  .941  .941  0.94  0.85  3.89  1.87    1   37.0
 1976 24 CHW AL   P   29      5   26    2    0  .939  .951  1.07  0.85  2.51  1.87   16  111.3
 1977 25 PIT NL   P   33      4   13    1    1  .944  .950  0.52  0.67  1.75  1.85    6   87.3
                 RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
 1978 26 LAD NL   P   47      2   10    2    0  .857  .952  0.26  0.72  1.65  1.92    0   65.3
 1979 27 LAD NL   P   17      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.35  0.66  3.31  1.82    0   16.3
 1980 28 LAD NL   P    9      2    4    1    0  .857  .952  0.67  0.69  4.62  1.92    0   11.7
 1981 29 LAD NL   P   21      0   11    0    0 1.000  .957  0.52  0.68  3.22  1.96    0   30.7
 1982 30 LAD NL   P   56      4   18    1    0  .957  .952  0.39  0.70  2.39  1.96    0   83.0
 1983 31 ATL NL   P   56      3   15    1    1  .947  .952  0.32  0.68  2.04  1.92    0   79.3
 1984 32 ATL NL   P   25      2    4    0    1 1.000  .952  0.24  0.67  2.02  1.89    0   26.7
 1985 33 ATL NL   P   46      2    7    1    0  .900  .957  0.20  0.68  1.37  1.93    0   59.3
 1986 34 CAL AL   P   41      2   11    0    2 1.000  .956  0.32  0.68  2.85  1.82    0   41.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1977 25 PIT NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  3.00    0    0.3

 1971 19 CHW AL   P   45      4    6    0    0 1.000  .962  0.22  0.77  1.81  1.97    3   49.7
 1972 20 CHW AL   P   62      1   21    2    0  .917  .948  0.35  0.75  1.98  1.86    0  100.0
 1973 21 CHW AL   P   51      8   45    2    8  .964  .952  1.04  0.86  2.76  1.86   12  172.7
 1974 22 CHW AL   P   59      6   33    1    4  .975  .947  0.66  0.83  2.61  1.81    1  134.3
 1975 23 CHW AL   P   17      2   14    1    1  .941  .941  0.94  0.85  3.89  1.87    1   37.0
 1976 24 CHW AL   P   29      5   26    2    0  .939  .951  1.07  0.85  2.51  1.87   16  111.3
 1977 25 PIT NL   P   33      4   13    1    1  .944  .950  0.52  0.67  1.75  1.85    6   87.3
 1978 26 LAD NL   P   47      2   10    2    0  .857  .952  0.26  0.72  1.65  1.92    0   65.3
 1979 27 LAD NL   P   17      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.35  0.66  3.31  1.82    0   16.3
 1980 28 LAD NL   P    9      2    4    1    0  .857  .952  0.67  0.69  4.62  1.92    0   11.7
 1981 29 LAD NL   P   21      0   11    0    0 1.000  .957  0.52  0.68  3.22  1.96    0   30.7
 1982 30 LAD NL   P   56      4   18    1    0  .957  .952  0.39  0.70  2.39  1.96    0   83.0
 1983 31 ATL NL   P   56      3   15    1    1  .947  .952  0.32  0.68  2.04  1.92    0   79.3
 1984 32 ATL NL   P   25      2    4    0    1 1.000  .952  0.24  0.67  2.02  1.89    0   26.7
 1985 33 ATL NL   P   46      2    7    1    0  .900  .957  0.20  0.68  1.37  1.93    0   59.3
 1986 34 CAL AL   P   41      2   11    0    2 1.000  .956  0.32  0.68  2.85  1.82    0   41.0

 1977 25 PIT NL  RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 614     48  243   15   18  .951  .951  0.47  0.74  2.37  1.88   39 1105.7
                 RF*   1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  3.00    0    0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       615     48  243   15   18  .951  .951  0.47  0.74  2.37  1.88   39   1106

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1978   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   1     1   0   0   2 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4     5   0   1   6 
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   1 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   3   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   3 
  2 World Series        1-1   5   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   6     6   0   4   6 
  5 Postseason Ser      4-1   8   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   7.2   7   0   4   9 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1978   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1972 AL-62-4
1973 AL-51-5
1974 AL-59-6

Saves
1972 AL-29-2
1973 AL-16-6
1974 AL-24-1
1978 NL-22-6
Car-127-83

Wild Pitches
1974 AL-9-9
1976 AL-7-9

Hit Batsmen
1974 AL-8-9

Games Finished
1972 AL-45-3
1974 AL-49-7
1978 NL-40-9
Car-318-84

Adjusted ERA+
1973 AL-124-5

Youngest Player
1971 AL-19-2
1972 AL-20-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (548) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1213) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (818) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.
December 10, 1976: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Rich Gossage to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez.
October 20, 1977: Granted Free Agency.
November 22, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
April 1, 1986: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
April 16, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
June 15, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 Atlanta Braves $483,333

1986 California Angels $170,000

Career (may be incomplete) $653,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View Terry Forster's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Games 1972 AL-62-4 1973 AL-51-5 1974 AL-59-6	Saves 1972 AL-29-2 1973 AL-16-6 1974 AL-24-1 1978 NL-22-6 Car-127-83	Wild Pitches 1974 AL-9-9 1976 AL-7-9	Hit Batsmen 1974 AL-8-9	Games Finished 1972 AL-45-3 1974 AL-49-7 1978 NL-40-9 Car-318-84	Adjusted ERA+ 1973 AL-124-5
Youngest Player 1971 AL-19-2 1972 AL-20-3